1–4

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 17-18-4 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYR	0	1	0	1
PIT	1	0	3	4

Rangers at Penguins

Penguins beat Rangers 4–1 at PPG Paints Arena on January 5, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Jan 5, 2002 · 14:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Alex Kovalev

3 G

9 shots · 24:16 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Jan Hrdina

3 A

1 shots · 23:15 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Dan Lacouture

2 A

19:38 TOI

4rd star 🐧 PIT

Johan Hedberg

35 saves

0.972 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Alex Kovalev Go-ahead 1st · 14:15

Assists: Jan Hrdina, Darius Kasparaitis · beat Mike Richter

0–1

2nd period

🗽 Radek Dvorak SH Tying 2nd · 08:40

Assists: Brian Leetch · beat Johan Hedberg

1–1

3rd period

🐧 Alex Kovalev PP Go-ahead 3rd · 04:33

Assists: Jan Hrdina, Dan Lacouture · beat Mike Richter

1–2

🐧 Alex Kovalev 3rd · 05:21

Assists: Jan Hrdina, Robert Lang · beat Mike Richter

1–3

🐧 Wayne Primeau 3rd · 17:01

Assists: Stephane Richer, Dan Lacouture · beat Mike Richter

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🗽NYR PIT🐧

36 Shots on goal 32

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

18 Hits 15

9 Blocked shots 15

1 Takeaways 1

3 Giveaways 5

12 Penalty minutes 14

NYR shooting 2.8% (1/36) PIT shooting 12.5% (4/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🗽Rangers

Mike Richter

28/32

.875 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Johan Hedberg

35/36

.972 SV% · 1 GA · 59:44 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 2nd: 24-16-4 (55% win rate, 44 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 17-18-4 (44% win rate, 39 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🗽Rangers

L1 Nedved · Lindros · Fleury 21:01

L2 York · Johansson · Dvorak 19:16

L3 Toms · Barnaby · Samuelsson 12:31

L4 McKenna · Malhotra · McCarthy 2:36

D1 Leetch · Malakhov 24:43

D2 Berard · Karpa 18:37

D3 Lefebvre · Kloucek 15:01

🐧Penguins

L1 Lang · Hrdina · Kovalev 24:16

L2 Lacouture · Primeau · Robitaille 16:59

L3 Beech · Richer · Kostopoulos 12:22

L4 Stevens · Oliwa · Petersen 2:32

D1 Rozsival · Laukkanen 20:18

D2 Kasparaitis · Melichar 18:56

D3 Jonsson · Ference 17:36

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Nov 17, 2001

🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT

0–1 (OT) · Penguins won

Mar 12, 2001

🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR

3–3 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ NYR vs PIT, answered

Who won Rangers vs Penguins on January 5, 2002?

Penguins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Penguins?

The final score was Rangers 1, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Rangers?

Radek Dvorak.

Who scored for Penguins?

Alex Kovalev (3), Wayne Primeau.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Rangers vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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

🗽Rangers

Previous game · Jan 3

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Jan 3

Also on January 5, 2002

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