LetsGoPens.com Game Database - Box Score/Summary
NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- PITTSBURGH 1 0 2 3 NEW JERSEY 3 0 1 4 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NJD - BRIAN ROLSTON 2 (JAY PANDOLFO, BOB CARPENTER) 2:30 NJD - RANDY MCKAY 3 (SCOTT STEVENS, BOBBY HOLIK) 9:23 NJD - (PP) JASON ARNOTT 2 (SCOTT NIEDERMAYER, BRENDAN MORRISON) 14:48 PIT - MARTIN STRAKA 6 (KEVIN HATCHER, ROB BROWN) 19:59 2ND PRD: NONE 3RD PRD: PIT - STU BARNES 5 (JAROMIR JAGR, MARTIN STRAKA) 3:03 PIT - ALEXEI MOROZOV 3 (JEFF SEROWIK) 3:48 NJD - RANDY MCKAY 4 (VADIM SHARIFIJANOV, BOBBY HOLIK) 14:53
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: PIT - 0 OF 2, NJD - 1 OF 3.
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- PIT 3 7 10 20 NJD 15 3 10 28
GOALIES: PIT - TOM BARRASSO, JEAN-SEBASTIEN AUBIN(18:24,2ND), TOM BARRASSO(3RD) NJD - CHRIS TERRERI
OFFICIALS: REF - STEWART LIN - AMELL, MORIN
ATT: 17,452
Box Score----------------------------- Pittsburgh 1 0 2--3 New Jersey 3 0 1--4 -----------------------------
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Rolston 2 (Pandolfo, Carpenter), 2:30. 2, New Jersey, Mckay 3 (Stevens, Holik), 9:23. 3, New Jersey, Arnott 2 (power play) (Niedermayer, Morrison), 14:48. 4, Pittsburgh, Straka 6 (Hatcher, Brown), 19:59. Penalties: Jagr, Pit (hooking), 13:42; K Daneyko, N.J. (tripping), 17:57.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Miller, Pit (Obstr hooking), 3:05; Niedermayer, N.J. (Obstr hooking), 18:24.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Pittsburgh, Barnes 5 (Jagr, Straka), 3:03. 6, Pittsburgh, A Morozov 3 (Serowik), 3:48. 7, New Jersey, Mckay 4 (Sharifijanov, Holik), 14:53. Penalties: Brown, Pit (boarding), 5:04.
Shots on goal: --------------------------------- Pittsburgh 3 7 10--20 New Jersey 15 3 10--28 ---------------------------------
Power-play Conversions: Pit - 0 of 2, Njd - 1 of 3. Goalies: Pittsburgh, T Barrasso (28 shots, 24 saves; record: 2-1-0), J Aubin (18:24 of 2nd period, 0, 0), T Barrasso (start of 3rd). New Jersey, Terreri (20, 17; record: 3-0-0). A:17,452. Referee: Stewart. Linesmen: Amell, Morin.
How They Scored----------------------------- Pittsburgh 1 0 2--3 New Jersey 3 0 1--4 -----------------------------
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Rolston 2 (Pandolfo, Carpenter), 2:30. 2, New Jersey, Mckay 3 (Stevens, Holik), 9:23. 3, New Jersey, Arnott 2 (power play) (Niedermayer, Morrison), 14:48. 4, Pittsburgh, Straka 6 (Hatcher, Brown), 19:59. Penalties: Jagr, Pit (hooking), 13:42; K Daneyko, N.J. (tripping), 17:57.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Miller, Pit (Obstr hooking), 3:05; Niedermayer, N.J. (Obstr hooking), 18:24.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Pittsburgh, Barnes 5 (Jagr, Straka), 3:03. 6, Pittsburgh, A Morozov 3 (Serowik), 3:48. 7, New Jersey, Mckay 4 (Sharifijanov, Holik), 14:53. Penalties: Brown, Pit (boarding), 5:04.
Shots on goal: --------------------------------- Pittsburgh 3 7 10--20 New Jersey 15 3 10--28 ---------------------------------
Power-play Conversions: Pit - 0 of 2, Njd - 1 of 3. Goalies: Pittsburgh, T Barrasso (28 shots, 24 saves; record: 2-1-0), J Aubin (18:24 of 2nd period, 0, 0), T Barrasso (start of 3rd). New Jersey, Terreri (20, 17; record: 3-0-0). A:17,452. Referee: Stewart. Linesmen: Amell, Morin.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Pittsburgh New Jersey G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots A Morozov 1 0 even 3 Arnott 1 0 even 3 Barnes 1 0 +2 4 Bombardir 0 0 even 0 Brown 0 1 +1 1 Brylin 0 0 even 1 Dollas 0 0 even 1 Carpenter 0 1 -1 2 Galanov 0 0 -1 1 Dean 0 0 +1 1 Hatcher 0 1 +1 2 Elias 0 0 even 0 Hrdina 0 0 -1 0 Holik 0 2 +1 3 Ignatjev 0 0 -1 0 K Daneyko 0 0 -1 0 Jagr 0 1 -1 0 Mckay 2 0 +1 5 Kasparaitis 0 0 even 0 Morrison 0 1 even 0 Kesa 0 0 -1 0 Niedermayer 0 1 even 0 Lang 0 0 even 3 Odelein 0 0 -1 1 Miller 0 0 -1 1 Pandolfo 0 1 +1 1 Serowik 0 1 even 1 Pederson 0 0 even 1 Straka 1 1 +2 2 Rolston 1 0 -1 2 Titov 0 0 +1 1 Sharifijanov 0 1 even 3 Werenka 0 0 even 0 Stevens 0 1 even 3 Wright 0 0 -1 0 Sykora 0 0 even 2 Skudra Leg Injury Souray Healthy Tamer Healthy Andreychuk Sternum Injury Wilkinson Groin Oliwa Healthy Lebeau Elbow Injury Lakovic Healthy I Moran Ankle Injury Slegr Hand
Game StoryEAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Randy McKay scored twice, including the go-ahead tally with 5:07 remaining, as the New Jersey Devils squandered a three-goal lead before pulling out a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in a battle of Atlantic Division leaders.
Rookie Vadim Sharifijanov intercepted the puck behind the Penguins net and got it to McKay, who beat Tom Barrasso between the pads on a wraparound at the left goalpost. McKay had only two goals in nine games entering this contest.
Seconds earlier, Pittsburgh's German Titov fired a shot off the right post off a feed from Alexei Morozov.
The Devils have won six of their last seven games and eight of 10 to move atop the Atlantic Division, two points ahead of Pittsburgh and the New York Islanders.
"That's why we play 60 minutes, I guess," said New Jersey coach Robbie Ftorek. "Some nights get by us, but Pittsburgh did a good job coming back and playing right back into the game. But we worked hard and we were able to get that fourth goal. Bottom line, that was the important one. We're not happy giving up the three goals, but there was a lot of good that came out of this game."
The game marked the return of referee Paul Stewart, who underwent surgery for colon cancer five months ago. Officiating his first NHL game since the first round of the playoffs last April, Stewart whistled five minor penalties.
New Jersey played almost flawlessly in building a 3-0 lead, but the Penguins scored with three-tenths of a second left in the first period to start their comeback.
Pittsburgh was outshot 15-2 before Martin Straka tipped Kevin Hatcher's point shot past Chris Terreri to get the Pens on the board.
The goal energized Pittsburgh, which proceeded to hold the Devils without a shot for the first 11 minutes of the second period. The Penguins nearly made it a one-goal game as Kip Miller came in on a breakaway with 13:07 to go. But Terreri stood his ground, forcing Miller wide of the left goalpost.
Pittsburgh struck quickly to tie it in the third period as Stu Barnes and Morozov scored in a 45-second span. Barnes converted Jaromir Jagr's centering pass at 3:03, putting a backhander between Terreri's pads.
Morozov tied it with his third goal of the season and second in as many games, flipping a rebound past Terreri from the bottom of the right faceoff circle.
"I think there is a lesson in all this," said Penguins coach Kevin Constantine, whose team had a four-game unbeaten streak snapped and lost for just the second time in nine contests. "Sometimes people think it's the way you finish a hockey game that is the most important. To me, the lesson in our last two games is that the way you start games is clearly the most important part of winning a hockey game.
"Your start is more important than your finish. The team that started the best in our last two games is the one that ultimately won."
The Penguins pulled Barrasso for an extra attacker in the final minute and Terreri got his blocker on Martin Straka's try from the right post as time expired.
New Jersey dominated the opening period, scoring two goals before Pittsburgh had two shots. Brian Rolston got it started at 2:30, ending a nine-game goal drought. Jay Pandolfo passed from the side of the net to the inside edge of the right faceoff circle and Rolston's wrist shot beat Barrasso to the glove side.
Barrasso returned after missing 10 games with a groin injury but got little help in the opening period. The Penguins were held without a shot for the first 7:46 and fell behind, 2-0, less than two minutes later, when an unchecked McKay put home a rebound of Scott Stevens' wrister from the left point.
Jagr took a hooking penalty in the offensive zone with 7:18 to go in the period and the Devils cashed in 66 seconds later on Jason Arnott's second goal of the season. He wristed a one-timer past Barrasso's glove from the left circle off a pass from Scott Niedermayer to end his own 12-game drought.
"I think the power-play goal was a big, important thing for us," Ftorek said. "We got some goals moving the puck around in the offensive zone in the first period and in the third period. So there were some good things that happened tonight."
New Jersey kept the Penguins scoreless in two power-play chances, running its penalty-killing streak to 25 over seven games. The Devils also avenged a 3-1 loss to Pittsburgh in their home opener on October 14th.
"New Jersey came out more prepared than we were," said Pittsburgh's Rob Brown. "Our players weren't mentally ready and it cost us a game."