🎵 Away Blues 27-12-4 before this game
4–1
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 19-20-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
STL 0134
PIT 1001

Blues at Penguins

Blues beat Penguins 4–1 at PPG Paints Arena on January 12, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Jan 12, 2002 · 12:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Blues lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
Scott Mellanby
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 17:12 TOI · +2
2nd star 🎵 STL
Keith Tkachuk
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 19:41 TOI · +2
3rd star 🎵 STL
Chris Pronger
2 A
8 shots · 27:36 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Stephane Richer PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:12
Assists: Michal Rozsival, Hans Jonsson · beat Brent Johnson
0–1
2nd period
🎵 Scott Mellanby PP Tying 2nd · 12:53
Assists: Keith Tkachuk, Chris Pronger · beat Johan Hedberg
1–1
3rd period
🎵 Cory Stillman Go-ahead 3rd · 09:56
Assists: Dallas Drake, Chris Pronger · beat Johan Hedberg
2–1
🎵 Keith Tkachuk 3rd · 11:40
Assists: Pavol Demitra, Scott Mellanby · beat Johan Hedberg
3–1
🎵 Scott Mellanby 3rd · 15:51
Assists: Pavol Demitra, Keith Tkachuk · beat Johan Hedberg
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL PIT🐧
36 Shots on goal 27
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
23 Hits 19
6 Blocked shots 9
1 Takeaways 2
0 Giveaways 4
14 Penalty minutes 10
STL shooting 11.1% (4/36) PIT shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Brent Johnson
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:49 TOI
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
32/36
.889 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Blues
Blues: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–1
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 27-12-4 (63% win rate, 43 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 19-20-4 (44% win rate, 43 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Tkachuk · Weight · Demitra 19:41
L2 Drake · Mellanby · Keane 17:12
L3 Stillman · Varlamov · Mayers 13:16
L4 Nash · Eastwood · Low 7:29
D1 Pronger · MacInnis 25:54
D2 Finley · Salvador 19:25
D3 Khavanov · Van Ryn 14:52
🐧Penguins
L1 Lang · Lemieux · Kovalev 25:45
L2 Hrdina · Morozov · Richer 18:14
L3 Lacouture · Petersen · Robitaille 13:13
L4 Oliwa · Beech · Kostopoulos 1:23
D1 Rozsival · Melichar 19:54
D2 Ference · Moran 18:46
D3 Kasparaitis · Jonsson 16:42

⚔️ Last meetings

Blues lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 20, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🎵STL
1–2 (OT) · Blues won
Mar 31, 2001
🎵STL @ 🐧PIT
3–5 · Penguins won
Nov 16, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🎵STL
3–4 · Blues won
Jan 19, 2000
🎵STL @ 🐧PIT
1–3 · Penguins won
Jan 9, 1999
🎵STL @ 🐧PIT
1–2 · Penguins won

❓ STL vs PIT, answered

Who won Blues vs Penguins on January 12, 2002?

Blues won 4–1.

What was the final score of Blues vs Penguins?

The final score was Blues 4, Penguins 1.

Who scored for Blues?

Scott Mellanby (2), Cory Stillman, Keith Tkachuk.

Who scored for Penguins?

Stephane Richer.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 32 saves on 36 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Blues vs Penguins season series?

Blues 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
🎵Blues
Previous game · Jan 9
🎵STL @ 🦆ANA
3–2 · STL won
Next game · Jan 15
🛢️EDM @ 🎵STL
2–3 · STL won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Jan 10
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
2–0 · PIT won
Next game · Jan 15
🐧PIT @ 🐋VAN
2–5 · VAN won
Also on January 12, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
2–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🐙DET
2–5 final
👑LAK @ 🦈SJS
3–2 final
🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS
5–4 final
😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
1–1 final
🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ
4–5 final
🏛️OTT @ ⚡TBL
2–1 final
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