New York Rangers vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Tuesday, January 28, 2003 · Philips Arena

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39–27

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 at Philips Arena. The Rangers outshot the Thrashers 39–27.

Dany Heatley scored twice and Brad Tapper scored twice. Pascal Rheaume, Eric Lindros and Tom Poti also scored.

Pasi Nurminen made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 22 of 27.

Goals
NYR	0	0	2	2	39
ATL	3	2	0	5	27

Scoring

1st period

Dany Heatley (22)Tony Hrkac (11), Chris Tamer (3)0–108:24 ATL
Brad Tapper (8)Andy Sutton (17), Frantisek Kaberle (15)0–215:29 ATL ·
Brad Tapper (9)Per Svartvadet (6)0–317:04 ATL

2nd period

Dany Heatley (23)Tony Hrkac (12), Vyacheslav Kozlov (29)0–411:11 ATL ·
Pascal Rheaume (4)Patrik Stefan (17)0–518:12 ATL ·

3rd period

Eric Lindros (15)Matthew Barnaby (12), Jamie Lundmark (3)1–509:45 NYR ·
Tom Poti (8)Joel Bouchard (7)2–515:27 NYR ·

Team stats

NYRATL

3927

67%33%

2/42/7

4112

22

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Penalties

5:28 into the first periodDany Heatley · tripping2 min
13:56 into the first periodDale Purinton · interference2 min
19:57 into the first periodJamie Lundmark · slashing2 min
8:13 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · cross checking2 min
10:35 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
14:51 into the second periodJeff Cowan · diving2 min
14:51 into the second periodSandy McCarthy · hooking obstruction2 min
16:14 into the second periodIlya Kovalchuk · elbowing2 min
20:00 into the second periodDale Purinton · holding2 min
8:22 into the third periodMike Weaver · interference2 min
12:23 into the third periodEric Lindros · slashing2 min
13:50 into the third periodDany Heatley · holding the stick2 min
16:43 into the third periodChris Tamer · roughing2 min
16:43 into the third periodDale Purinton · instigator2 min
16:43 into the third periodDale Purinton · fighting5 min
16:43 into the third periodDale Purinton · misconduct10 min
16:43 into the third periodDale Purinton · game misconduct10 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

26Jamie LundmarkC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	100	11:45
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	11:57
88Eric LindrosC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	50	19:40
3Tom PotiD	1	0	1	−1	3	0	0	0	–	25:20
39Joel BouchardD	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	–	22:40
8Ted DonatoL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	69	18:17
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	2	–	11:54
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	78	08:14
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	67	18:21
20Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	–	12:49
27Rico FataL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	06:54
32Gordie DwyerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:14
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	17:42
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	−3	1	0	0	0	57	20:14
5Dale PurintonD	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	31	–	13:26
18Cory CrossD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:30
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	−3	2	0	0	2	–	20:59
29Boris MironovD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:28

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Mike DunhamG	L	27	22	5	.815	59:36
31Dan BlackburnG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

12Tony HrkacC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	43	16:29
15Dany HeatleyL	2	0	2	+1	4	0	0	4	50	18:32
18Brad TapperR	2	0	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	11:53
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	16:32
26Pascal RheaumeC	1	0	1	+2	3	1	0	0	30	13:42
27Patrik StefanC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	27	17:13
39Per SvartvadetC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:08
4Chris TamerD	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	2	–	15:25
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:08
25Andy SuttonD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:43
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	13:02
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	19:32
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:05
28Jeff FarkasC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:31
37Dan SnyderC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	12:26
38Yannick TremblayD	0	0	0	+3	5	0	0	0	–	25:31
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:54
43Mike WeaverD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	16:55

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31Pasi NurminenG	W	39	37	2	.949	59:56
34Byron DafoeG		0	0	0	–	00:00