🐧 Away Penguins 38-22-3 before this game
7–5
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 28-32-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 1337
NYR 1135

Penguins at Rangers

Penguins beat Rangers 7–5 at Madison Square Garden on March 2, 2001.

🗓 Fri, Mar 2, 2001 · 19:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
2 G, 2 A
5 shots · 22:57 TOI · +3
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jaromir Jagr
2 G, 2 A
5 shots · 19:55 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Martin Straka
3 A
17:03 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

12 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Mark Messier PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:29
Assists: Petr Nedved, Brian Leetch · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
0–1
🐧 Kevin Stevens PP Tying 1st · 12:31
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Martin Straka · beat Kirk McLean
1–1
2nd period
🐧 Mario Lemieux Go-ahead 2nd · 03:56
Unassisted · beat Kirk McLean
2–1
🐧 Andrew Ference 2nd · 04:30
Assists: Jaromir Jagr · beat Kirk McLean
3–1
🐧 Robert Lang 2nd · 04:58
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Andrew Ference · beat Kirk McLean
4–1
🗽 Petr Nedved PP 2nd · 09:37
Assists: Brian Leetch, Radek Dvorak · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
4–2
3rd period
🗽 Radek Dvorak 3rd · 01:24
Assists: Tomas Kloucek, Petr Nedved · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
4–3
🐧 Jaromir Jagr PP 3rd · 07:10
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Martin Straka · beat Kirk McLean
5–3
🐧 Jaromir Jagr 3rd · 10:44
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Jeff Norton · beat Kirk McLean
6–3
🐧 Mario Lemieux PP 3rd · 15:34
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka · beat Kirk McLean
7–3
🗽 Jeff Ulmer 3rd · 17:02
Assists: Tomas Kloucek, Colin Forbes · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
7–4
🗽 Mark Messier 3rd · 18:08
Assists: Valeri Kamensky, Brian Leetch · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
7–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NYR🗽
28 Shots on goal 34
3/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
15 Hits 20
16 Blocked shots 14
10 Takeaways 24
15 Giveaways 15
23 Penalty minutes 43
PIT shooting 25.0% (7/28) NYR shooting 14.7% (5/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Jean-Sebastien Aubin
29/34
.853 SV% · 5 GA · 59:55 TOI
🗽Rangers
Kirk McLean
21/28
.750 SV% · 7 GA · 58:20 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 38-22-3 (60% win rate, 63 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 28-32-3 (44% win rate, 63 games)
After 2nd — 4–2
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Jagr · Kovalev 19:55
L2 Stevens · Lang · Straka 17:21
L3 Beranek · Hrdina · Primeau 16:19
L4 Oliwa · McKenna · Tibbetts 4:03
D1 Kasparaitis · Ference 22:38
D2 Butenschon · Laukkanen 19:34
D3 Norton · Boughner 11:52
🗽Rangers
L1 Messier · Nedved · Dvorak 22:45
L2 Graves · Kamensky · York 17:32
L3 Hlavac · Forbes · McCarthy 13:19
L4 Toms · Malhotra · Ulmer 3:58
D1 Leetch · Gusarov 25:43
D2 Johnsson · Kloucek 18:46
D3 Lefebvre · Purinton 11:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →
Feb 23, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
4–6 · Penguins won
Oct 27, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
4–1 · Penguins won
Oct 14, 2000
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
6–8 · Penguins won
Mar 19, 2000
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
4–5 · Penguins won
Mar 11, 2000
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
1–3 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs NYR, answered

Who won Penguins vs Rangers on March 2, 2001?

Penguins won 7–5.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Rangers?

The final score was Penguins 7, Rangers 5.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jaromir Jagr (2), Mario Lemieux (2), Andrew Ference, Kevin Stevens, Robert Lang.

Who scored for Rangers?

Mark Messier (2), Jeff Ulmer, Petr Nedved, Radek Dvorak.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 29 saves on 34 shots (.853 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Kirk McLean made 21 saves on 28 shots (.750 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Rangers season series?

Penguins lead the season series 4–0 after 4 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Feb 28
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–4 · MTL won
Next game · Mar 3
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · WSH won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Feb 28
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
2–4 · NYR won
Next game · Mar 4
🗽NYR @ 🐯NSH
2–5 · NSH won
Also on March 2, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM
1–3 final
🎵STL @ 🐋VAN
2–3 final
🐙DET @ 🌵PHX
2–2 final
🌪️CAR @ 😈NJD
3–7 final
🐦ATL @ 🐆FLA
4–3 final
⭐DAL @ 🦆ANA
5–2 final
Penguins season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule