🐙 Away Red Wings 46-18-8 before this game

5–1

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 28-38-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	1	1	3	5
PIT	1	0	0	1

Red Wings at Penguins

Red Wings beat Penguins 5–1 at PPG Paints Arena on March 18, 2003.

🗓 Tue, Mar 18, 2003 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Sergei Fedorov

2 G, 1 A

5 shots · 16:46 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐙 DET

Brendan Shanahan

1 G, 2 A

3 shots · 16:18 TOI · +2

3rd star 🐙 DET

Tomas Holmstrom

2 A

1 shots · 10:29 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Martin Straka Go-ahead 1st · 08:30

Assists: Tomas Surovy, Eric Meloche · beat Manny Legace

0–1

🐙 Darren McCarty Tying 1st · 08:41

Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Kirk Maltby · beat Johan Hedberg

1–1

2nd period

🐙 Brendan Shanahan Go-ahead 2nd · 08:38

Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Mathieu Dandenault · beat Johan Hedberg

2–1

3rd period

🐙 Sergei Fedorov 3rd · 01:08

Assists: Steve Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan · beat Johan Hedberg

3–1

🐙 Sergei Fedorov PP 3rd · 03:57

Assists: Tomas Holmstrom, Brendan Shanahan · beat Johan Hedberg

4–1

🐙 Luc Robitaille 3rd · 10:37

Assists: Igor Larionov, Tomas Holmstrom · beat Johan Hedberg

5–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET PIT🐧

27 Shots on goal 27

1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

12 Hits 7

8 Blocked shots 9

1 Takeaways 6

5 Giveaways 8

8 Penalty minutes 2

DET shooting 18.5% (5/27) PIT shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Manny Legace

26/27

.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:56 TOI

🐧Penguins

Johan Hedberg

22/27

.815 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 46-18-8 (64% win rate, 72 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 28-38-7 (38% win rate, 73 games)

After 2nd — 2–1

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Draper · Dandenault · Hull 16:51

L2 Shanahan · Fedorov · Zetterberg 16:41

L3 Maltby · Datsyuk · Yzerman 14:33

L4 Robitaille · Holmstrom · McCarty 11:01

L5 Larionov 10:26

D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 22:40

D2 Schneider · Bykov 18:40

D3 Woolley 14:43

🐧Penguins

L1 Lefebvre · Holzinger · Straka 20:09

L2 Lemieux · Johansson · Samuelsson 18:09

L3 Fata · Surovy · Meloche 16:35

L4 McKenna · Nieminen · Manderville 6:12

D1 Tarnstrom · Rozsival 22:32

D2 Heins · Pushor 19:22

D3 Jonsson · Focht 14:50

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

2–3 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs PIT, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Penguins on March 18, 2003?

Red Wings won 5–1.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Penguins?

The final score was Red Wings 5, Penguins 1.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Sergei Fedorov (2), Brendan Shanahan, Darren McCarty, Luc Robitaille.

Who scored for Penguins?

Martin Straka.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Manny Legace made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Red Wings vs Penguins season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Mar 16

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Mar 16

Also on March 18, 2003

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