Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins 2-3, Dec 28, 2002: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

Montreal Canadiens

2

Pittsburgh Penguins

3

Final · Mellon Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	1	2
PIT	0	3	0	3

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Dec 28, 2002 at Mellon Arena.

Top performers

Craig Rivet
Craig Rivet had 1 goal for the Canadiens.
Jeff Hackett
Jeff Hackett made 26 saves on 29 shots for the Canadiens.
Alex Kovalev
Alex Kovalev had 2 assists for the Penguins.
Jean-Sebastien Aubin
Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 20 saves on 22 shots for the Penguins.

Before and after

Canadiens · 2002-03 season · Previous Dec 27, 2002: MTL 2, OTT 3 · Next Dec 31, 2002: MTL 1, CGY 1
Penguins · 2002-03 season · Previous Dec 26, 2002: PIT 6, NYR 1 · Next Dec 30, 2002: WPG 3, PIT 2

Other Canadiens vs Penguins games

Other Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins games

Nov 20, 2002	MTL at PIT	3-2	Regular
Nov 18, 2002	PIT at MTL	4-5	Regular
Oct 22, 2002	PIT at MTL	3-3	Regular
Dec 21, 2025	MTL at PIT	3-4	Regular
Dec 20, 2025	PIT at MTL	0-4	Regular
Dec 11, 2025	MTL at PIT	4-2	Regular

Montreal Canadiens box score

Skaters

Montreal Canadiens skaters, Dec 28, 2002

Patrice Brisebois	0	1	1	0	1	0	26:40
Saku Koivu	0	1	1	0	1	0	20:21
Craig Rivet	1	0	1	0	4	2	21:02
Chad Kilger	1	0	1	0	3	0	12:36
Jan Bulis	0	1	1	0	4	4	14:42
Andreas Dackell	0	1	1	0	0	0	14:56
Doug Gilmour	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:35
Mike Ribeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:34
Andrei Markov	0	0	0	-1	2	0	24:40
Randy McKay	0	0	0	0	0	0	9:53
Donald Audette	0	0	0	0	2	2	15:10
Yanic Perreault	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:55
Richard Zednik	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:52
Joe Juneau	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:01
Karl Dykhuis	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:39
Patrick Traverse	0	0	0	0	1	0	21:22
Sylvain Blouin	0	0	0	0	0	0	2:09
Team	2	4	6	-1	21	8

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, Dec 28, 2002
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jeff Hackett	29	26	3	.897	59:34

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Pittsburgh Penguins box score

Skaters

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters, Dec 28, 2002

Alex Kovalev	0	2	2	0	3	2	22:20
Marc Bergevin	0	1	1	1	1	0	20:38
Mario Lemieux	0	1	1	-1	3	0	20:15
Jan Hrdina	0	1	1	0	0	0	19:47
Milan Kraft	1	0	1	1	4	0	15:39
Michal Rozsival	0	0	0	1	1	0	21:38
Shean Donovan	0	0	0	0	0	2	10:39
Wayne Primeau	0	0	0	0	2	2	12:47
Kent Manderville	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:05
Ian Moran	0	0	0	0	5	0	18:34
Jamie Pushor	0	0	0	-1	2	0	17:59
Dan LaCouture	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:11
Steve McKenna	0	0	0	0	0	2	5:28
Ville Nieminen	0	0	0	0	2	0	9:46
Hans Jonsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	17:51
Michal Sivek	0	0	0	1	1	0	16:42
Team	1	5	6	1	25	8

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies, Dec 28, 2002
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jean-Sebastien Aubin	22	20	2	.909	60:00

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%