Atlanta Thrashers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Friday, October 11, 2002 · RBC Center
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-3 on Friday, October 11, 2002 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 39-30.
Goals came from Vyacheslav Kozlov, Ilya Kovalchuk, Erik Cole, Richard Smehlik, Ron Francis, Sean Hill, Josef Vasicek and Rod Brind'Amour.
Kevin Weekes made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 34 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Vyacheslav Kozlov (1)Yannick Tremblay (1), Patrik Stefan (1)1–017:10 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Daniel Tjarnqvist (1), Dany Heatley (1)2–019:57 ATL
2nd period
Erik Cole (1)David Tanabe (1), Rod Brind'Amour (1)2–108:18 CAR · PPG
Richard Smehlik (1)Tomi Kallio (1), Shawn McEachern (1)3–110:50 ATL
Ron Francis (1)Jeff O'Neill (1), Jaroslav Svoboda (1)3–212:02 CAR
Sean Hill (1)Josef Vasicek (1)3–316:42 CAR
3rd period
Josef Vasicek (1)Bret Hedican (1), Aaron Ward (1)3–401:48 CAR
Rod Brind'Amour (2)Erik Cole (1), Bates Battaglia (2)3–514:43 CAR
Team stats
ATLCAR
30Shots on goal39
30%Faceoff %70%
0/5Power play1/8
18Penalty minutes12
3Hits5
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:22
Ilya Kovalchuk · tripping2 min - 1st 03:21Uwe Krupp · cross checking2 min
- 1st 03:21Uwe Krupp · high sticking2 min
- 1st 09:45Richard Smehlik · boarding2 min
- 1st 12:15Pascal Rheaume · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:15
Aaron Ward · roughing2 min - 1st 12:20Bret Hedican · tripping2 min
- 1st 14:20Niclas Wallin · holding2 min
- 1st 18:15Tomi Kallio · tripping2 min
- 1st 19:02Sami Kapanen · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:04Uwe Krupp · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 13:21David Tanabe · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:12Tomi Kallio · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:37Jaroslav Svoboda · hooking2 min
- 3rd 17:12Daniel Tjarnqvist · interference2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:28 |
| 14Tomi KallioR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 20:34 |
| 19Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26:04 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 10Yuri ButsayevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:46 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:57 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:34 |
| 23Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 26Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:33 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:49 |
| 29Kirill SafronovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:46 |
| 44Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pasi NurminenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | L | 39 | 34 | 5 | .872 | 59:12 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20:25 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16:38 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:06 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:47 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:52 |
| 62Jaroslav SvobodaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:01 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:17 |
| 21David TanabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 22Sean HillD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:54 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:18 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:19 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:49 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 08:08 |
| 36Jesse BoulericeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:08 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:48 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 59:45 |