🎵 Away Blues 36-17-8 before this game
1–2
Final / OT
🐧 Home Penguins 27-27-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
STL 01001
PIT 01012

Blues at Penguins

Penguins beat Blues 2–1 in overtime at PPG Paints Arena on February 22, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Feb 22, 2003 · 14:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Shawn Heins
1 G
3 shots · 21:09 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Rico Fata
1 G
1 shots · 11:00 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
1 A
3 shots · 25:00 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Rico Fata Go-ahead 2nd · 07:06
Assists: Wayne Primeau · beat Brent Johnson
0–1
🎵 Pavol Demitra Tying 2nd · 08:39
Assists: Keith Tkachuk, Al MacInnis · beat Sebastien Caron
1–1
Overtime
🐧 Shawn Heins Go-ahead OT · 04:33
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Martin Straka · beat Brent Johnson
1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL PIT🐧
25 Shots on goal 25
11 Hits 14
8 Blocked shots 14
6 Takeaways 3
3 Giveaways 7
8 Penalty minutes 8
STL shooting 4.0% (1/25) PIT shooting 8.0% (2/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Brent Johnson
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 64:33 TOI
🐧Penguins
Sebastien Caron
24/25
.960 SV% · 1 GA · 64:33 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 36-17-8 (59% win rate, 61 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 27-27-6 (45% win rate, 60 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 36-17-8 (59% win rate, 61 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 27-27-6 (45% win rate, 60 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Stillman · Tkachuk · Demitra 22:09
L2 Martins · Mellanby · Drake 16:37
L3 Nash · Boguniecki · Johnson 12:05
L4 Podein · Dubinsky · Low 8:41
D1 Khavanov · MacInnis 28:15
D2 Jackman · Finley 23:01
D3 Backman · Laflamme 13:32
🐧Penguins
L1 Straka · Lemieux · Primeau 25:00
L2 Hrdina · Manderville · Samuelsson 15:48
L3 McKenna · Robitaille · Donovan 13:30
L4 Fata · Surovy · Sivek 10:03
D1 Tarnstrom · Heins 23:46
D2 Rozsival · Moran 20:57
D3 Bergevin · Pushor 18:03

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 12, 2002
🎵STL @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · Blues won
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

❓ STL vs PIT, answered

Who won Blues vs Penguins on February 22, 2003?

Penguins won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Blues vs Penguins?

The final score was Blues 1, Penguins 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Blues?

Pavol Demitra.

Who scored for Penguins?

Rico Fata, Shawn Heins.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Sebastien Caron made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 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?

Penguins 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
🎵Blues
Previous game · Feb 20
🐋VAN @ 🎵STL
4–2 · VAN won
Next game · Feb 23
🎵STL @ 🌲MIN
1–3 · MIN won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Feb 20
🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · COL won
Next game · Feb 23
😈NJD @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · NJD won
Also on February 22, 2003
🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–3 final
🐯NSH @ 🏛️OTT
0–4 final
🐆FLA @ 🔔PHI
4–2 final
🐙DET @ 🦅WSH
5–1 final
🐋VAN @ 🛢️EDM
3–2 final
Blues season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule