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Saturday, December 8, 2001 · Mellon Arena

Thrashers 3 at Penguins 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 98OVR Alex Kovalev Penguins First Star 1G · 1A · 7 SOG C 94OVR Robert Lang Penguins Second Star 2A · 8 SOG L 52OVR Dan Lacouture Penguins Third Star 1G · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:41 Hans Jonsson (1) PPG Alex Kovalev (9), Jan Hrdina (6) · Slap ATL 0 – 1 PIT
  2. 17:01 Yannick Tremblay (2) PPG Dany Heatley (13), Ilya Kovalchuk (9) · Slap ATL 1 – 1 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 1:46 Kris Beech (2) Toby Petersen (7), Andrew Ference (4) · Wrist ATL 1 – 2 PIT
  2. 3:46 Dan Lacouture (3) Wayne Primeau (4), John Jakopin (2) · Wrist ATL 1 – 3 PIT
  3. 9:31 Lubos Bartecko (5) Hnat Domenichelli (5), Ray Ferraro (9) · Tip-in ATL 2 – 3 PIT
  4. 16:06 Michal Rozsival (3) PPG Robert Lang (12), Aleksey Morozov (10) · Wrist ATL 2 – 4 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 9:50 Tony Hrkac (5) Dany Heatley (14), Patrik Stefan (1) · Tip-in ATL 3 – 4 PIT
  2. 17:47 Alex Kovalev (8) Robert Lang (13) · Snap ATL 3 – 5 PIT
  3. 19:56 Milan Kraft (5) Unassisted · Wrist ATL 3 – 6 PIT

Atlanta Thrashers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Yannick Tremblay D 1 0 1 0 2 +2 19:37 1.23
Dany Heatley L 0 2 3 0 0 -1 18:15 1.13
Hnat Domenichelli L 0 1 7 1 1 -1 18:45 1.05
Lubos Bartecko L 1 0 2 0 0 0 16:11 0.90
Patrik Stefan C 0 1 2 0 0 0 13:59 0.78
Tony Hrkac C 1 0 2 1 0 -1 16:33 0.70
Chris Tamer D 0 0 0 1 3 +2 19:58 0.45
Ray Ferraro C 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:59 0.40
Per Svartvadet C 0 0 2 0 3 0 8:10 0.30
Ilya Kovalchuk L 0 1 1 0 0 -2 19:16 0.25
Brian Pothier D 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:02 0.15
Brad Tapper R 0 0 1 0 0 0 8:45 0.13
Daniel Tjarnqvist D 0 0 0 4 2 -1 21:33 0.00
Todd Reirden D 0 0 1 0 2 -2 14:29 -0.12
Bob Corkum C 0 0 0 1 0 -1 15:08 -0.15
Darcy Hordichuk L 0 0 0 1 0 0 4:36 -0.38
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 0 0 0 4 -4 20:34 -0.45
Shean Donovan R 0 0 0 2 0 -1 13:09 -0.65
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Damian Rhodes L 22 19 3 .864 37:13 -0.35
Milan Hnilicka — 18 16 2 .889 21:46 0.10

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Alex Kovalev R 1 1 7 0 1 0 19:41 1.95
Robert Lang C 0 2 8 0 1 0 21:15 1.80
Dan Lacouture L 1 0 2 1 0 +3 18:53 1.35
Toby Petersen C 0 1 5 0 3 +1 14:21 1.30
Hans Jonsson D 1 0 3 1 4 +1 18:42 1.23
Michal Rozsival D 1 0 3 1 2 +1 19:41 1.23
Milan Kraft C 1 0 4 0 0 0 12:51 1.10
Kris Beech C 1 0 4 1 0 +1 16:22 1.10
Andrew Ference D 0 1 1 1 1 +2 14:45 1.05
Wayne Primeau C 0 1 1 1 0 0 8:21 0.70
Jan Hrdina C 0 1 0 1 1 0 16:48 0.68
John Jakopin D 0 1 0 1 1 0 10:47 0.68
Aleksey Morozov R 0 1 0 0 0 0 14:15 0.63
Ian Moran D 0 0 1 0 1 0 5:37 0.13
Janne Laukkanen D 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:30 0.05
Stephane Richer R 0 0 1 1 0 0 10:07 0.02
Darius Kasparaitis D 0 0 0 8 0 0 18:53 -0.05
Billy Tibbetts R 0 0 1 0 0 0 2:24 -1.10
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Johan Hedberg W 25 22 3 .880 60:00 -0.05