Atlanta Thrashers vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Saturday, January 25, 2003 · Madison Square Garden

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4–1

28–24

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Rangers 4–1 on Saturday, January 25, 2003 at Madison Square Garden. The Thrashers outshot the Rangers 28–24.

Dany Heatley scored a hat trick. Petr Nedved and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored.

Pasi Nurminen made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 24 of 27.

Goals
ATL	0	2	2	4	28
NYR	0	1	0	1	24

Scoring

2nd period

Dany Heatley (19)Vyacheslav Kozlov (26), Marc Savard (14)1–000:28 ATL
Dany Heatley (20)Andy Sutton (16), Vyacheslav Kozlov (27)2–009:21 ATL
Petr Nedved (18)Joel Bouchard (4), Sandy McCarthy (6)2–114:16 NYR

3rd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (28)Vyacheslav Kozlov (28), Richard Smehlik (6)3–116:37 ATL
Dany Heatley (21)Frantisek Kaberle (14), Patrik Stefan (16)4–119:23 ATL ·

Team stats

ATLNYR

2824

42%58%

0/60/3

814

03

00

00

00

Penalties

5:00 into the first periodBobby Holik · hooking2 min
14:03 into the first periodPetr Nedved · high sticking2 min
4:37 into the second periodYannick Tremblay · hooking2 min
15:25 into the second periodCory Cross · interference2 min
16:48 into the second periodMark Messier · roughing2 min
7:49 into the third periodAndy Sutton · tripping2 min
8:04 into the third periodEric Lindros · interference obstruction2 min
10:22 into the third periodTom Poti · high sticking2 min
13:02 into the third periodAndy Sutton · holding the stick2 min
15:20 into the third periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
15:20 into the third periodJohn Tripp · roughing2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	3	3	+3	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	27	22:18
15Dany HeatleyL	3	0	3	+3	6	0	0	0	–	0	0	30	25:11
9Marc SavardC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	38	0	0	11	09:07
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	25	17:09
27Patrik StefanC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	50	0	0	28	20:29
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	1	1	+4	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	32	20:15
25Andy SuttonD	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	6	–	0	0	29	18:42
42Richard SmehlikD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	28	19:29
12Tony HrkacC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	32	0	0	30	21:20
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	12	06:59
18Brad TapperR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	12:47
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	11	07:13
28Jeff FarkasC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	14:09
37Dan SnyderC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	13	07:54
39Per SvartvadetC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	100	0	0	20	12:12
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	14:46
38Yannick TremblayD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	22	19:07
43Mike WeaverD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	28	19:57

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31Pasi NurminenG	W	24	23	1	.958	60:00
33Milan HnilickaG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

10Sandy McCarthyR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	13	07:21
93Petr NedvedC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	69	0	0	28	19:35
39Joel BouchardD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	23	20:07
8Ted DonatoL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	0	0	12	08:49
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	2	56	0	0	27	21:04
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−4	4	0	0	2	50	0	0	25	19:32
26Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	19	16:05
27Rico FataL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	15	08:58
32Gordie DwyerL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	5	03:14
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	15:11
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50	0	0	24	18:39
42John TrippR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	9	05:46
88Eric LindrosC	0	0	0	−4	2	0	0	2	–	0	0	29	20:58
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	0	0	27	23:40
6Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	24	20:35
18Cory CrossD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	0	0	25	17:23
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	28	19:45
29Boris MironovD	0	0	0	−4	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	25	18:39

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Mike DunhamG	L	27	24	3	.889	59:23
31Dan BlackburnG		0	0	0	–	00:00