🐧 Away Penguins 13-11-4 before this game
2–3
Final / OT
👑 Home Kings 15-9-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
PIT 11002
LAK 01113

Penguins at Kings

Kings beat Penguins 3–2 in overtime at Crypto.com Arena on December 14, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Dec 14, 2002 · 21:30 CST 📍 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Kings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 👑 LAK
Ziggy Palffy
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 22:40 TOI · +1
2nd star 👑 LAK
Mathieu Schneider
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 25:51 TOI · +1
3rd star 👑 LAK
Jason Allison
2 A
2 shots · 23:57 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Alex Kovalev Go-ahead 1st · 09:24
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Jan Hrdina · beat Felix Potvin
1–0
2nd period
👑 Ziggy Palffy PP Tying 2nd · 11:22
Assists: Jason Allison, Mathieu Schneider · beat Johan Hedberg
1–1
🐧 Jan Hrdina PP Go-ahead 2nd · 12:36
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Alex Kovalev · beat Felix Potvin
2–1
3rd period
👑 Craig Johnson Tying 3rd · 08:28
Assists: Eric Belanger, Bryan Smolinski · beat Johan Hedberg
2–2
Overtime
👑 Mathieu Schneider Go-ahead OT · 04:22
Assists: Jason Allison, Ziggy Palffy · beat Johan Hedberg
2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT LAK👑
17 Shots on goal 33
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
2 Hits 5
6 Penalty minutes 6
PIT shooting 11.8% (2/17) LAK shooting 9.1% (3/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 64:22 TOI
👑Kings
Felix Potvin
15/17
.882 SV% · 2 GA · 64:22 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Kings
Kings: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Kings
Kings: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Hrdina · Kovalev 28:09
L2 Primeau · Sivek · Kraft 18:05
L3 Nieminen · Manderville · Daigle 12:40
L4 McKenna · Robitaille · Beech 3:07
D1 Moran · Ference 26:46
D2 Orpik · Bergevin 22:43
D3 Pushor · Jonsson 13:07
👑Kings
L1 Allison · Deadmarsh · Palffy 22:42
L2 Johnson · Smolinski · Belanger 16:02
L3 Frolov · Cammalleri · Laperriere 12:43
L4 Eloranta · Rasmussen · Heinze 9:50
D1 Yushkevich · Schneider 26:42
D2 Norstrom · Modry 23:58
D3 Corvo · Mcalpine 13:34

⚔️ Last meetings

Kings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 16, 2002
🐧PIT @ 👑LAK
3–4 · Kings won
Feb 27, 2002
👑LAK @ 🐧PIT
5–4 · Kings won
Nov 25, 2000
👑LAK @ 🐧PIT
2–2 (OT) · Kings won
Nov 2, 1999
👑LAK @ 🐧PIT
5–4 · Kings won
Oct 28, 1999
🐧PIT @ 👑LAK
3–5 · Kings won

❓ PIT vs LAK, answered

Who won Penguins vs Kings on December 14, 2002?

Kings won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Kings?

The final score was Penguins 2, Kings 3, in overtime.

Who scored for Penguins?

Alex Kovalev, Jan Hrdina.

Who scored for Kings?

Craig Johnson, Mathieu Schneider, Ziggy Palffy.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Kings goalie play?

Felix Potvin made 15 saves on 17 shots (.882 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Kings played?

At Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the Kings home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Kings season series?

Kings lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 12
🐧PIT @ 🦈SJS
2–5 · SJS won
Next game · Dec 15
🐧PIT @ 🦆ANA
0–5 · ANA won
👑Kings
Previous game · Dec 11
👑LAK @ ⭐DAL
3–0 · LAK won
Next game · Dec 15
👑LAK @ 🌵PHX
1–2 · PHX won
Also on December 14, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR
1–4 final
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–4 final
😈NJD @ 🏛️OTT
3–4 final
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
0–2 final
🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL
3–4 final
🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET
4–6 final
🐦ATL @ 🎵STL
0–4 final
🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH
1–3 final
Penguins season page Kings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule