Pens fall to Leafs 4-2 (9-Jan-2003)
The Penguins were down 2-0, tied it at two in the second period but end up losing 4-2 to Toronto. Shean Donovan (6:59 - 2nd) and Steve McKenna (pp 6:59 - 2nd) score for the Pens. Pittsburgh go 1 for 9 on the power play in front of 13,889 at Mellon Arena.
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Maple Leafs
2
1
1
-
4
Penguins
0
2
0
-
2
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Maple Leafs
6
8
8
-
22
Penguins
6
10
9
-
25
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Maple Leafs
0-1
0-0
0-1
-
0-2
Penguins
0-5
1-3
0-1
-
1-9
Lines: Nieminen-Robitaille-Kovalev, Straka-Kraft-Sivek, LaCouture-Primeau-Kostopoulos and McKenna-Manderville-Donovan.
Defensive pairings: Ference-Moran, Bergevin-Rozsival and Jonsson-Pushor.
Goaltender: Jean-Sebastien Aubin.
Alternate captains: Alexei Kovalev, Martin Straka, Marc Bergevin.
1st Period Scoring: Toronto, Jykri Lumme 3 (Darcy Tucker, Travis Green), 2:32; Toronto, Travis Green 7 (shorthanded) (Ed Belfour), 13:57.
1st Period Penalties: B Mccabe, Tor (clipping), 6:22; R Svehla, Tor (high sticking), 9:41; A Kovalev, Pit (obstruction hooking), 10:32; A Berg, Tor (double minor high sticking), 11:14; M Rozsival, Pit (high sticking), 11:24; W Belak, Tor (charging served by T Domi, fighting major), 15:42; S Mckenna, Pit (major fighting), 15:42.
Shots after one period were tied at 6.
2nd Period Scoring: Pittsburgh, Shean Donovan 3 (Kent Manderville, Wayne Primeau), 2:13; Pittsburgh, Steve Mckenna 5 (power play) (Milan Kraft, Tom Kostopoulos), 6:59; Toronto, Nikolai Antropov 10 (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Alexander Mogilny), 11:32.
2nd Period Penalties: R Jackman, Tor (obstr hooking), 5:06; T Domi, Tor (broken stick), 12:10; T Green, Tor (holding), 18:38.
Shots after two were 16-14 in favor of Pittsburgh.
3rd Period Scoring: Toronto, Alexander Mogilny 18 (empty net) (Nikolai Antropov), 19:05.
3rd Period Penalties: T Kaberle, Tor (holding), 1:08; A Kovalev, Pit (tripping), 9:20; D LaCouture, Pit (major fighting), 19:51; T Domi, Tor (major fighting), 19:51.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder), Kris Beech (appendectomy), Aleksey Morozov (wrist), Janne Laukkanen (hip), Dick Tarnstrom (hamstring), Jan Hrdina (back), Johan Hedberg (shoulder) and Mario Lemieux (groin).
