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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Monday, December 23, 2002 at home.

Team Goals 2002-2003 record
Buffalo Sabres 2 27-37-10-8
at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 27-44-6-5

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 1 0 2
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 0 4 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 6 6 7 19
Pittsburgh Penguins 15 3 10 28

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:50 Buffalo Sabres J-P Dumont (7) Norman Milley (1), Chris Gratton (17) Even strength BUF 1, PIT 0
1st 04:50 Pittsburgh Penguins Milan Kraft (2) Michal Sivek (1), Alex Kovalev (25) Even strength BUF 1, PIT 1
2nd 13:28 Buffalo Sabres Ales Kotalik (5) James Patrick (7), Brian Campbell (5) Power play BUF 2, PIT 1
3rd 11:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Kovalev (18) Mario Lemieux (41) Even strength BUF 2, PIT 2
3rd 13:10 Pittsburgh Penguins Mario Lemieux (17) Unassisted Even strength BUF 2, PIT 3
3rd 16:02 Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Kovalev (19) Martin Straka (8), Mario Lemieux (42) Even strength BUF 2, PIT 4
3rd 17:11 Pittsburgh Penguins Martin Straka (8) Mario Lemieux (43) Even strength BUF 2, PIT 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 19 28
Power play 1 of 4 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 9 13
Hits 2 0
Faceoffs won 41/70 (58.6%) 29/70 (41.4%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
12 A. Kotalik R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 18:09
17 J. Dumont R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 0 100% 17:17
18 T. Connolly C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 50% 11:36
19 N. Milley R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 12:48
22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 42.9% 08:03
24 T. Pyatt L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 0 13:24
25 V. Varada R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 13:42
26 E. Boulton L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:43
37 C. Brown C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 64% 19:50
41 S. Barnes C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 0 61.5% 14:52
77 C. Gratton C 0 1 1 -2 5 2 0 0 55.6% 17:43
81 M. Satan R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21:50
3 J. Patrick D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 0 21:01
10 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 20:48
44 A. Zhitnik D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 25:54
45 D. Kalinin D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 17:33
51 B. Campbell D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 15:22
74 J. McKee D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 19:51
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35 M. Noronen 28 23 5 .821 60:00 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
10 V. Nieminen L 0 0 0 +1 4 1 0 0 11:29
14 M. Kraft C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 27.3% 13:34
15 W. Primeau C 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 55.6% 15:10
18 S. Donovan R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:45
23 S. McKenna L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:18
26 K. Manderville C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66.7% 11:06
27 A. Kovalev R 2 1 3 +4 0 3 0 0 18:52
33 D. Lacouture L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:50
38 J. Hrdina C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 23.1% 19:42
47 M. Sivek C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 14:55
66 M. Lemieux C 1 3 4 +4 0 7 0 0 38.9% 21:42
82 M. Straka C 1 1 2 +3 0 1 0 0 20:53
3 J. Pushor D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:21
7 A. Ference D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:56
8 H. Jonsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 17:44
24 I. Moran D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:52
25 M. Bergevin D 0 0 0 +4 0 0 0 0 18:30
28 M. Rozsival D 0 0 0 +3 0 2 0 0 19:50
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1 J. Hedberg 19 17 2 .895 59:58 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:30 Buffalo Sabres Chris Gratton Fighting (major) 5
1st 08:30 Buffalo Sabres Dmitri Kalinin Hooking 2
1st 08:30 Pittsburgh Penguins Wayne Primeau Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:04 Buffalo Sabres James Patrick Hooking 2
1st 15:50 Pittsburgh Penguins Ville Nieminen Tripping 2
2nd 01:33 Pittsburgh Penguins Wayne Primeau Interference 2
2nd 13:06 Pittsburgh Penguins Andrew Ference Interference 2
3rd 09:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Ville Nieminen High sticking 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Rick Kehoe
Referees
Paul Devorski, Harry Dumas
Linesmen
Derek Amell, Ryan Galloway
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Doug Houda, Rob Ray, Chris Taylor, Rory Fitzpatrick, Jason Botterill, Rhett Warrener, Jochen Hecht, Denis Hamel, Maxim Afinogenov, Jaroslav Kristek, Milan Bartovic, Doug Janik, Ryan Miller, Paul Gaustad, Sean McMorrow, Radoslav Hecl
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Vladimir Vujtek, Janne Laukkanen, Alexandre Daigle, Mike Wilson, Dick Tarnstrom, Aleksey Morozov, Eric Meloche, Randy Robitaille, Josef Melichar, Tom Kostopoulos, Kris Beech, Konstantin Koltsov, Ross Lupaschuk, Brooks Orpik, Tomas Surovy

2002-2003 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final/OT Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 23

Matchup Status Details
San Jose Sharks 2 at Boston Bruins 5 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Ottawa Senators 2 Final/OT Game page
Montreal Canadiens 1 at New York Islanders 3 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 2 at New York Rangers 2 Final/OT Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 0 Final Game page
Atlanta Thrashers 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 5 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 3 at Florida Panthers 2 Final/OT Game page
Los Angeles Kings 0 at St. Louis Blues 5 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Colorado Avalanche 5 Final Game page

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