Carolina Hurricanes vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Friday, December 20, 2002 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 in overtime on Friday, December 20, 2002 at Philips Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 40–34.
Goals came from Ilya Kovalchuk, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Ron Francis, Jeff O'Neill and Aaron Ward.
Kevin Weekes made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 37 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Ilya Kovalchuk (18)Vyacheslav Kozlov (18), Yannick Tremblay (5)0–107:28 ATL ·
2nd period
Vyacheslav Kozlov (6)Marc Savard (8)0–217:37 ATL ·
3rd period
Ron Francis (14)Jeff O'Neill (17), Sami Kapanen (8)1–213:46 CAR
Jeff O'Neill (10)Ron Francis (12), Erik Cole (10)2–219:06 CAR
Overtime
Aaron Ward (1)Tomas Malec (2), Bates Battaglia (7)3–203:52 CAR
Team stats
CARATL
4034
54%46%
0/31/4
1715
43
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:52 into the first period
Rod Brind'Amour · interference2 min - 7:17 into the first periodKevin Weekes · delaying game2 min
- 15:22 into the first periodRon Francis · interference2 min
- 5:46 into the second period
Ilya Kovalchuk · roughing2 min - 5:46 into the second periodSean Hill · cross checking2 min
- 6:57 into the second periodChris Tamer · tripping2 min
- 9:12 into the second periodBates Battaglia · interference2 min
- 12:24 into the second periodChris Tamer · holding the stick2 min
- 15:40 into the second periodChris Tamer · fighting5 min
- 15:40 into the second periodJesse Boulerice · fighting5 min
- 16:28 into the second periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
- 19:51 into the second periodJeff Cowan · roughing2 min
- 19:51 into the second periodKevyn Adams · roughing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:26 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 8 | 18:25 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:07 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:48 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 71Tomas MalecD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:04 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15:14 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:41 |
| 20Jan HlavacL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:38 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:12 |
| 36Jesse BoulericeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:01 |
| 62Jaroslav SvobodaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:19 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:37 |
| 21David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:59 |
| 9Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:07 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | 19:40 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:44 |
| 7Chris HerpergerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:39 |
| 11Jean-Pierre VigierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:25 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:38 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 18Brad TapperR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:01 |
| 19Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 19:56 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:39 |
| 26Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:22 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 29:01 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:46 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 27:34 |
| 43Mike WeaverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pasi NurminenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 40 | 3 | .925 |