The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 2, on December 23, 2002.

Final

Sabres

8-19-5-1

2

Penguins

13-14-3-4

5

Team

BUF

PIT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

PIT

J-P Dumont (EV) assisted by Norman Milley and Chris Gratton

Milan Kraft (EV) assisted by Michal Sivek and Alex Kovalev

2nd period

BUF

PIT

Ales Kotalik (PP) assisted by James Patrick and Brian Campbell

3rd period

BUF

PIT

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Mario Lemieux

Mario Lemieux (EV) unassisted

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Martin Straka and Mario Lemieux

Martin Straka (EV) assisted by Mario Lemieux

Sabres

Penguins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Penguins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mika Noronen (L) M. Noronen	0	1	0	0	28	23	.821	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	13	61.5	0	14:52
Eric Boulton E. Boulton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	6:43
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	16	25	64.0	0	19:50
Brian Campbell B. Campbell	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0	0	0		0	15:22
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0	3	6	50.0	0	11:36
J-P Dumont J. Dumont	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	0	17:17
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	0	1	1	-2	5	0	0	2	0.0	10	18	55.6	0	17:43
Dmitri Kalinin D. Kalinin	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		0	0		0	17:33
Ales Kotalik A. Kotalik	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	18:09
Adam Mair A. Mair	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		3	7	42.9	0	8:03
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	19:51
Norman Milley N. Milley	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	12:48
James Patrick J. Patrick	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	2	0.0	0	0		0	21:01
Taylor Pyatt T. Pyatt	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	13:24
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	21:50
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	20:48
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	13:42
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	25:54

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Johan Hedberg (W) J. Hedberg	1	0	0	0	19	17	.895	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	TOI
Marc Bergevin M. Bergevin	0	0	0	+4	0	0	0		0	0		18:30
Shean Donovan S. Donovan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		11:45
Andrew Ference A. Ference	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0		21:56
Jan Hrdina J. Hrdina	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	3	13	23.1	19:42
Hans Jonsson H. Jonsson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		17:44
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	2	1	3	+4	0	0	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	18:52
Milan Kraft M. Kraft	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0	3	11	27.3	13:34
Dan Lacouture D. Lacouture	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		11:50
Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1	3	4	+4	0	1	7	14.3	7	18	38.9	21:42
Kent Manderville K. Manderville	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	9	66.7	11:06
Steve McKenna S. McKenna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		6:18
Ian Moran I. Moran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		20:52
Ville Nieminen V. Nieminen	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	0.0	0	0		11:29
Wayne Primeau W. Primeau	0	0	0	0	7	0	3	0.0	10	18	55.6	15:10
Jamie Pushor J. Pushor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		17:21
Michal Rozsival M. Rozsival	0	0	0	+3	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		19:50
Michal Sivek M. Sivek	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		14:55
Martin Straka M. Straka	1	1	2	+3	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		20:53