St. Louis Blues vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Tuesday, January 21, 2003 · Philips Arena

4–8

26–30

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the St. Louis Blues 8–4 on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Blues 30–26.

Dany Heatley scored twice, Keith Tkachuk scored twice and Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice. Dan Snyder, Brad Tapper, Marc Savard, Barret Jackman, Frantisek Kaberle and Eric Boguniecki also scored.

Pasi Nurminen made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 1 of 3.

Goals
STL	2	1	1	4	26
ATL	5	3	0	8	30

Scoring

1st period

Dany Heatley (17)Ilya Kovalchuk (15), Vyacheslav Kozlov (22)0–102:36 ATL ·
Keith Tkachuk (16)Pavol Demitra (31)1–104:33 STL
Dan Snyder (2)Pascal Rheaume (7), Daniel Tjarnqvist (10)1–206:03 ATL
Brad Tapper (6)Tony Hrkac (10)1–308:28 ATL
Marc Savard (7)Andy Sutton (13)1–411:08 ATL
Dany Heatley (18)Vyacheslav Kozlov (23), Yannick Tremblay (11)1–512:55 ATL ·
Keith Tkachuk (17)Scott Mellanby (16), Doug Weight (38)2–515:20 STL ·

2nd period

Barret Jackman (3)Cory Stillman (26), Eric Boguniecki (20)3–502:50 STL
Ilya Kovalchuk (26)Dany Heatley (26)3–611:40 ATL ·
Frantisek Kaberle (5)Vyacheslav Kozlov (24), Andy Sutton (14)3–714:16 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk (27)Patrik Stefan (15), Brad Tapper (2)3–816:16 ATL

3rd period

Eric Boguniecki (14)Martin Rucinsky (9), Doug Weight (39)4–807:19 STL

Team stats

STLATL

2630

53%47%

1/53/9

2214

Penalties

0:17 into the first periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
0:17 into the first periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
0:17 into the first periodKeith Tkachuk · cross checking2 min
0:17 into the first periodKeith Tkachuk · holding obstruction2 min
6:20 into the first periodPavol Demitra · slashing2 min
11:48 into the first periodScott Mellanby · cross checking2 min
13:20 into the first periodDan Snyder · elbowing2 min
13:25 into the first periodTony Hrkac · high sticking2 min
13:25 into the first periodTony Hrkac · high sticking2 min
1:02 into the second periodDoug Weight · high sticking2 min
1:13 into the second periodBrad Tapper · interference goalkeeper2 min
6:20 into the second periodVyacheslav Kozlov · elbowing2 min
6:20 into the second periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
11:01 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
8:37 into the third periodBryce Salvador · holding2 min
9:34 into the third periodBarret Jackman · slashing2 min
16:25 into the third periodDan Snyder · tripping2 min
19:39 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

7Keith TkachukL	2	0	2	+1	3	0	4	82	22:48
33Eric BogunieckiC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	–	14:09
39Doug WeightC	0	2	2	−2	1	0	2	50	18:55
19Scott MellanbyR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	6	100	15:38
22Martin RucinskyL	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	–	16:37
38Pavol DemitraR	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	44	22:58
61Cory StillmanL	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	–	16:12
5Barret JackmanD	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	–	18:38
9Tyson NashL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	–	07:47
10Dallas DrakeR	0	0	0	−4	0	0	0	–	10:31
18Steve DubinskyR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	64	11:34
25Shjon PodeinL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	50	07:21
34Reed LowR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	–	06:36
2Al MacInnisD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	–	21:58
27Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	–	21:12
28Matt WalkerD	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	100	14:57
29Alexander KhavanovD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	21:34
37Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:45

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
35Brent JohnsonG	L	3	1	2	.333	04:27
40Fred BrathwaiteG		27	21	6	.778	55:33

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	100	20:21
15Dany HeatleyL	2	1	3	+1	5	1	0	–	22:33
17Ilya KovalchukL	2	1	3	0	5	0	0	–	19:36
18Brad TapperR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	2	–	10:59
25Andy SuttonD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	2	–	18:23
9Marc SavardC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	56	22:17
12Tony HrkacC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	4	25	15:45
26Pascal RheaumeC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	57	14:11
27Patrik StefanC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	42	14:13
37Dan SnyderC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	4	–	08:13
8Frantisek KaberleD	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	–	18:40
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	–	19:49
38Yannick TremblayD	0	1	1	−2	0	0	0	–	21:50
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	–	07:57
23Lubos BarteckoL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:08
39Per SvartvadetC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	–	14:40
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	–	13:35
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	+2	3	0	0	–	20:47

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31Pasi NurminenG	W	26	22	4	.846	60:00
33Milan HnilickaG		0	0	0	–	00:00