Penguins fall to Isles 5-2 (29-Jan-2003)
The Penguins finish off their season series with the Islanders with a 5-2 loss. New York scored twice in the second period and three times in the third for the victory. Randy Robitaille and Steve McKenna scored for the Pens. Pittsburgh went 1-4-0 vs New York this season.
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
0
1
1
-
2
Islanders
0
2
3
-
5
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
6
13
7
-
26
Islanders
10
8
11
-
29
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
0-1
1-4
0-0
-
1-5
Islanders
0-0
0-2
1-1
-
1-3
Goaltender: Sebastien Caron.
Alternate captains: Alexei Kovalev, Martin Straka, Marc Bergevin.
Shots after one period were 10-6 in favor of New York.
2nd Period Scoring: NY Islanders, Jason Blake 15 (Sven Butenschon, Raffi Torres), 3:06; NY Islanders, Mattias Timander 3 (Oleg Kvasha, Alexei Yashin), 5:02; Pittsburgh, Steve Mckenna 7 (power play) (Dick Tarnstrom, Martin Straka), 13:35.
2nd Period Penalties: Bench, Pit (too many men served by R Robitaille), 6:11; R Martinek, NYI (hooking), 9:03; R Hamrlik, NYI (double minor obstr hooking, unsportsmanlike cond), 9:54; R Martinek, NYI (boarding), 12:21; M Rozsival, Pit (tripping), 16:16.
Shots after two were 19-18 in favor of Pittsburgh.
3rd Period Scoring: NY Islanders, Alexei Yashin 13 (power play) (Roman Hamrlik, Mattias Timander), 10:02; Pittsburgh, Randy Robitaille 4 (Dick Tarnstrom), 10:52; NY Islanders, Jason Blake 16 (Claude Lapointe), 12:54; NY Islanders, Oleg Kvasha 6 (Arron Asham, Roman Hamrlik), 15:46.
3rd Period Penalties: A Kovalev, Pit (board check), 8:27.
Three Stars of the Game:
Jason Blake, NY (2g)
Rick DiPietro, NY (24 saves)
Mattias Timander, NY (1g, 2a)
Goalies: Pittsburgh, Sebastien Caron (29 shots, 24 saves; record: 3-3-1).
NY Islanders, Rick DiPietro (26 shots, 24 saves; record: 2-1-0).
Attendance: 14,246 at the Nassau Coliseum.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder), Aleksey Morozov (wrist), Janne Laukkanen (hip), Johan Hedberg (shoulder), Mario Lemieux (groin), Dan LaCouture and Hans Jonsson.
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