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Monday, December 23, 2002 · Mellon Arena

Sabres 2 at Penguins 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 97OVR Mario Lemieux Penguins First Star 1G · 3A · 7 SOG R 95OVR Alex Kovalev Rangers Second Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG C 92OVR Martin Straka Penguins Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:50 J-P Dumont (7) Norman Milley (1), Chris Gratton (17) · Wrist BUF 1 – 0 PIT
  2. 4:50 Milan Kraft (2) Michal Sivek (1), Alex Kovalev (25) · Wrist BUF 1 – 1 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 13:28 Ales Kotalik (5) PPG James Patrick (7), Brian Campbell (5) · Wrist BUF 2 – 1 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 11:09 Alex Kovalev (18) Mario Lemieux (41) · Snap BUF 2 – 2 PIT
  2. 13:10 Mario Lemieux (17) Unassisted · Wrist BUF 2 – 3 PIT
  3. 16:02 Alex Kovalev (19) Martin Straka (8), Mario Lemieux (42) · Snap BUF 2 – 4 PIT
  4. 17:11 Martin Straka (8) Mario Lemieux (43) · Wrist BUF 2 – 5 PIT

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Norman Milley R 0 1 2 0 0 +1 12:48 0.93
J-P Dumont R 1 0 4 0 0 -1 17:17 0.90
Ales Kotalik R 1 0 1 0 0 0 18:09 0.83
Brian Campbell D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 15:22 0.55
James Patrick D 0 1 2 0 0 -1 21:01 0.48
Miroslav Satan R 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:50 0.15
Chris Gratton C 0 1 2 0 0 -2 17:43 0.10
Curtis Brown C 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:50 0.08
Eric Boulton L 0 0 0 0 0 0 6:43 0.00
Tim Connolly C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 11:36 -0.15
Adam Mair C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8:03 -0.15
Vaclav Varada R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13:42 -0.15
Jay McKee D 0 0 0 1 0 -1 19:51 -0.15
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 20:48 -0.30
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 25:54 -0.30
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17:33 -0.30
Taylor Pyatt L 0 0 1 1 0 -3 13:24 -0.37
Stu Barnes C 0 0 1 0 0 -3 14:52 -0.37
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mika Noronen L 28 23 5 .821 60:00 -1.45

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mario Lemieux C 1 3 7 0 0 +4 21:42 3.75
Alex Kovalev R 2 1 3 0 0 +4 18:52 2.95
Martin Straka C 1 1 1 0 0 +3 20:53 1.90
Milan Kraft C 1 0 4 0 0 0 13:34 1.05
Michal Sivek C 0 1 2 0 0 0 14:55 0.78
Marc Bergevin D 0 0 0 0 0 +4 18:30 0.60
Michal Rozsival D 0 0 2 0 0 +3 19:50 0.60
Hans Jonsson D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 17:44 0.22
Dan Lacouture L 0 0 2 0 0 0 11:50 0.15
Jan Hrdina C 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:42 0.15
Shean Donovan R 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:45 0.00
Steve McKenna L 0 0 0 0 0 0 6:18 0.00
Kent Manderville C 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:06 0.00
Jamie Pushor D 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:21 0.00
Ian Moran D 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:52 0.00
Ville Nieminen L 0 0 1 0 0 +1 11:29 -0.08
Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:56 -0.15
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 3 0 0 0 15:10 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Johan Hedberg W 19 17 2 .895 59:58 0.20