Pens lose lead in third and fall 4-3 to Devils (23-Feb-2003)
The Penguins allowed two goals in a 37 second span of the third period and fell 4-3 to the Devils. Pittsburgh got the game's opening goal at 4:18 of the second period from Mario Lemieux off a nice feed from Tomas Surovy. The Devils then responded with two goals in 1:39 to end the second period with a 2-1 lead. The Pens got two goal in the first five minutes of the third from Rico Fata and Martin Straka but New Jersey took the victory with two goals near the middle of the final period.
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Devils
0
2
2
-
4
Penguins
0
1
2
-
3
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Devils
7
16
12
-
35
Penguins
5
9
8
-
22
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Devils
0-0
0-2
0-1
-
0-3
Penguins
0-0
0-0
0-0
-
0-0
Goaltender: Sebastien Caron
Captain: Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains: Marc Bergevin, Wayne Primeau
1st Period Scoring: None.
1st Period Penalties: None.
Shots after one period were 7-5 in favor of New Jersey.
2nd Period Scoring: Pittsburgh, Mario Lemieux 23 (Tomas Surovy, Martin Straka), 4:18; New Jersey, Turner Stevenson 6 (Scott Gomez, Tommy Albelin), 9:51; New Jersey, Jeff Friesen 18 (Jamie Langenbrunner, Brian Rafalski), 11:30.
2nd Period Penalties: M Sivek, Pit (holding), 14:06; W Primeau, Pit (holding), 18:36.
Shots after two were 23-14 in favor of New Jersey.
3rd Period Scoring: Pittsburgh, Rico Fata 4 (Jan Hrdina, Randy Robitaille), 2:54; Pittsburgh, Martin Straka 15 (Tomas Surovy, Mario Lemieux), 4:30; New Jersey, Joe Nieuwendyk 13 (Jeff Friesen), 9:04; New Jersey, Scott Gomez 9 (Brian Rafalski, Scott Stevens), 9:41.
3rd Period Penalties: S Donovan, Pit (holding stick), 6:43.
Three Stars of the Game:
Scott Gomez - NJ (1g, 1a)
Tomas Surovy - PIT (2a)
Jeff Friesen - NJ (1g, 1a)
Goalies: New Jersey, Martin Brodeur (22 shots, 19 saves; record: 33-18-4).
Pittsburgh, Sebastien Caron (35 shots, 31 saves; record: 5-7-1).
Attendance: 17,148 (16,958 capacity) at Mellon Arena.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder - IR), Aleksey Morozov (wrist - IR), Jean-Sebastien Aubin (hand - IR), Joel Bouchard (jaw - IR), Milan Kraft (groin), Ville Nieminen and Michal Rozsival.
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