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Last Five Games

Record: 4-0-0
5-11	NYI	4-3	W-OT
5-14	OTT	4-1	W
5-17	OTT	4-3	W
5-19	OTT	1-2	L-2OT
5-22	OTT	7-3	W

Pens beat Sabres 4-1. (29-Nov-2002)
The Penguins without Mario Lemieux beat the Sabres 4-1 for their fourth straight win. Alexei Kovalev scored a power play and even strength goal. Jan Hrdina also notched a power play goal and Ville Nieminen added an empty-netter. Pittsburgh's power play *only* went 2 for 5. Johan Hedberg turned aside 43 of 44 Buffalo shots on goal.

Scoring
	1st	2nd	3rd	-	T
Penguins	0	2	2	-	4
Sabres	0	0	1	-	1

Shots on goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	-	T
Penguins	4	13	6	-	23
Sabres	9	17	18	-	44

Goaltender: Johan Hedberg
1st Period Scoring: No goals scored.
1st Period Penalties: Pit, McKenna, (Obstruction-hooking) 2:50; Buf, Gratton, (Hooking) 6:17; Pit, Nieminen, (Slashing) 8:01; Pit, Manderville, (Tripping) 12:55; Buf, Brown, (Hooking) 17:50.
Shots after one period were 9-4 in favor of Buffalo.
2nd Period Scoring: Pit, Kovalev (power play) (D Tarnstrom, J Hrdina), 8:45. Pit, Hrdina (power play) (A Kovalev, V Nieminen), 9:12.
2nd Period Penalties: Pit, Morozov, (Hooking) 0:36; Buf, Pyatt, (Goaltender Interference) 1:16; Buf, Warrener, (Obstruction-hooking) 6:58; Buf, Patrick, (Tripping) 8:41; Pit, LaCouture, (Fighting) 15:53; Buf, Warrener, (Fighting) 15:53.
Shots after two were 26-17 in favor of Buffalo.
3rd Period Scoring: Pit, Kovalev (R Robitaille, I Moran), 8:08. Buf, Barnes (V Varada, J Hecht), 9:29. Pit, Nieminen (shorthanded) (M Bergevin, J Hrdina), 19:44.
3rd Period Penalties: Pit, Kovalev, (Holding) 18:26.
Three Stars of the Game:
1. Alexei Kovalev (2g, 1a)
2. Johan Hedberg (43 saves)
3. Chris Gratton, Buf
Shots on goal: Pittsburgh - 23, Buffalo - 44.
Power plays: Pittsburgh 2 of 5, Buffalo 0 of 5.
Goalies: Pittsburgh, Johan Hedberg (44 shots, 43 saves; record: 8-5-3).
Buffalo, Martin Biron (22 shots, 19 saves; record: 3-9-3).
Attendance: 15,733 at HSBC Arena.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder), Michal Rozsival (shoulder), Shean Donovan (foot), Martin Straka (hamstring) and Mario Lemieux (flu).
ESPN boxscore: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=221129002

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L-2OT: 1-2

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OTT

W: 7-3

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