🐻 Away Bruins 31-28-12 before this game
2–2
Final / OT
🐧 Home Penguins 43-26-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
BOS 20002
PIT 11002

Bruins at Penguins

Bruins beat Penguins 2–2 in overtime at PPG Paints Arena on March 20, 2001.

🗓 Tue, Mar 20, 2001 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Bill Guerin
1 G, 1 A
8 shots · 28:03 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Martin Straka
2 A
3 shots · 25:58 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Joe Thornton
1 G
5 shots · 29:12 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Bill Guerin Go-ahead 1st · 01:38
Assists: Sergei Samsonov, Kyle McLaren · beat Johan Hedberg
1–0
🐻 Joe Thornton PP 1st · 11:36
Assists: Bill Guerin, Eric Weinrich · beat Johan Hedberg
2–0
🐧 Hans Jonsson PP 1st · 16:07
Assists: Martin Straka, Jaromir Jagr · beat Byron Dafoe
2–1
2nd period
🐧 Jan Hrdina Tying 2nd · 02:20
Assists: Martin Straka, Bob Boughner · beat Byron Dafoe
2–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS PIT🐧
29 Shots on goal 24
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
31 Hits 44
16 Blocked shots 7
6 Takeaways 3
4 Giveaways 6
21 Penalty minutes 19
BOS shooting 6.9% (2/29) PIT shooting 8.3% (2/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 64:57 TOI
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 64:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–2
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 31-28-12 (44% win rate, 71 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 43-26-3 (60% win rate, 72 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Allison · Guerin 28:03
L2 Samsonov · Rolston · Kovalenko 22:48
L3 Ward · Axelsson · Knuble 12:24
L4 Nazarov · Eloranta · Goren 2:09
D1 Weinrich · Gill 28:46
D2 Sweeney · McLaren 22:40
D3 Popovic · Kultanen 10:44
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Straka · Jagr 27:06
L2 Stevens · Lang · Kovalev 20:46
L3 Primeau · Hrdina · Tibbetts 13:03
L4 Beranek · Oliwa · McKenna 1:19
D1 Jonsson · Kasparaitis 25:36
D2 Ference · Bergevin 20:24
D3 Boughner · Kucera 14:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 9, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
2–5 · Bruins won
Dec 6, 2000
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · Bruins won
Nov 28, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · Bruins won
Apr 9, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · Bruins won
Mar 18, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs PIT, answered

Who won Bruins vs Penguins on March 20, 2001?

Bruins won 2–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Penguins?

The final score was Bruins 2, Penguins 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Bruins?

Bill Guerin, Joe Thornton.

Who scored for Penguins?

Hans Jonsson, Jan Hrdina.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Bruins vs Penguins season series?

Bruins 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Mar 17
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · BOS won
Next game · Mar 22
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · BOS won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Mar 17
🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL
1–5 · TBL won
Next game · Mar 23
🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR
3–5 · CAR won
Also on March 20, 2001
🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 final
🏝️NYI @ 🎵STL
4–3 final
🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL
1–4 final
🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 final
Bruins season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule