New York Rangers vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Thursday, November 28, 2002 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Rangers 7-4 on Thursday, November 28, 2002 at Philips Arena. The Rangers outshot the Thrashers 26-25.
Chris Herperger scored twice, Patrik Stefan scored twice and Shawn McEachern scored twice. Petr Nedved, Ilya Kovalchuk, Eric Lindros, Brian Leetch and Pavel Bure also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Dan Blackburn stopped 18 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Petr Nedved (9)Radek Dvorak (7), Dale Purinton (6)1–001:34 NYR
Ilya Kovalchuk (12)Dany Heatley (15)1–116:42 ATL
2nd period
Eric Lindros (5)Tom Poti (15), Rem Murray (4)2–101:00 NYR
Chris Herperger (2)Pascal Rheaume (5)2–207:43 ATL- Chris Herperger (3)Ilya Kovalchuk (5), Daniel Tjarnqvist (6)2–311:59 ATL
Brian Leetch (4)Rico Fata (3), Tom Poti (16)3–315:43 NYR
Patrik Stefan (7)Dany Heatley (16), Mike Weaver (1)3–418:13 ATL
3rd period
Pavel Bure (9)Rem Murray (5), Tom Poti (17)4–400:42 NYR- Patrik Stefan (8)Dany Heatley (17), Mike Weaver (2)4–506:10 ATL
Shawn McEachern (8)Tony Hrkac (6), Vyacheslav Kozlov (15)4–613:20 ATL- Shawn McEachern (9)Vyacheslav Kozlov (16)4–715:17 ATL · SHG
Team stats
NYRATL
26Shots on goal25
68%Faceoff %32%
0/1Power play0/5
14Penalty minutes6
3Hits2
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 12:28
Ted Donato · interference2 min - 2nd 04:19Petr Nedved · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 09:37Radek Dvorak · slashing2 min
- 3rd 13:34
Jeff Cowan · hooking2 min - 3rd 16:39Tom Poti · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:20Chris Tamer · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:20Jeff Cowan · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:20Eric Lindros · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 19:20Eric Lindros · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:20Matthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22:31 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:17 |
| 9Pavel BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:18 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:29 |
| 27Rico FataL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 07:53 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 23:06 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 8Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:59 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 38Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | L | 25 | 18 | 7 | .720 | 60:00 |
| 34Jason LaBarberaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 22:54 |
| 7Chris HerpergerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:12 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 20:34 |
| 19Shawn McEachernL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 18:31 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 43Mike WeaverD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:04 |
| 26Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:53 |
| 3Mark HartiganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:26 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:32 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:10 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:57 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:18 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Milan HnilickaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 60:00 |