🏛️ Away Senators 20-14-3 before this game

5–2

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 17-16-4 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
OTT	2	1	2	5
PIT	1	1	0	2

Senators at Penguins

Senators beat Penguins 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena on December 29, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Dec 29, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏛️ OTT

Marian Hossa

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · 21:23 TOI · +2

2nd star 🏛️ OTT

Radek Bonk

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 18:10 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏛️ OTT

Daniel Alfredsson

2 G

5 shots · 21:45 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson Go-ahead 1st · 07:07

Assists: Todd White, Petr Schastlivy · beat Johan Hedberg

1–0

🐧 Tom Kostopoulos Tying 1st · 07:32

Assists: Wayne Primeau, Dan Lacouture · beat Patrick Lalime

1–1

🏛️ Marian Hossa Go-ahead 1st · 19:24

Assists: Mike Fisher, Shawn McEachern · beat Johan Hedberg

2–1

2nd period

🏛️ Marian Hossa PP 2nd · 02:56

Assists: Radek Bonk, Karel Rachunek · beat Johan Hedberg

3–1

🐧 Dan Lacouture SH 2nd · 04:40

Assists: Janne Laukkanen · beat Patrick Lalime

3–2

3rd period

🏛️ Radek Bonk 3rd · 01:57

Assists: Marian Hossa · beat Johan Hedberg

4–2

🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson 3rd · 16:15

Assists: Curtis Leschyshyn, Radek Bonk · beat Johan Hedberg

5–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏛️OTT PIT🐧

31 Shots on goal 26

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6

14 Hits 19

10 Blocked shots 10

1 Takeaways 2

2 Giveaways 5

16 Penalty minutes 14

OTT shooting 16.1% (5/31) PIT shooting 7.7% (2/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏛️Senators

Patrick Lalime

24/26

.923 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Johan Hedberg

26/31

.839 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–1

Senators

Senators: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–2

Senators

Senators: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏛️Senators

L1 Fisher · Alfredsson · Hossa 21:23

L2 McEachern · Bonk · White 18:09

L3 Herperger · Havlat · Roy 10:56

L4 Ciernik · Schastlivy · Neil 7:02

D1 Chara · Redden 26:14

D2 Rachunek · Leschyshyn 20:23

D3 Persson · Kwiatkowski 11:40

🐧Penguins

L1 Lang · Kovalev · Richer 19:38

L2 Lacouture · Hrdina · Morozov 16:58

L3 Stevens · Petersen · Primeau 12:48

L4 Oliwa · Beech · Kostopoulos 9:41

D1 Rozsival · Ference 21:12

D2 Kasparaitis · Laukkanen 18:50

D3 Melichar · Jakopin 14:04

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ OTT vs PIT, answered

Who won Senators vs Penguins on December 29, 2001?

Senators won 5–2.

What was the final score of Senators vs Penguins?

The final score was Senators 5, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Senators?

Daniel Alfredsson (2), Marian Hossa (2), Radek Bonk.

Who scored for Penguins?

Dan Lacouture, Tom Kostopoulos.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 26 saves on 31 shots (.839 save percentage).

Where is Senators vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Senators vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏛️Senators

Previous game · Dec 27

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Dec 26

Also on December 29, 2001

Senators season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule