Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars

Sunday, March 2, 2003, 8:30 PM ET American Airlines Center, Dallas Regular Season Final

Final score

The Dallas Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Sunday, March 2, 2003 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	27-44-6-5
at Dallas Stars	3	46-17-15-4

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	1	1
Dallas Stars	2	0	1	3

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	6	10	4	20
Dallas Stars	17	8	2	27

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	12:24	Dallas Stars	Jere Lehtinen (27)	Niko Kapanen (25), Steve Ott (3)	Even strength	PIT 0, DAL 1
1st	17:58	Dallas Stars	Jason Arnott (16)	Pierre Turgeon (28), Mike Modano (46)	Power play	PIT 0, DAL 2
3rd	18:12	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mario Lemieux (27)	Martin Straka (23), Richard Lintner (1)	Power play	PIT 1, DAL 2
3rd	19:03	Dallas Stars	Jason Arnott (17)	Unassisted	Even strength, Empty net	PIT 1, DAL 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 V. Nieminen	L	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	100%	12:25
Number 15 W. Primeau	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	40%	13:34
Number 16 K. Beech	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	37.5%	13:25
Number 18 S. Donovan	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		12:42
Number 19 R. Fata	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	62.5%	16:37
Number 23 S. McKenna	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		13:04
Number 26 K. Manderville	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0		06:25
Number 37 M. Samuelsson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		13:51
Number 43 T. Surovy	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0		16:27
Number 66 M. Lemieux	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	0	0	1	52.2%	21:37
Number 82 M. Straka	C	0	1	1	-2	0	2	2	0	0		20:15
Number 3 J. Pushor	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		18:32
Number 6 R. Lintner	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		19:51
Number 24 I. Moran	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	13:45
Number 25 M. Bergevin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		20:03
Number 28 M. Rozsival	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0		16:26
Number 32 D. Tarnstrom	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0		19:40
Number 57 S. Heins	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	0		21:11

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 S. Caron	26	24	2	.923	59:34	Loss

Dallas Stars skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Modano	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1	0	43.5%	22:09
Number 11 U. Dahlen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		11:49
Number 22 K. Muller	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	50%	08:56
Number 26 J. Lehtinen	R	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	0	0		21:50
Number 27 M. Malhotra	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		07:01
Number 29 S. Ott	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	0	100%	13:55
Number 32 C. Lemieux	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		14:22
Number 39 N. Kapanen	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	0	60%	15:36
Number 44 J. Arnott	C	2	0	2	+1	0	6	0	1	1	58.8%	15:49
Number 47 A. Downey	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		07:14
Number 48 S. Young	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		19:47
Number 77 P. Turgeon	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	66.7%	15:52
Number 2 D. Hatcher	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	1	0		27:00
Number 5 D. Sydor	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0		16:34
Number 17 S. Robidas	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		13:03
Number 24 R. Matvichuk	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	0		16:00
Number 43 P. Boucher	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0		23:01
Number 56 S. Zubov	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	2	0		23:38

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 R. Tugnutt	20	19	1	.950	59:34	Win

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	15:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kent Manderville	High sticking	2
1st	15:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kent Manderville	High sticking	2
1st	17:08	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ville Nieminen	Cross checking	2
2nd	03:11	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kris Beech	Hooking obstruction	2
2nd	06:00	Dallas Stars	Richard Matvichuk	Holding	2
2nd	10:51	Dallas Stars	Richard Matvichuk	Roughing	2
2nd	14:07	Pittsburgh Penguins	Shawn Heins	Roughing	2
2nd	18:10	Dallas Stars	Darryl Sydor	High sticking	2
2nd	18:10	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ville Nieminen	Roughing	2
3rd	17:59	Dallas Stars	Jere Lehtinen	Hooking	2

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Rick Kehoe
Dallas Stars head coach: Dave Tippett
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Dennis LaRue
Linesmen: Brian Mach, Randy Mitton
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Vladimir Vujtek, Janne Laukkanen, Joel Bouchard, Alexandre Daigle, Hans Jonsson, Aleksey Morozov, Jean-Sebastien Aubin, Jan Hrdina, Eric Meloche, Randy Robitaille, Josef Melichar, Tom Kostopoulos, Milan Kraft, Konstantin Koltsov, Michal Sivek, Ross Lupaschuk, Brooks Orpik
Dallas Stars scratches: Rob DiMaio, Bill Guerin, David Oliver, Sami Helenius, Jim Montgomery, Marty Turco, Brenden Morrow, John Erskine

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