🐧 Away Penguins 28-41-7 before this game
1–1
Final / OT
🪶 Home Blackhawks 33-32-9 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
PIT 10001
CHI 10001

Penguins at Blackhawks

Penguins beat Blackhawks 1–1 in overtime at United Center on March 23, 2003.

🗓 Sun, Mar 23, 2003 · 14:00 CST 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Eric Meloche
1 G
4 shots · 17:24 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
1 A
2 shots · 24:58 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Guillaume Lefebvre
1 A
1 shots · 24:53 TOI · +1
4rd star 🐧 PIT
Sebastien Caron
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🪶 Eric Daze Go-ahead 1st · 14:47
Assists: Andrei Nikolishin, Nathan Dempsey · beat Sebastien Caron
0–1
🐧 Eric Meloche Tying 1st · 17:54
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Guillaume Lefebvre · beat Craig Anderson
1–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT CHI🪶
28 Shots on goal 34
9 Hits 20
8 Blocked shots 9
3 Takeaways 1
7 Giveaways 4
18 Penalty minutes 22
PIT shooting 3.6% (1/28) CHI shooting 2.9% (1/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Sebastien Caron
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Craig Anderson
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 28-41-7 (37% win rate, 76 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 33-32-9 (45% win rate, 74 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 28-41-7 (37% win rate, 76 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 33-32-9 (45% win rate, 74 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Lefebvre · Lemieux · Holzinger 24:53
L2 Fata · Straka · Johansson 18:08
L3 Surovy · Meloche · Samuelsson 11:31
L4 Nieminen · McKenna · Manderville 9:36
D1 Rozsival · Jonsson 23:12
D2 Pushor · Focht 20:49
D3 Lintner · Heins 17:38
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sullivan · Daze · Zhamnov 20:22
L2 Calder · Nikolishin · Fleury 17:18
L3 Radulov · Bell · Arnason 14:36
L4 Simon · Eastwood 8:46
D1 Karpovtsev · Klemm 26:50
D2 Poapst · Dempsey 24:26
D3 McCarthy · Helenius 11:48
D4 Strudwick 6:23

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 25, 2003
🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT
3–5 · Penguins won
Jan 6, 2002
🐧PIT @ 🪶CHI
0–2 · Blackhawks won
Mar 29, 2001
🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT
2–5 · Penguins won
Jan 21, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🪶CHI
4–0 · Penguins won
Dec 26, 1999
🐧PIT @ 🪶CHI
4–2 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs CHI, answered

Who won Penguins vs Blackhawks on March 23, 2003?

Penguins won 1–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Blackhawks?

The final score was Penguins 1, Blackhawks 1, in overtime.

Who scored for Penguins?

Eric Meloche.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Eric Daze.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Sebastien Caron made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Craig Anderson made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Blackhawks season series?

Penguins 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Mar 21
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
1–3 · NJD won
Next game · Mar 26
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
3–1 · PIT won
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · Mar 22
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
1–8 · COL won
Next game · Mar 25
🏝️NYI @ 🪶CHI
9–2 · NYI won
Also on March 23, 2003
🎵STL @ ⭐DAL
1–3 final
🐙DET @ 🌲MIN
0–4 final
🐯NSH @ 🛢️EDM
2–3 final
🦅WSH @ 🐋VAN
0–6 final
Penguins season page Blackhawks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule