Pens lose to Canucks 3-2 in Lemieux's return (4-Feb-2003)
Mario Lemieux returned to action but the Penguins fell 3-2 to Vancouver. Pittsburgh fell behind 3-0 early in the second and were unable to complete a comeback to tie the game up. Alexei Kovalev scored both Penguin goals. Sebastien Caron made 36 saves on 39 shots.
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Canucks
2
1
0
-
3
Penguins
0
1
1
-
2
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Canucks
14
11
14
-
39
Penguins
12
14
6
-
32
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Canucks
1-2
0-1
0-1
-
1-4
Penguins
0-3
0-1
0-1
-
0-5
Goaltender: Sebastien Caron.
Captain: Mario Lemieux.
Alternate captains: Alexei Kovalev, Martin Straka.
1st Period Scoring: Vancouver, Henrik Sedin 4 (power play) (Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi), 7:48; Vancouver, Matt Cooke 9 (Unassisted), 9:33.
1st Period Penalties: M Cooke, Van (cross checking), 4:22; V Nieminen, Pit (holding), 6:56; J Ruutu, Van (holding stick), 11:12; A Kovalev, Pit (high sticking), 15:12; Bench, Van (too many men served by D Sedin), 19:56.
Shots after one period were 14-12 in favor of Vancouver.
2nd Period Scoring: Vancouver, Mats Lindgren 3 (shorthanded) (Unassisted), 1:38; Pittsburgh, Alexei Kovalev 24 (Martin Straka, Mario Lemieux), 5:57.
2nd Period Penalties: J Ruutu, Van (roughing), 8:49; S Donovan, Pit (slashing), 8:49; Bench, Van (too many men served by D Sedin), 15:36; Bench, Pit (too many men served by M Kraft), 18:40.
Shots after two were 26-25 in favor of Pittsburgh.
3rd Period Scoring: Pittsburgh, Alexei Kovalev 25 (Martin Straka), 9:23.
3rd Period Penalties: K Manderville, Pit (hooking), 3:14; B Sopel, Van (interference), 4:18; I Moran, Pit (roughing), 11:34; J Ruutu, Van (roughing), 11:34.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder), Aleksey Morozov (wrist), Janne Laukkanen (hip), Johan Hedberg (shoulder), Steve McKenna (flu) and Andrew Ference.
