Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers

Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 7:30 PM ET Madison Square Garden, New York Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 3–1 on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 on the road.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	27-44-6-5
at New York Rangers	1	32-36-10-4

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	0	1	3
New York Rangers	0	0	1	1

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	7	8	8	23
New York Rangers	9	13	12	34

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	07:18	Pittsburgh Penguins	Martin Straka (18)	Dan Focht (2), Brian Holzinger (2)	Power play	PIT 1, NYR 0
1st	19:48	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tomas Surovy (4)	Brian Holzinger (3), Michal Rozsival (6)	Power play	PIT 2, NYR 0
3rd	01:53	Pittsburgh Penguins	Eric Meloche (3)	Unassisted	Even strength	PIT 3, NYR 0
3rd	08:14	New York Rangers	Brian Leetch (10)	Ted Donato (1), Dan Lacouture (6)	Even strength	PIT 3, NYR 1

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	-1	0	2	0	1	0	50%	15:10
Number 15 B. Holzinger	C	0	2	2	-1	0	1	0	3	0	36.4%	17:29
Number 19 R. Fata	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		19:12
Number 20 M. Johansson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	57.1%	16:58
Number 23 S. McKenna	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		09:02
Number 26 K. Manderville	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	42.9%	11:12
Number 33 G. Lefebvre	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		17:55
Number 37 M. Samuelsson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0		14:32
Number 43 T. Surovy	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0	1		14:16
Number 72 E. Meloche	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1	0	40%	15:57
Number 82 M. Straka	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	1	44.4%	15:20
Number 3 J. Pushor	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		18:04
Number 4 D. Focht	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0		19:32
Number 6 R. Lintner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		08:55
Number 8 H. Jonsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		17:46
Number 28 M. Rozsival	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0		21:08
Number 32 D. Tarnstrom	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0		22:45
Number 57 S. Heins	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0		20:48

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 S. Caron	34	33	1	.971	60:00	Win

New York Rangers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 T. Donato	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	2	46.2%	13:05
Number 10 S. McCarthy	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		10:42
Number 11 M. Messier	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33.3%	16:27
Number 16 B. Holik	C	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	71.4%	19:54
Number 22 A. Carter	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		17:24
Number 26 J. Lundmark	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100%	09:56
Number 27 A. Kovalev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		19:29
Number 36 M. Barnaby	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0		14:09
Number 38 R. Petrovicky	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		09:04
Number 39 D. Lacouture	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0		10:05
Number 88 E. Lindros	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1		20:47
Number 93 P. Nedved	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	1	54.5%	18:20
Number 2 B. Leetch	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	3		28:04
Number 3 T. Poti	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4		25:34
Number 5 D. Purinton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:28
Number 6 D. Kasparaitis	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1		14:51
Number 23 V. Malakhov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		18:34
Number 29 B. Mironov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	1		19:29

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 D. Blackburn	23	20	3	.870	58:47	Loss

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:45	New York Rangers	Bobby Holik	Cross checking	2
1st	15:55	Pittsburgh Penguins	Dick Tarnstrom	Interference	2
1st	19:28	New York Rangers	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	03:17	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kent Manderville	High sticking	2

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Rick Kehoe
New York Rangers head coach: Glen Sather
Referees: Dennis LaRue, Rob Shick
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Stephane Provost
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Marc Bergevin, Mario Lemieux, Vladimir Vujtek, Janne Laukkanen, Joel Bouchard, Alexandre Daigle, Aleksey Morozov, Jean-Sebastien Aubin, Matt Bradley, Josef Melichar, Tom Kostopoulos, Milan Kraft, Ramzi Abid, Kris Beech, Konstantin Koltsov, Michal Sivek, Ross Lupaschuk, Brooks Orpik
New York Rangers scratches: Sylvain Lefebvre, Mike Richter, Pavel Bure, Mike Dunham, Dixon Ward, Dave Karpa, Mike Wilson, John Tripp, Roman Lyashenko, Johan Holmqvist, Billy Tibbetts

Every Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Rangers 0 at Pittsburgh Penguins 6	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Oct 12, 2002
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 at New York Rangers 1	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers, Thu, Dec 26, 2002
New York Rangers 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 1	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Jan 11, 2003
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 at New York Rangers 1	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers, Fri, Feb 14, 2003
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at New York Rangers 1	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers, Wed, Mar 26, 2003

Other NHL games on Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Matchup	Status	Details
Florida Panthers 1 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres, Wed, Mar 26, 2003
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Atlanta Thrashers 5	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers, Wed, Mar 26, 2003
St. Louis Blues 1 at Minnesota Wild 0	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild, Wed, Mar 26, 2003
Phoenix Coyotes 3 at Edmonton Oilers 4	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at Edmonton Oilers, Wed, Mar 26, 2003