Pens close out season with 5-3 loss to Washington (7-Apr-2003)
At least it's over. The Pens' dismal 2002-03 campaign ends with a 5-3 loss to the Capitals. The teams traded goals over the first two periods and found themselves tied at one. Pittsburgh got two soft goals early in the third to take a 3-1 lead but then it was all Washington and they scored four goals in the final thirteen plus minutes.
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Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
1
0
2
-
3
Capitals
0
1
4
-
5
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
8
11
6
-
25
Capitals
10
6
20
-
36
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
0-1
0-2
0-0
-
0-3
Capitals
0-1
0-1
0-1
-
0-3
Goaltender: Johan Hedberg
Alternate captains: Martin Straka, Steve McKenna
1st Period Scoring: Pittsburgh, Ville Nieminen 9 (Kent Manderville, Steve Mckenna), 0:42.
1st Period Penalties: K Manderville, Pit (roughing), 3:47; J Doig, Was (double minor roughing), 3:47; R Fata, Pit (hooking), 13:00.
Shots after one period were 10-8 in favor of Washington.
2nd Period Scoring: Washington, Ivan Ciernik 8 (Robert Lang), 19:58.
2nd Period Penalties: C Johansson, Was (high sticking), 0:33; D Tarnstrom, Pit (tripping), 12:44; M Nylander, Was (holding), 15:55.
Shots after two were 19-16 in favor of Pittsburgh.
3rd Period Scoring: Pittsburgh, Richard Lintner 4 (Dick Tarnstrom), 1:30; Pittsburgh, Jamie Pushor 3 (Martin Straka, Tomas Surovy), 4:19; Washington, Peter Bondra 29 (Mike Grier, Sergei Gonchar), 6:44; Washington, Dainius Zubrus 13 (Robert Lang, Calle Johansson), 18:28; Washington, Jeff Halpern 13 (Calle Johansson, Michael Nylander), 19:12; Washington, Peter Bondra 30 (empty net) (Dainius Zubrus, Jeff Halpern), 19:48.
3rd Period Penalties: S Heins, Pit (holding), 12:34.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder - IR), Aleksey Morozov (wrist - IR), Matt Bradley (wrist - IR), Ramzi Abid (knee), Michal Rozsival (thumb), Brian Holzinger (knee), and Mario Lemieux.
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