Atlanta Thrashers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 19, 2000 · STAPLES Center
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Los Angeles Kings 7–6 in overtime on Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Thrashers 40–25.
Donald Audette scored twice. Mathieu Schneider, Lubomir Visnovsky, Steve Staios, Kelly Buchberger, Brad Tapper, Patrik Stefan, Per Svartvadet, Eric Belanger, Bryan Smolinski, Steve Reinprecht and Frantisek Kaberle also scored.
Damian Rhodes made 34 saves on 40 shots for the win; Jamie Storr stopped 12 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Mathieu Schneider (7)Eric Belanger (6)0–103:29 LAK
Lubomir Visnovsky (4)Jason Blake (2), Nelson Emerson (9)0–209:54 LAK · 
Donald Audette (15)Andrew Brunette (21), Chris Tamer (5)1–212:40 ATL
Steve Staios (3)Donald Audette (25), Andrew Brunette (22)2–219:23 ATL ·
2nd period
Kelly Buchberger (3)Rob Blake (21), Mathieu Schneider (17)2–302:52 LAK
Brad Tapper (1)Hnat Domenichelli (4)3–303:23 ATL
Patrik Stefan (3)Brad Tapper (2), Chris Tamer (6)4–305:50 ATL
Per Svartvadet (5)Andrew Brunette (23)5–306:58 ATL
Eric Belanger (4)Luc Robitaille (25), Bryan Smolinski (14)5–407:22 LAK
3rd period
- Donald Audette (16)Andrew Brunette (24), Ray Ferraro (19)6–412:24 ATL
Bryan Smolinski (9)Steve Reinprecht (11), Mathieu Schneider (18)6–513:30 LAK
Steve Reinprecht (9)Ian Laperriere (3), Jason Blake (3)6–619:46 LAK
Overtime
Frantisek Kaberle (3)Donald Audette (26), Per Svartvadet (4)7–601:20 ATL
Team stats
ATLLAK
2540
44%56%
1/51/5
3636
3237
188
2327
710
Penalties
- 8:02 into the first period
Hnat Domenichelli · holding2 min - 13:14 into the first periodAdam Burt · high sticking2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodDamian Rhodes · goalie leave crease2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodChris Tamer · fighting5 min
- 17:53 into the first periodDenny Lambert · roughing2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodDenny Lambert · misconduct10 min
- 17:53 into the first period
Stephane Fiset · goalie leave crease2 min - 17:53 into the first periodStu Grimson · roughing2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodStu Grimson · misconduct10 min
- 17:53 into the first periodJohn Thomas · slashing2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodJohn Thomas · fighting5 min
- 9:44 into the second periodAdam Burt · cross checking2 min
- 12:40 into the second periodRay Ferraro · roughing2 min
- 12:40 into the second periodMattias Norstrom · roughing2 min
- 15:25 into the second periodRay Ferraro · holding2 min
- 16:04 into the second periodRob Blake · holding the stick2 min
- 18:18 into the second periodIan Laperriere · cross checking2 min
- 0:29 into the third periodAdam Burt · fighting5 min
- 0:29 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · roughing2 min
- 0:29 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 4:50 into the third periodDenny Lambert · hooking2 min
- 5:47 into the third periodRob Blake · holding2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 7 | 24:14 |
| 19Brad TapperR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 20:21 |
| 9Hnat DomenichelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 12:54 |
| 13Patrik StefanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:06 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 26:08 |
| 25Steve StaiosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 11:02 |
| 11Dean SylvesterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:31 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:30 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 27Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:20 |
| 32Yves SaraultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 6David HarlockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:26 |
| 7Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 41Andrei SkopintsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | W | 40 | 6 | .850 |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 10Mathieu SchneiderD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 24:41 |
| 11Jason BlakeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:10 |
| 21Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 20:35 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:16 |
| 7Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 9Kelly BuchbergerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:07 |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:12 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:31 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 28:36 |
| 24Lubomir VisnovskyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 19Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:56 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:23 |
| 51John ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:11 |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:03 |
| 8Jere KaralahtiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:32 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | L | 14 | 2 | .857 |
| 35Stephane FisetG | 11 | 5 | .545 |