Pens embarrassed by Panthers 6-0 (7-Feb-2003)
The Pens lose big, 6-0, to Florida in front of 12,239 at Mellon Arena. Things got out of hand with a melee breaking out at the midpoint of the third period and then Mario Lemieux got tossed from the game for fighting with just over 5 minutes to go. Lemieux had been harrassed by Brad Ference throughout the game and decided to take things into his own hands. After the game, Lemieux told reporters the team would lose money this year and that he needed "the support of the corporate community and the fans, and if it's not there, I've got to protect my interest."
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Panthers
3
0
3
-
6
Penguins
0
0
0
-
0
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Panthers
19
16
12
-
47
Penguins
11
5
12
-
28
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Panthers
0-2
0-3
2-6
-
2-11
Penguins
0-2
0-1
0-0
-
0-3
Goaltender: Sebastien Caron.
Captain: Mario Lemieux.
Alternate captains: Alexei Kovalev, Martin Straka.
1st Period Scoring: Florida, Ivan Majesky 2 (Kristian Huselius, Matt Cullen), 12:07; Florida, Niklas Hagman 5 (Ivan Novoseltsev), 17:18; Florida, Marcus Nilson 11 (Unassisted), 17:29.
1st Period Penalties: A Ference, Pit (hooking), 1:41; I Majesky, Fla (tripping), 4:13; I Moran, Pit (roughing), 14:56; S Weiss, Fla (holding), 19:18.
Shots after one period were 19-11 in favor of Florida.
2nd Period Scoring: None.
2nd Period Penalties: K Manderville, Pit (charging), 7:33; A Ference, Pit (slashing), 12:06; M Rozsival, Pit (interference), 17:21; I Moran, Pit (roughing), 19:00; B Ference, Fla (roughing), 19:00; Bench, Fla (too many men served by R Johnson), 19:40.
Shots after two were 35-16 in favor of Florida.
3rd Period Scoring: Florida, Kristian Huselius 15 (Valeri Bure, Matt Cullen), 5:41; Florida, Matt Cullen 8 (power play) (Kristian Huselius, Andreas Lilja), 12:02; Florida, Olli Jokinen 26 (power play) (Viktor Kozlov, Jay Bouwmeester), 18:45.
3rd Period Penalties: K Manderville, Pit (holding stick), 5:56; S Mckenna, Pit (instigator, fighting major, misconduct, game misconduct), 10:34; P Worrell, Fla (roughing, game misconduct), 10:34; B Ference, Fla (roughing), 10:34; E Beaudoin, Fla (major fighting, game misconduct), 10:34; R Luongo, Fla (goalie leaving crease), 10:34; S Donovan, Pit (roughing), 10:34; J Pushor, Pit (major fighting, game misconduct), 10:34; S Caron, Pit (goalie leaving crease), 10:34; P Trnka, Fla (roughing, game misconduct), 14:48; M Lemieux, Pit (major fighting, misconduct, game misconduct), 14:48; M Lemieux, Pit (double minor slashing, instigator), 14:48; A Lilja, Fla (cross checking), 16:16; W Primeau, Pit (slashing), 16:16; I Moran, Pit ( misconduct), 16:16.
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