Penguins rout the Rangers 6-1 (27-Dec-2002)
The Pens get a late Christmas present from the Rangers in the form of a 6-1 victory. Pittsburgh scored three times in the first, twice in the second and once in the third for their third straight win. (This team is nothing if not streaky...) The only downside was that goalie Johan Hedberg left the game near the end of the second with a shoulder injury.
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
3
2
1
-
6
Rangers
1
0
0
-
1
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
10
8
4
-
22
Rangers
11
3
10
-
24
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
2-2
0-1
0-1
-
2-4
Rangers
1-3
0-0
0-3
-
1-6
Goaltender: Johan Hedberg
Captain: Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains: Alexei Kovalev, Martin Straka.
1st Period Scoring: Pittsburgh, Mario Lemieux 18 (Martin Straka, Jan Hrdina), 6:31; Ny Rangers, Mark Messier 12 (power play) (Vladimir Malakhov), 13:20; Pittsburgh, Jan Hrdina 13 (power play) (Alexei Kovalev, Mario Lemieux), 14:22; Pittsburgh, Steve Mckenna 2 (power play) (Milan Kraft, Michal Sivek), 16:46.
1st Period Penalties: I Moran, Pit (holding stick), 0:18; W Primeau, Pit (obstr hooking), 12:40; C Cross, Nyr (hooking), 14:04; R Petrovicky, Nyr (hooking), 14:59; I Moran, Pit (holding), 17:50.
Shots after one period were 11-10 in favor of New York.
2nd Period Scoring: Pittsburgh, Michal Sivek 1 (Alexei Kovalev, Hans Jonsson), 8:07; Pittsburgh, Michal Rozsival 2 (Martin Straka, Mario Lemieux), 11:33.
2nd Period Penalties: E Lindros, Nyr (roughing), 11:16; A Ference, Pit (roughing), 11:16; M Barnaby, Nyr (major fighting), 13:36; A Ference, Pit (major fighting), 13:36; P Nedved, Nyr (high sticking), 16:06; D Kasparaitis, Nyr (diving), 17:53; M Rozsival, Pit (holding), 17:53.
Shots after two were 18-14 in favor of Pittsburgh.
3rd Period Scoring: Pittsburgh, Wayne Primeau 3 (Ville Nieminen), 18:44.
3rd Period Penalties: M Barnaby, Nyr (cross checking), 8:05; M Straka, Pit (hooking), 9:44; D Lacouture, Pit (double minor roughing), 13:55.
Three Stars of the Game:
Mario Lemieux (1g, 2a)
Michal Rozsival (1g)
Alexei Kovalev (2a)
Goalies: Pittsburgh, Johan Hedberg (12 shots, 11 saves; record: 11-9-3), Jean-Sebastien Aubin (17:53 of 2nd period, 12, 12).
Ny Rangers, Mike Dunham (15 shots, 10 saves; record: 3-12-3), Dan Blackburn (13:11 of 2nd period, 7, 6).
Attendance: 18,200 at Madison Square Garden.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder), Dick Tarnstrom (foot), Kris Beech (appendectomy), Aleksey Morozov (wrist), Janne Laukkanen (hip), Alexandre Daigle, Brooks Orpik and Randy Robitaille.
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