Pens blanked by Senators 3-0 in first game of the post-Kovalev era (12-Feb-2003)
The Penguins get shut out 3-0 by Ottawa's (and ex-Pen) Patrick Lalime. The Senators opened the scoring at 14:20 of the second when Toni Dahlman netted his first NHL goal. Ottawa then added two goals in the third from Marian Hossa (0:40) and Chris Neil (9:17).
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Senators
0
1
2
-
3
Penguins
0
0
0
-
0
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Senators
6
9
10
-
25
Penguins
8
7
5
-
20
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Senators
0-0
0-0
0-1
-
0-1
Penguins
0-2
0-1
0-0
-
0-3
Lines: McKenna-Lemieux-Samuelsson, Hrdina-Robitaille-Donovan, Manderville-Kraft-Nieminen and Sivek-Primeau-Fata
Defensive pairings: Tarnstrom-Bouchard, Bergevin-Rozsival and Heins-Moran
Goaltender: Johan Hedberg
Captain: Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains: Marc Bergevin, Wayne Primeau
1st Period Scoring: None.
1st Period Penalties: K Rachunek, Ott (holding stick), 3:52; M Hossa, Ott (obstruction holding), 11:14.
Shots after one period were 8-6 in favor of Pittsburgh.
2nd Period Scoring: Ottawa, Toni Dahlman 1 (Mike Fisher), 14:20.
2nd Period Penalties: J Langfeld, Ott (holding stick), 1:01.
Shots after two were tied at 15.
3rd Period Scoring: Ottawa, Marian Hossa 35 (Shaun Van Allen), 0:40; Ottawa, Chris Neil 5 (Unassisted), 9:17.
3rd Period Penalties: M Bergevin, Pit (closing hand on puck), 4:38.
Three Stars of the Game:
Patrick Lalime, Ott (20 saves, 1.00 Sv Pct)
Marian Hossa, Ott (1g)
Toni Dahlman, Ott (1g)
Goalies: Ottawa, Patrick Lalime (20 shots, 20 saves; record: 25-14-6). Pittsburgh, Johan Hedberg (25 shots, 22 saves; record: 13-11-3).
Attendance: 14,197 (16,958 capacity) at Mellon Arena.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder), Aleksey Morozov (wrist), Jean-Sebastien Aubin (hand), Martin Straka (hamstring), Hans Jonsson and Jamie Pushor.
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