Atlanta Thrashers vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Friday, April 12, 2002 · Nationwide Arena
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–4 in overtime on Friday, April 12, 2002 at Nationwide Arena.
Goals came from Yuri Butsayev, Tyler Wright, Derrick Walser, Kevin Dineen, Frantisek Kaberle, Grant Marshall, Yannick Tremblay, Tony Hrkac and Jaroslav Spacek.
Marc Denis made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Yuri Butsayev (2)Patrik Stefan (16)1–011:22 ATL
Tyler Wright (13)Grant Marshall (17), Deron Quint (18)1–118:02 CBJ ·
2nd period
Derrick Walser (1)Grant Marshall (18), David Vyborny (18)1–201:25 CBJ
Kevin Dineen (5)Jody Shelley (3), Mattias Timander (7)1–315:23 CBJ
Frantisek Kaberle (5)Unassisted2–316:20 ATL
3rd period
Grant Marshall (15)Ray Whitney (39), Rostislav Klesla (8)2–413:30 CBJ · 
Yannick Tremblay (9)Lubos Bartecko (13), Tomi Kallio (14)3–415:50 ATL
Tony Hrkac (18)Unassisted4–416:23 ATL
Overtime
Jaroslav Spacek (5)Mike Sillinger (23), Ray Whitney (40)4–500:29 CBJ ·
Team stats
ATLCBJ
3131
48%52%
0/33/4
1311
913
1114
615
710
Penalties
- 16:19 into the first period
Dan Snyder · hooking2 min - 7:08 into the second period
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre · boarding2 min - 17:35 into the second periodJaroslav Spacek · holding2 min
- 19:31 into the second periodYuri Butsayev · slashing2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodGrant Marshall · roughing2 min
- 8:50 into the third periodJeff Odgers · fighting5 min
- 8:50 into the third periodJean-Luc Grand-Pierre · fighting5 min
- 11:54 into the third periodDerek MacKenzie · tripping2 min
- 19:38 into the third periodDany Heatley · hooking2 min
Atlanta Thrashers
| 10Yuri ButsayevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 13Patrik StefanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 14Tomi KallioR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 18Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:22 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:37 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 22:43 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:21 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:13 |
| 23Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 37Dan SnyderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:04 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:47 |
| 47Jean-Pierre VigierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 21:56 |
| 28Todd ReirdenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Milan HnilickaG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 35Frederic CassiviG | 0 | 0 | – |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 29Grant MarshallR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 12:52 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 19:30 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:33 |
| 16Mike SillingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 20:43 |
| 28Tyler WrightC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 3Jaroslav SpacekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 24:42 |
| 7Deron QuintD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:23 |
| 23Derrick WalserD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:47 |
| 37Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 44Rostislav KleslaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 10Serge AubinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:30 |
| 12Sean ProngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:04 |
| 21Espen KnutsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:43 |
| 26Andrej NedorostL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:09 |
| 41Matt DavidsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 34Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Marc DenisG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | 0 | 0 | – |