Atlanta Thrashers vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, October 26, 2002 · FleetCenter

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Final

SOG 31–31

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 on Saturday, October 26, 2002 at FleetCenter.

Brian Rolston scored twice. Marty Mcinnis, Ilya Kovalchuk, Joe Thornton, Tony Hrkac and Daniel Tjarnqvist also scored.

Steve Shields made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 27 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	0	1	2	3	31
BOS	1	1	2	4	31

Scoring

1st period

Marty Mcinnis (2)Nick Boynton (4), Joe Thornton (8)0–104:39 BOS

2nd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (6)Dany Heatley (7), Yannick Tremblay (2)1–113:21 ATL
Joe Thornton (2)Don Sweeney (1)1–215:24 BOS

3rd period

Tony Hrkac (1)Vyacheslav Kozlov (7), Shawn McEachern (2)2–203:58 ATL · PPG
Brian Rolston (3)P.J. Axelsson (2)2–307:42 BOS
Daniel Tjarnqvist (1)Tony Hrkac (1), Shawn McEachern (3)3–315:16 ATL · PPG
Brian Rolston (4)Jozef Stumpel (4), Glen Murray (4)3–419:34 BOS · PPG

Team stats

ATLBOS

31Shots on goal31

49%Faceoff %51%

2/5Power play1/3

11Penalty minutes15

0Hits3

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 00:26Don Sweeney · hooking2 min
1st 05:10Jeff Odgers · fighting5 min
1st 05:10Sean Brown · fighting5 min
1st 14:58Glen Murray · tripping2 min
2nd 05:10Patrik Stefan · high sticking2 min
2nd 05:47Jonathan Girard · holding2 min
2nd 16:47Jeff Odgers · holding obstruction2 min
3rd 02:04Ivan Huml · high sticking2 min
3rd 14:34P.J. Axelsson · cross checking2 min
3rd 17:56Yuri Butsayev · hooking obstruction2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

12Tony HrkacC	1	1	2	-2	3	0	0	0	50	17:30
19Shawn McEachernL	0	2	2	-1	7	0	0	0	40	17:53
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:47
15Dany HeatleyL	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	19:48
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	18:06
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	1	0	1	-3	1	0	0	0	–	23:03
38Yannick TremblayD	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	19:04
6Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:32
10Yuri ButsayevL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	14:40
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	09:34
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	–	08:55
23Lubos BarteckoL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:47
26Pascal RheaumeC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	60	14:39
27Patrik StefanC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	60	18:13
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:19
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:38
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	16:52
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	23:01

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Milan HnilickaG	L	31	27	4	.871	59:46

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

12Brian RolstonR	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	27	21:43
19Joe ThorntonC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	68	19:06
10Marty McinnisL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	14:30
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	2	–	18:57
16Jozef StumpelL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	58	16:22
27Glen MurrayR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	2	–	18:57
32Don SweeneyD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	16:21
44Nick BoyntonD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:25
17Rob ZamunerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	07:38
22Michal GrosekL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	14:12
26Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	–	14:22
36Ivan HumlL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	15:38
42P.J. StockC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:07
21Sean O'DonnellD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	24:49
23Sean BrownD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	–	05:07
25Hal GillD	0	0	0	+2	3	0	0	0	–	21:26
34Bryan BerardD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	19:21
46Jonathan GirardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	13:44

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Steve ShieldsG	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00
70Tim ThomasG		0	0	0	–	00:00