Pens crushed 6-1 by Flyers (31-Mar-2003)
The Penguins lose 6-1 to Philadelphia. Pittsburgh actually led the game 1-0 when Jamie Pushor netted his second of the season at 6:30 of the first period. Michal Handzus tied the game with 34 seconds remaining in the first. The Flyers got the eventual game-winner from Keith Primeau on the power play at 2:03 of the second. Philadelphia then added two more goals in the second and two in the third for the victory. Alexandre Daigle was recalled from Wilkes-Barre and played in place of the injured Brian Holzinger. Attendance was 12,505 at Mellon Arena.
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Flyers
1
3
2
-
6
Penguins
1
0
0
-
1
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Flyers
5
12
11
-
28
Penguins
8
5
4
-
17
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Flyers
0-2
1-1
1-1
-
2-4
Penguins
0-4
0-3
0-1
-
0-8
Goaltender: Johan Hedberg
Captain: Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains: Martin Straka, Steve McKenna
1st Period Scoring: Pittsburgh, Jamie Pushor 2 (Martin Straka, Dan Focht), 6:30; Philadelphia, Michal Handzus 23 (John Leclair, Eric Weinrich), 19:26.
1st Period Penalties: M Handzus, Phi (roughing), 4:57; V Nieminen, Pit (roughing), 4:57; M Handzus, Phi (hooking), 9:35; E Meloche, Pit (interference), 10:17; M Ragnarsson, Phi (cross checking), 11:26; D Focht, Pit (hooking), 14:43; D Tarnstrom, Pit (cross checking), 16:28; M Recchi, Phi (cross checking), 16:58.
Shots after one period were 8-5 in favor of Pittsburgh.
2nd Period Scoring: Philadelphia, Keith Primeau 18 (power play) (Kim Johnsson, Tony Amonte), 2:03; Philadelphia, Sami Kapanen 9 (Keith Primeau), 8:43; Philadelphia, Radovan Somik 5 (shorthanded) (Keith Primeau), 10:08.
2nd Period Penalties: R Lintner, Pit (hooking), 0:59; T Fedoruk, Phi (elbowing), 2:59; J Roenick, Phi (high sticking), 9:26; Bench, Phi (too many men served by T Fedoruk), 18:07.
Shots after two were 17-13 in favor of Philadelphia.
3rd Period Scoring: Philadelphia, Marty Murray 10 (Chris Therien, Jeremy Roenick), 11:40; Philadelphia, John Leclair 17 (power play) (Eric Desjardins, Mark Recchi), 15:01.
3rd Period Penalties: C Lapointe, Phi (boarding), 0:32; D Tarnstrom, Pit (closing hand on puck), 13:04.
Three Stars of the Game:
Keith Primeau, Phi (1g, 2a)
John LeClair, Phi (1g, 1a)
Kim Johnsson, Phi (1a)
Goalies: Philadelphia, Roman Cechmanek (17 shots, 16 saves; record: 31-15-10).
Pittsburgh, Johan Hedberg (28 shots, 22 saves; record: 14-21-4).
Attendance: 12,505, (16,958 capacity), at Mellon Arena.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder - IR), Aleksey Morozov (wrist - IR), Joel Bouchard (jaw - IR), Matt Bradley (wrist - IR), Ramzi Abid (knee), Michal Rozsival (thumb), and Brian Holzinger (knee).
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