🐧 Away Penguins 29-41-7 before this game
3–1
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 36-33-7 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 2013
NYR 0011

Penguins at Rangers

Penguins beat Rangers 3–1 at Madison Square Garden on March 26, 2003.

🗓 Wed, Mar 26, 2003 · 18:30 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Brian Holzinger
2 A
1 shots · 17:29 TOI · -1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Martin Straka
1 G
3 shots · 15:20 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Eric Meloche
1 G
3 shots · 15:57 TOI · +1
4rd star 🐧 PIT
Sebastien Caron
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Martin Straka PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:18
Assists: Dan Focht, Brian Holzinger · beat Dan Blackburn
1–0
🐧 Tomas Surovy PP 1st · 19:48
Assists: Brian Holzinger, Michal Rozsival · beat Dan Blackburn
2–0
3rd period
🐧 Eric Meloche 3rd · 01:53
Unassisted · beat Dan Blackburn
3–0
🗽 Brian Leetch 3rd · 08:14
Assists: Ted Donato, Dan Lacouture · beat Sebastien Caron
3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NYR🗽
23 Shots on goal 34
2/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
13 Hits 18
15 Blocked shots 16
6 Takeaways 7
5 Giveaways 14
4 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 13.0% (3/23) NYR shooting 2.9% (1/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Sebastien Caron
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Dan Blackburn
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 58:47 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Fata · Lefebvre · Holzinger 17:55
L2 Johansson · Straka · Meloche 15:57
L3 Nieminen · Surovy · Samuelsson 14:32
L4 McKenna · Manderville 10:07
D1 Tarnstrom · Rozsival 21:56
D2 Heins · Focht 20:10
D3 Pushor · Jonsson 17:55
D4 Lintner 8:55
🗽Rangers
L1 Lindros · Holik · Kovalev 19:54
L2 Nedved · Messier · Carter 17:24
L3 Donato · Barnaby · McCarthy 13:05
L4 Lacouture · Lundmark · Petrovicky 9:56
D1 Leetch · Poti 26:49
D2 Mironov · Malakhov 19:02
D3 Kasparaitis · Purinton 14:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →
Feb 14, 2003
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
0–1 · Rangers won
Jan 11, 2003
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
3–1 · Rangers won
Dec 26, 2002
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
6–1 · Penguins won
Oct 12, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
0–6 · Penguins won
Apr 8, 2002
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · Rangers won

❓ PIT vs NYR, answered

Who won Penguins vs Rangers on March 26, 2003?

Penguins won 3–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Rangers?

The final score was Penguins 3, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Eric Meloche, Martin Straka, Tomas Surovy.

Who scored for Rangers?

Brian Leetch.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

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

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Dan Blackburn made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Rangers season series?

Penguins lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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 23
🐧PIT @ 🪶CHI
1–1 · PIT won
Next game · Mar 29
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
0–3 · PHI won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Mar 22
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
2–1 · NYR won
Next game · Mar 29
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
3–1 · NYR won
Also on March 26, 2003
🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 final
🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL
1–5 final
🎵STL @ 🌲MIN
1–0 final
🌵PHX @ 🛢️EDM
3–4 final
Penguins season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule