Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, March 26, 2003 · Madison Square Garden

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3–1

Final

SOG 23–34

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 34-23.

Goals came from Martin Straka, Tomas Surovy, Eric Meloche and Brian Leetch.

Sebastien Caron made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Dan Blackburn stopped 20 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	2	0	1	3	23
NYR	0	0	1	1	34

Scoring

1st period

Martin Straka (18)Dan Focht (2), Brian Holzinger (2)1–007:18 PIT · PPG
Tomas Surovy (4)Brian Holzinger (3), Michal Rozsival (6)2–019:48 PIT · PPG

3rd period

Eric Meloche (3)Unassisted3–001:53 PIT
Brian Leetch (10)Ted Donato (1), Dan Lacouture (6)3–108:14 NYR

Team stats

PITNYR

23Shots on goal34

46%Faceoff %54%

2/2Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes4

13Hits18

15Blocked shots16

5Giveaways14

6Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 05:45Bobby Holik · cross checking2 min
1st 15:55Dick Tarnstrom · interference2 min
1st 19:28Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 03:17Kent Manderville · high sticking2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

15Brian HolzingerC	0	2	2	-1	1	0	3	0	36	17:29
43Tomas SurovyL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	14:16
72Eric MelocheR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	40	15:57
82Martin StrakaC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	44	15:20
4Dan FochtD	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	–	19:32
28Michal RozsivalD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	21:08
10Ville NieminenL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	50	15:10
19Rico FataL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	19:12
20Mathias JohanssonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	57	16:58
23Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	09:02
26Kent MandervilleC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	43	11:12
33Guillaume LefebvreL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:55
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	14:32
3Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	18:04
6Richard LintnerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:55
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	17:46
32Dick TarnstromD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	22:45
57Shawn HeinsD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	20:48

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Sebastien CaronG	W	34	33	1	.971	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

8Ted DonatoL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	2	0	46	13:05
39Dan LacoutureL	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	10:05
2Brian LeetchD	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	–	28:04
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	10:42
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	16:27
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	2	71	19:54
22Anson CarterR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	17:24
26Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100	09:56
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	19:29
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	–	14:09
38Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:04
88Eric LindrosC	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	20:47
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	55	18:20
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	–	25:34
5Dale PurintonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:28
6Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	–	14:51
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	18:34
29Boris MironovD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	–	19:29

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Dan BlackburnG	L	23	20	3	.870	58:47
34Jason LaBarberaG		0	0	0	–	00:00