Atlanta Thrashers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Friday, October 18, 2002 · St. Pete Times Forum

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5–8

26–31

Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Atlanta Thrashers 8–5 on Friday, October 18, 2002 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Thrashers 31–26.

Patrik Stefan scored twice, Vincent Lecavalier scored twice and Tim Taylor scored twice. Shawn McEachern, Dan Boyle, Vinny Prospal, Ruslan Fedotenko, Ilya Kovalchuk, Martin St. Louis and Dany Heatley also scored.

Nikolai Khabibulin made 21 saves on 26 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 6 of 9.

Goals
ATL	3	0	2	5	26
TBL	1	4	3	8	31

Scoring

1st period

Patrik Stefan (1)Richard Smehlik (1), Frantisek Kaberle (2)1–003:18 ATL ·
Shawn McEachern (4)Richard Smehlik (2), Frantisek Kaberle (3)2–006:53 ATL
Dan Boyle (1)Freddy Modin (1), Brad Lukowich (1)2–108:12 TBL
Patrik Stefan (2)Ilya Kovalchuk (1), Vyacheslav Kozlov (4)3–116:49 ATL

2nd period

Vincent Lecavalier (2)Ruslan Fedotenko (1)3–208:04 TBL
Vincent Lecavalier (3)Ruslan Fedotenko (2), Brad Lukowich (2)3–309:20 TBL
Vinny Prospal (2)Pavel Kubina (3), Brad Richards (2)3–414:15 TBL ·
Tim Taylor (1)Sheldon Keefe (1), Jimmie Olvestad (1)3–517:05 TBL

3rd period

Ruslan Fedotenko (3)Martin St. Louis (2), Vincent Lecavalier (4)3–602:25 TBL
Ilya Kovalchuk (3)Dany Heatley (4)4–611:40 ATL
Martin St. Louis (2)Cory Sarich (1)4–716:21 TBL ·
Tim Taylor (2)Alexander Svitov (1), Martin St. Louis (3)4–818:30 TBL
Dany Heatley (2)Vyacheslav Kozlov (5), Daniel Tjarnqvist (3)5–819:38 ATL ·

Team stats

ATLTBL

2631

44%56%

2/61/7

2121

Penalties

2:00 into the first periodPavel Kubina · tripping2 min
4:23 into the first periodPascal Rheaume · kneeing2 min
6:27 into the first periodChris Tamer · cross checking2 min
6:27 into the first periodRuslan Fedotenko · elbowing2 min
11:53 into the first periodTim Taylor · tripping2 min
14:06 into the first periodPascal Rheaume · elbowing2 min
2:51 into the second periodJeff Cowan · holding the stick2 min
12:16 into the second periodIlya Kovalchuk · high sticking2 min
13:33 into the second periodFrantisek Kaberle · roughing2 min
2:51 into the third periodSheldon Keefe · charging2 min
8:46 into the third periodMilan Hnilicka · tripping2 min
10:05 into the third periodDan Boyle · holding the stick2 min
10:30 into the third periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
15:32 into the third periodBen Clymer · holding2 min
18:46 into the third periodDan Snyder · fighting5 min
18:46 into the third periodVincent Lecavalier · slashing2 min
18:46 into the third periodVincent Lecavalier · fighting5 min
19:07 into the third periodStan Neckar · holding2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	2	2	−2	1	0	0	100	21	17:25
15Dany HeatleyL	1	1	2	−1	4	0	0	–	22	19:48
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	1	2	−2	6	0	2	–	22	18:19
27Patrik StefanC	2	0	2	−2	4	0	0	40	21	17:35
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	–	31	23:36
42Richard SmehlikD	0	2	2	−1	0	0	0	–	30	22:55
19Shawn McEachernL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	38	25	21:20
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	–	29	27:39
10Yuri ButsayevL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	–	17	11:51
12Tony HrkacC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	48	22	19:28
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	–	12	07:05
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	–	9	05:55
23Lubos BarteckoL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	–	12	07:59
26Pascal RheaumeC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	4	46	13	07:37
37Dan SnyderC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	5	40	16	10:17
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	−4	0	0	2	–	17	10:28
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	–	24	17:09
38Yannick TremblayD	0	0	0	−4	0	0	0	–	18	15:25

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31Pasi NurminenG		22	17	5	.773	37:26
33Milan HnilickaG	L	9	6	3	.667	22:26

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

4Vincent LecavalierC	2	1	3	+2	2	1	7	53	27	17:49
17Ruslan FedotenkoL	1	2	3	+3	4	0	2	33	25	15:07
26Martin St. LouisR	1	2	3	+4	3	0	0	–	22	16:47
27Tim TaylorC	2	0	2	+2	2	0	2	55	17	09:54
37Brad LukowichD	0	2	2	+5	0	0	0	–	27	21:39
16Alexander SvitovC	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	46	15	09:21
18Jimmie OlvestadL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	–	20	12:23
19Brad RichardsC	0	1	1	−2	3	0	0	86	24	19:41
20Vinny ProspalL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	33	25	18:33
28Sheldon KeefeR	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	–	17	10:08
33Freddy ModinL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	–	22	13:52
13Pavel KubinaD	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	–	29	18:30
21Cory SarichD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	–	21	18:39
22Dan BoyleD	1	0	1	+4	3	0	2	–	22	23:03
7Ben ClymerR	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	17	12:45
25Dave AndreychukL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	55	25	16:04
2Stan NeckarD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	–	25	14:26
5Jassen CullimoreD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	21	17:46

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Kevin HodsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Nikolai KhabibulinG	W	26	21	5	.808	59:47