Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, March 20, 2003 · First Union Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Thursday, March 20, 2003 at First Union Center. The Flyers outshot the Penguins 32–23.
John LeClair scored twice. Rico Fata, Mathias Johansson, Eric Desjardins and Tony Amonte also scored.
Robert Esche made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Sebastien Caron stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Rico Fata (6)Mathias Johansson (9)1–000:13 PIT
Mathias Johansson (5)Mario Lemieux (60), Dan Focht (1)2–004:06 PIT · 
Eric Desjardins (8)Mark Recchi (29), John LeClair (7)2–109:43 PHI
2nd period
John LeClair (15)Mark Recchi (30), Dmitry Yushkevich (10)2–212:01 PHI
3rd period
- John LeClair (16)Michal Handzus (20), Mark Recchi (31)2–307:06 PHI ·
Tony Amonte (17)Eric Desjardins (23), Jeremy Roenick (27)2–417:20 PHI
Team stats
PITPHI
2332
48%52%
1/51/5
1010
1414
1211
2018
49
Penalties
- 2:38 into the first period
Eric Weinrich · slashing2 min - 15:28 into the first period
Hans Jonsson · interference2 min - 3:11 into the second periodKirby Law · boarding2 min
- 7:32 into the second periodDan Focht · hooking2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodShawn Heins · holding2 min
- 15:52 into the second periodDonald Brashear · hooking2 min
- 0:39 into the third periodEric Weinrich · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:21 into the third periodVille Nieminen · interference2 min
- 12:53 into the third periodEric Desjardins · high sticking2 min
- 15:10 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Mathias JohanssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:24 |
| 19Rico FataL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:33 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 22:27 |
| 4Dan FochtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 16:43 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 15Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 23Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:50 |
| 26Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:11 |
| 33Guillaume LefebvreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 09:31 |
| 43Tomas SurovyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 07:22 |
| 72Eric MelocheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:08 |
| 6Richard LintnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:16 |
| 28Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 57Shawn HeinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Sebastien CaronG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 17:45 |
| 10John LeClairL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 17:15 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 11Tony AmonteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:04 |
| 22Dmitry YushkevichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:49 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 19Eric ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:33 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:01 |
| 25Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:02 |
| 39Marty MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 47Kirby LawR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:36 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:12 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:21 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 28Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Neil LittleG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 42Robert EscheG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |