Pens fall to Caps 2-1 (30-Jan-2003)
The Penguins lose 2-1 to Capitals as ex-Pen Kip Miller gets a goal and assist. Pittsburgh opened the scoring at 12:38 of the first with a Michal Rozsival one-timer. Sergei Gonchar tied it at one at 1:21 of the second period and Kip Miller netted the game-winner at 11:31 of the third. The Pens were outshot 15-5 (4 of the 5 Pittsburgh shots were from defensemen) in the third period.
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
1
0
0
-
1
Capitals
0
1
1
-
2
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
13
6
5
-
24
Capitals
7
6
15
-
28
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Penguins
0-2
0-2
0-0
-
0-4
Capitals
0-1
0-1
0-1
-
0-3
Lines: Straka-Robitaille-Kovalev, Kraft-Hrdina-Koltsov, McKenna-Primeau-Donovan and Sivek-Manderville-Nieminen.
Defensive pairings: Tarnstrom-Moran, Bergevin-Rozsival and Jonsson-Pushor.
Goaltender: Sebastien Caron.
Alternate captains: Alexei Kovalev, Martin Straka, Marc Bergevin.
The Penguins got their lone goal of the game from Michal Rozsival at 12:38 of the first period. Rozsival took a pass from Martin Straka, who was along the right goal line, and one-timed the puck from the right faceoff dot far-side past Washington goaltender, Olaf Kolzig.
Pittsburgh, Michal Rozsival 3 (Martin Straka, Jan Hrdina), 12:38
1st Period Penalties: J Doig, Was (roughing), 8:20; V Nieminen, Pit (roughing), 8:20; P Bondra, Was (interference), 9:10; M Bergevin, Pit (hooking), 14:04; A Salomonsson, Was (holding stick), 17:51.
Shots after one period were 13-7 in favor of Pittsburgh.
Sergei Gonchar tied the game at one with his 13th of the season early in the second. Gonchar took a pass from Kip Miller and one-timed it home from the inside of the left circle.
Washington, Sergei Gonchar 13 (Kip Miller, Michael Nylander), 1:21
2nd Period Penalties: J Halpern, Was (high sticking), 4:36; S Donovan, Pit (holding), 10:16; P Bondra, Was (tripping), 11:13.
Shots after two were 19-13 in favor of Pittsburgh.
The Pens thought they had taken a lead four minutes into the third period but Dick Tarnstrom was called for holding negating the Randy Robitaille "goal."
Kip Miller notched the game-winner for the Capitals at 11:31. Miller took a short drop pass from Michael Nylander, drifted to his right and fired a shot by Sebastien Caron from the slot.
Washington, Kip Miller 11 (Michael Nylander, Jaromir Jagr), 11:31
3rd Period Penalties: D Tarnstrom, Pit (holding), 3:50.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder), Aleksey Morozov (wrist), Janne Laukkanen (hip), Johan Hedberg (shoulder), Mario Lemieux (groin), Dan LaCouture and Andrew Ference.
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