🐧 Away Penguins 24-24-6 before this game
5–2
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 29-19-5 before this game
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PIT 0415
BOS 0202

Penguins at Bruins

Penguins beat Bruins 5–2 at TD Garden on February 8, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Feb 8, 2003 · 14:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Alex Kovalev
2 G, 2 A
5 shots · 21:48 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
4 A
6 shots · 21:37 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Steve McKenna
2 G
5 shots · 17:06 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Steve McKenna PP Go-ahead 2nd · 00:46
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Mario Lemieux · beat Jeff Hackett
1–0
🐧 Alex Kovalev 2nd · 09:52
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Dick Tarnstrom · beat Jeff Hackett
2–0
🐻 Joe Thornton 2nd · 11:51
Assists: Jonathan Girard · beat Johan Hedberg
2–1
🐧 Randy Robitaille 2nd · 12:05
Assists: Jan Hrdina, Hans Jonsson · beat Jeff Hackett
3–1
🐧 Alex Kovalev 2nd · 14:54
Assists: Jan Hrdina, Mario Lemieux · beat Jeff Hackett
4–1
🐻 Joe Thornton 2nd · 18:55
Assists: Glen Murray, Nick Boynton · beat Johan Hedberg
4–2
3rd period
🐧 Steve McKenna 3rd · 02:57
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Alex Kovalev · beat Jeff Hackett
5–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BOS🐻
33 Shots on goal 28
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
1 Hits 5
39 Penalty minutes 41
PIT shooting 15.2% (5/33) BOS shooting 7.1% (2/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Jeff Hackett
28/33
.848 SV% · 5 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 24-24-6 (44% win rate, 54 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 29-19-5 (55% win rate, 53 games)
After 2nd — 4–2
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Kovalev · Donovan 21:37
L2 McKenna · Hrdina · Robitaille 17:06
L3 Lacouture · Sivek · Primeau 15:03
L4 Manderville · Kraft · Straka 8:05
D1 Tarnstrom · Rozsival 22:10
D2 Bergevin · Moran 18:40
D3 Pushor · Jonsson 16:21
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Murray · Rolston 24:31
L2 Axelsson · Knuble · Lapointe 16:04
L3 Stumpel · Mcinnis · Vernarsky 13:10
L4 Oliwa · Grosek · Stock 7:04
D1 Boynton · Berard 27:32
D2 Girard · Gill 19:26
D3 Brown · Morrisonn 8:38

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →
Jan 23, 2003
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · Bruins won
Jan 13, 2003
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · Penguins won
Nov 30, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · Bruins won
Apr 13, 2002
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–7 · Bruins won
Jan 8, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · Bruins won

❓ PIT vs BOS, answered

Who won Penguins vs Bruins on February 8, 2003?

Penguins won 5–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Bruins?

The final score was Penguins 5, Bruins 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Alex Kovalev (2), Steve McKenna (2), Randy Robitaille.

Who scored for Bruins?

Joe Thornton (2).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 28 saves on 33 shots (.848 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Bruins season series?

Season series tied 2–2 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 6
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
6–0 · FLA won
Next game · Feb 12
🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT
3–0 · OTT won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Feb 6
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–6 · BOS won
Next game · Feb 11
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
Also on February 8, 2003
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
1–2 final
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
3–5 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
1–3 final
🐦ATL @ 🏛️OTT
1–3 final
⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI
1–3 final
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
4–4 final
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
1–4 final
🧥CBJ @ 🐯NSH
2–3 final
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