Atlanta Thrashers vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, February 27, 2003 · Pepsi Center
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, February 27, 2003 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Thrashers 31–30.
Goals came from Milan Hejduk, Dany Heatley, Derek Morris, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Jeff Odgers, Joe Sakic and Marc Savard.
Milan Hnilicka made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Milan Hejduk (37)Peter Forsberg (58), Alex Tanguay (30)0–105:21 COL
Dany Heatley (26)Ilya Kovalchuk (21), Vyacheslav Kozlov (32)1–109:31 ATL · 
Derek Morris (8)Milan Hejduk (36), Alex Tanguay (31)1–216:21 COL ·
2nd period
Vyacheslav Kozlov (17)Dany Heatley (32), Marc Savard (21)2–204:01 ATL
3rd period
Jeff Odgers (2)Dan Snyder (2), Jeff Cowan (4)3–211:18 ATL
Joe Sakic (20)Derek Morris (25)3–317:57 COL
Overtime
Marc Savard (11)Dany Heatley (33), Frantisek Kaberle (17)4–301:12 ATL
Team stats
ATLCOL
3031
48%52%
1/61/4
1014
716
188
79
119
Penalties
- 2:24 into the first period
Greg De Vries · interference2 min - 6:31 into the first periodDan Hinote · interference2 min
- 9:16 into the first period
Jeff Odgers · roughing2 min - 9:16 into the first periodChris McAllister · roughing2 min
- 9:16 into the first periodChris McAllister · roughing2 min
- 10:08 into the first periodSerge Aubin · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:55 into the first periodChris Tamer · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 4:16 into the second periodBrad Tapper · boarding2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodDan Hinote · tripping2 min
- 16:48 into the second periodKirill Safronov · holding2 min
- 8:21 into the third periodGreg De Vries · hooking2 min
- 13:26 into the third periodYannick Tremblay · hooking2 min
Atlanta Thrashers
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 23:38 |
| 9Marc SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:40 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21:46 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:52 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:50 |
| 37Dan SnyderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:50 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:27 |
| 3Mark HartiganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:36 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 18Brad TapperR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:35 |
| 23Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:43 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 29Kirill SafronovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:56 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:09 |
| 44Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Milan HnilickaG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 35Frederic CassiviG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Avalanche
| 23Milan HejdukR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:57 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:29 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 23:30 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:53 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:44 |
| 10Serge AubinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:43 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:30 |
| 13Dan HinoteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:59 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:11 |
| 24Chris McAllisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:12 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:46 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 32Riku HahlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:54 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:08 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 28:44 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 27:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |