Atlanta Thrashers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, January 8, 2002 · First Union Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Atlanta Thrashers 7–4 on Tuesday, January 8, 2002 at First Union Center. The Flyers outshot the Thrashers 34–26.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice and Jiri Dopita scored 4 goals. John LeClair, Justin Williams, Lubos Bartecko, Ruslan Fedotenko and Patrik Stefan also scored.
Brian Boucher made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Damian Rhodes stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Ilya Kovalchuk (18)Dany Heatley (19), Frantisek Kaberle (15)1–006:13 ATL · 
John LeClair (15)Justin Williams (14)1–108:06 PHI
Justin Williams (7)Eric Desjardins (11), Eric Weinrich (10)1–212:19 PHI
Jiri Dopita (3)Ruslan Fedotenko (5), Donald Brashear (10)1–316:55 PHI
2nd period
Lubos Bartecko (8)Hnat Domenichelli (9), Patrik Stefan (4)2–303:39 ATL- Jiri Dopita (4)John LeClair (11), Justin Williams (15)2–406:04 PHI
- Jiri Dopita (5)John LeClair (12), Eric Weinrich (11)2–508:44 PHI
3rd period
- Jiri Dopita (6)Keith Primeau (15), Kim Johnsson (20)2–608:32 PHI ·
- Ilya Kovalchuk (19)Ray Ferraro (14)3–610:44 ATL
Ruslan Fedotenko (10)Donald Brashear (11), Jiri Dopita (8)3–715:21 PHI
Patrik Stefan (4)Hnat Domenichelli (10), Frantisek Kaberle (16)4–718:53 ATL
Team stats
ATLPHI
2634
56%44%
1/11/4
137
1924
127
1225
810
Penalties
- 5:32 into the first period
Todd Fedoruk · high sticking2 min - 6:44 into the first period
Jeff Cowan · fighting5 min - 6:44 into the first periodLuke Richardson · fighting5 min
- 6:44 into the second periodMike Weaver · holding the stick2 min
- 15:21 into the second periodLubos Bartecko · hooking2 min
- 8:14 into the third periodDavid Harlock · interference2 min
- 12:55 into the third periodChris Tamer · tripping2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 9Hnat DomenichelliL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 13Patrik StefanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 15:40 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 0 | 20:37 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 17:38 |
| 18Lubos BarteckoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:38 |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | 10:24 |
| 14Tomi KallioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:12 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 27Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:35 |
| 6David HarlockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:08 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:34 |
| 43Mike WeaverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | 12 | 4 | .667 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 20Jiri DopitaC | 4 | 1 | 5 | +4 | 4 | 17:15 |
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 15:58 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 13:02 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:37 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 25Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 24:58 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:15 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 19:34 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 19Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:16 |
| 29Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:57 |
| 39Marty MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:20 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:54 |
| 3Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:57 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Roman CechmanekG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Brian BoucherG | W | 26 | 4 | .846 |