🐻 Away Bruins 37-28-8 before this game
2–3
Final
🦈 Home Sharks 28-34-11 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 1102
SJS 0213

Bruins at Sharks

Sharks beat Bruins 3–2 at SAP Center at San Jose on March 21, 2003.

🗓 Fri, Mar 21, 2003 · 21:30 CST 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦈 SJS
Vincent Damphousse
2 G, 1 A
2 shots · 22:55 TOI · +2
2nd star 🦈 SJS
Marco Sturm
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 17:56 TOI · +2
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Teemu Selanne
1 A
2 shots · 19:56 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Glen Murray PP Go-ahead 1st · 14:40
Assists: Joe Thornton · beat Vesa Toskala
1–0
2nd period
🐻 Rob Zamuner 2nd · 01:29
Assists: Bryan Berard, Brian Rolston · beat Vesa Toskala
2–0
🦈 Marco Sturm 2nd · 13:42
Assists: Vincent Damphousse, Alyn McCauley · beat Steve Shields
2–1
🦈 Vincent Damphousse PP Tying 2nd · 18:51
Assists: Teemu Selanne, Jim Fahey · beat Steve Shields
2–2
3rd period
🦈 Vincent Damphousse Go-ahead 3rd · 15:27
Assists: Marco Sturm · beat Steve Shields
2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS SJS🦈
30 Shots on goal 18
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
13 Hits 11
1 Blocked shots 12
5 Takeaways 2
8 Giveaways 20
10 Penalty minutes 8
BOS shooting 6.7% (2/30) SJS shooting 16.7% (3/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Steve Shields
15/18
.833 SV% · 3 GA · 59:18 TOI
🦈Sharks
Vesa Toskala
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Sharks
Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–2
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 37-28-8 (51% win rate, 73 games)
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 2nd: 28-34-11 (38% win rate, 73 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Thornton · Murray 22:09
L2 Stumpel · Rolston · Lapointe 18:34
L3 Zamuner · Grosek · Knuble 14:10
L4 Mcinnis · Stock 4:22
D1 Mcgillis · O'Donnell 24:30
D2 Boynton · Gill 18:58
D3 Girard · Moran 10:24
D4 Berard 7:43
🦈Sharks
L1 Damphousse · Marleau · Selanne 19:56
L2 Sturm · McCauley · Cheechoo 17:56
L3 Ricci · Loyns · Dimitrakos 12:25
L4 Graves · Smith · Harvey 8:09
D1 Hannan · Rathje 27:03
D2 McLaren · Fahey 21:50
D3 Davison · Fibiger 11:06

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 23, 2002
🦈SJS @ 🐻BOS
2–5 · Bruins won
Oct 13, 2001
🐻BOS @ 🦈SJS
2–3 · Sharks won
Mar 3, 2001
🦈SJS @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · Bruins won
Oct 14, 2000
🐻BOS @ 🦈SJS
2–5 · Sharks won
Oct 23, 1999
🐻BOS @ 🦈SJS
3–1 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs SJS, answered

Who won Bruins vs Sharks on March 21, 2003?

Sharks won 3–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Sharks?

The final score was Bruins 2, Sharks 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Glen Murray, Rob Zamuner.

Who scored for Sharks?

Vincent Damphousse (2), Marco Sturm.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Steve Shields made 15 saves on 18 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Vesa Toskala made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Sharks played?

At SAP Center at San Jose in San Jose, the Sharks home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Sharks season series?

Season series tied 1–1 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Mar 18
🐻BOS @ 🌵PHX
1–2 · PHX won
Next game · Mar 22
🐻BOS @ 👑LAK
4–3 · BOS won
🦈Sharks
Previous game · Mar 20
🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL
0–2 · COL won
Next game · Mar 22
🦆ANA @ 🦈SJS
3–2 · ANA won
Also on March 21, 2003
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
1–3 final
🏛️OTT @ 🐦ATL
5–1 final
🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL
3–2 final
Bruins season page Sharks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule