New Jersey Devils vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 23, 2002 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Atlanta Thrashers 2–1 on Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at Philips Arena. The Devils outshot the Thrashers 27–25.
Goals came from Jeff Friesen, Scott Gomez and Ilya Kovalchuk.
Martin Brodeur made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Friesen (1)Scott Gomez (4), Brian Rafalski (2)1–014:38 NJD
3rd period
Scott Gomez (1)Unassisted2–001:09 NJD
Ilya Kovalchuk (5)Patrik Stefan (3), Dany Heatley (6)2–119:57 ATL ·
Team stats
NJDATL
2725
62%38%
0/51/5
2725
31
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:05 into the first period
Yuri Butsayev · hooking obstruction2 min - 4:28 into the first periodFrancis Lessard · fighting5 min
- 4:28 into the first period
Jim McKenzie · fighting5 min - 7:31 into the first periodChris Tamer · fighting5 min
- 7:31 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
- 8:51 into the first periodOleg Tverdovsky · hooking2 min
- 9:08 into the first periodScott Niedermayer · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 13:40 into the first periodJeff Cowan · fighting5 min
- 13:40 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
- 19:26 into the first periodFrantisek Kaberle · high sticking2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodScott Niedermayer · hooking2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodDan Snyder · hooking2 min
- 19:01 into the second periodDaniel Tjarnqvist · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:15 into the second periodPatrik Elias · interference2 min
- 0:25 into the third periodYannick Tremblay · holding2 min
- 19:39 into the third periodJeff Friesen · high sticking2 min
- 19:39 into the third periodJeff Friesen · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 23Scott GomezC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 12Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:22 |
| 8Stephen GuollaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:10 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:25 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 19Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 24Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:10 |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:07 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:39 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:12 |
| 10Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:58 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 35Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:49 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 21:48 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 6Francis LessardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 04:12 |
| 10Yuri ButsayevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:52 |
| 19Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:27 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:10 |
| 26Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:46 |
| 37Dan SnyderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:15 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:55 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 22:57 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 28:17 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pasi NurminenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |