Pens snap losing streak with 2-2 tie against Nashville. (12-Mar-2003)
The Penguins end their nine game losing streak with a 2-2 tie against the Predators in front of a sold-out Mellon Arena crowd. Two newly acquired Pens scored in the third period. Guillaume Lefebvre tied the game at one at 6:45 and then Brian Holzinger got the game-tying goal with just under two and a half minutes to go.
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
T
Predators
1
0
1
0
2
Penguins
0
0
2
0
2
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
T
Predators
10
9
12
1
32
Penguins
8
6
13
5
32
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
T
Predators
0-1
0-3
0-2
0-0
0-6
Penguins
0-2
0-1
0-1
0-1
0-5
Lines: Abid-Lemieux-Straka, Surovy-Holzinger-Meloche, Fata-Johansson-Lefebvre and Nieminen-Manderville-McKenna
Defensive pairings: Tarnstrom-Lintner, Focht-Jonsson and Heins-Pushor
Goaltender: Johan Hedberg
Captain: Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains: Martin Straka
1st Period Scoring: Nashville, Greg Johnson 6 (Vladimir Orszagh, Vitali Yachmenev), 7:59.
1st Period Penalties: J York, Nas (hooking), 3:16; A Hall, Nas (slashing), 8:32; H Jonsson, Pit (tripping), 15:42.
Shots after one period were 10-8 in favor of Nashville.
2nd Period Scoring: None.
2nd Period Penalties: R Abid, Pit (obstr hooking), 0:59; E Meloche, Pit (boarding), 8:20; D Pederson, Nas (cross checking), 8:20; B Holzinger, Pit (double minor high sticking), 13:56; A Hall, Nas (interference), 19:27.
Shots after two were 19-17 in favor of Nashville.
3rd Period Scoring: Pittsburgh, Guillaume Lefebvre 1 (Mathias Johansson, Rico Fata), 6:45; Nashville, Bill Houlder 2 (Greg Johnson, Vladimir Orszagh), 13:31; Pittsburgh, Brian Holzinger 1 (Tomas Surovy, Rico Fata), 17:28.
3rd Period Penalties: M Lemieux, Pit (tripping), 3:56; K Timonen, Nas (obstr hooking), 14:57; J Pushor, Pit (holding), 18:03; S Hartnell, Nas (goalie interference), 20:00.
Shots after regulation were 31-27 in favor of Nashville.
OT Scoring: None.
OT Penalties: None.
Three Stars of the Game:
Brian Holzinger (1g)
Bill Houlder, NAS (1g)
Rico Fata (2a)
Goalies: Nashville, Tomas Vokoun (32 shots, 30 saves; record: 25-21-9).
Pittsburgh, Johan Hedberg (32 shots, 30 saves; record: 14-17-4).
Attendance: 17,158 (16,958 capacity), a standing room only sellout, at Mellon Arena.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder - IR), Aleksey Morozov (wrist - IR), Joel Bouchard (jaw - IR), Matt Bradley (wrist - IR), Michal Rozsival (thumb - IR), and Mikael Samuelsson (knee).
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