Pittsburgh at Hartford

Shots
123OTT
Pittsburgh 7 10 12 0 29
Hartford 12 3 9 0 24
Goals
123OTT
Pittsburgh 1 3 1 0 5
Hartford 1 1 0 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. PITTSBURGH, LINDEN 8 (KECZMER, NIEDERMAYER) (PP), 00:43
2. HARTFORD, LOUIS 8 (GRATTON, BERANEK), 18:03

PENALTIES: C. RUSSELL HAR (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 00:28, A. KOVALEV PIT (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 02:06, C. GRATTON HAR (CHARGING, Minor) 02:06, S. BARNES HAR (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 10:21, M. EASTWOOD PIT (, ) 12:43, C. RUSSELL HAR (, ) 12:43

Period 2
3. PITTSBURGH, WALKER 5 (KOVALEV, EASTWOOD) (PP), 07:01
4. PITTSBURGH, MIRONOV 3 (LAFONTAINE, ROUSE) (PP), 09:32
5. PITTSBURGH, DAMPHOUSSE 4 (LINDEN, ROUSE), 14:25
6. HARTFORD, BERANEK 5 (LOUIS), 19:05

PENALTIES: D. HATCHER PIT (FIGHTING) 02:22, C. RUSSELL HAR (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 02:22, S. DUCHESNE HAR (BOARDING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 06:05 (Served by Doug Bodger), C. GRATTON HAR (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 08:29, B. MCGRATTAN PIT (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 14:34, C. GRATTON HAR (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 19:19

Period 3
7. PITTSBURGH, KOVALEV 6 (EASTWOOD, BEUKEBOOM), 05:49

PENALTIES: D. KECZMER PIT (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 10:53, S. BARNES HAR (ELBOWING, Minor) 10:53, B. SAVAGE PIT (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Misconduct) 15:24, B. ROUSE PIT (, ) 15:30, D. BODGER HAR (, ) 15:30, S. GONCHAR HAR (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:26

Goalie Statistics

Jocelyn Thibault (PIT), 22 saves out of 24 shots, W, 1-0-0
Olaf Kolzig (HAR), 7 saves out of 7 shots
Sean Burke (HAR), 17 saves out of 22 shots, L, 11-6-1

Power Play Conversions

Pittsburgh 3 for 6
Hartford 0 for 2

Game Stars

1 - Alexei Kovalev (PIT)
2 - Boris Mironov (PIT)
3 - Trevor Linden (PIT)

Player Statistics

Pittsburgh

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Boris Mironov         1  0  1    +1   0  4   2 22
Alexei Kovalev        1  1  2  Even   2  3   2 23
Brian Savage          0  0  0  Even  12  1   1 12
Trevor Linden         1  1  2    +1   0  1   0 16
Pat Lafontaine        0  1  1    -1   0  3   2 28
Dan Keczmer           0  1  1  Even   2  1   3 17
Mike Eastwood         0  2  2    +1   5  2   1 23
Dave Manson           0  0  0    -2   0  1   0  4
Derian Hatcher        0  0  0  Even   5  1   1 13
Brian McGrattan       0  0  0    +1   2  0   0  2
Vincent Damphousse    1  0  1    -1   0  4   2 27
Bob Rouse             0  2  2    -1   5  0   2 23
Jeff Beukeboom        0  1  1    +1   0  0   2 20
Andre Roy             0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  1
Jim Cummins           0  0  0    +1   0  2   4 17
Scott Niedermayer     0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 20
Mark Recchi           0  0  0    -1   0  3   0 11
Scott Walker          1  0  1  Even   0  2   1 19
   
Hartford

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Doug Bodger           0  0  0    +2   5  2   3 21
David Archibald       0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 17
Chris Gratton         0  1  1    +1  16  1   1 16
Kris King             0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Gord Murphy           0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 27
Martin St. Louis      1  1  2  Even   0  2   0 17
Stu Barnes            0  0  0  Even   4  2   1 11
Jason Woolley         0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 27
Doug Weight           0  0  0  Even   0  1   4 22
Cam Russell           0  0  0  Even  22  0   3  5
Pavel Bure            0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 19
Sean Hill             0  0  0    -2   0  0   2 25
Shayne Corson         0  0  0  Even   0  3   1 17
Josef Beranek         1  1  2  Even   0  1   0 19
Sergei Gonchar        0  0  0  Even   2  0   2 10
Tony Amonte           0  0  0  Even   0  6   1 20
Jason Allison         0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  4
Steve Duchesne        0  0  0  Even  12  0   0  6
   

Financial

Attendance: 15774
Net Profit: $425,898.00

Game Notes

Mike Eastwood and Cam Russell fight to a draw
Derian Hatcher beats up Cam Russell
Cam Russell ejected at 02:22 of the 2nd Period
Mark Recchi injured at 06:05 of the 2nd Period
Steve Duchesne ejected at 06:05 of the 2nd Period
Olaf Kolzig enters game at 05:49 of 3rd period
Bob Rouse and Doug Bodger fight to a draw
Cam Russell receives 5 game suspension

Minor League Box Score

Cleveland      6
Louisville     1
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Henrik Zetterberg 11 (Marc Savard, Shawn Horcoff)
Mark Eaton 5 (Todd Fedoruk, Steven Reinprecht)
Francis Lessard 2 (Jozef Stumpel, Josef Vasicek)
Michal Handzus 7 (David Vyborny, Marty Reasoner)
Mark Eaton 6 (Deron Quint, Sami Salo)
Deron Quint 6 (Kevin Haller, Jeff Halpern)

Dan Boyle 4 (Jeff Friesen, Dainius Zubrus)

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Goalies
Cleveland: Robert Esche
Louisville: Martin Biron
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