Columbus Blue Jackets vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Monday, March 17, 2003 · Philips Arena

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2–3

Final

SOG 29–31

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Monday, March 17, 2003 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Blue Jackets 31-29.

Goals came from Ilya Kovalchuk, Lasse Pirjeta, Mark Hartigan, Geoff Sanderson and Dany Heatley.

Pasi Nurminen made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Marc Denis stopped 28 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	0	2	0	2	29
ATL	1	1	1	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Ilya Kovalchuk (34)Vyacheslav Kozlov (35)0–112:50 ATL

2nd period

Lasse Pirjeta (9)Rick Nash (19), Derrick Walser (12)1–110:22 CBJ
Mark Hartigan (3)Tony Hrkac (16), Per Svartvadet (7)1–213:21 ATL
Geoff Sanderson (27)Ray Whitney (47), Andrew Cassels (39)2–214:05 CBJ · PPG

3rd period

Dany Heatley (32)Vyacheslav Kozlov (36)2–319:47 ATL

Team stats

CBJATL

29Shots on goal31

57%Faceoff %43%

1/7Power play0/8

21Penalty minutes29

14Hits11

7Blocked shots7

6Giveaways8

5Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 00:32Scott Lachance · holding2 min
1st 10:43Tyler Wright · holding the stick2 min
1st 19:59Jaroslav Spacek · tripping2 min
2nd 03:49Jeff Odgers · instigator2 min
2nd 03:49Jeff Odgers · fighting5 min
2nd 03:49Jeff Odgers · misconduct10 min
2nd 03:49Jody Shelley · fighting5 min
2nd 13:41Dan Snyder · cross checking2 min
2nd 13:41Garnet Exelby · holding2 min
2nd 16:24Sean Pronger · holding obstruction2 min
2nd 16:40Tyler Wright · tripping2 min
3rd 01:58Mark Hartigan · slashing2 min
3rd 03:35Rostislav Klesla · hooking2 min
3rd 04:22Vyacheslav Kozlov · hooking2 min
3rd 10:32Scott Lachance · interference2 min
3rd 13:46Derrick Walser · tripping2 min
3rd 15:46Yannick Tremblay · tripping2 min
3rd 17:41Dany Heatley · high sticking2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

8Geoff SandersonL	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	50	16:28
14Ray WhitneyL	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	–	24:05
20Lasse PirjetaL	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	69	15:17
25Andrew CasselsC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	50	21:42
61Rick NashL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:23
23Derrick WalserD	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	2	–	11:50
9David VybornyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	14:54
19Sean ProngerC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	64	15:04
26Andrej NedorostL	0	0	0	-2	3	1	1	0	36	11:06
28Tyler WrightC	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	4	100	16:22
41Matt DavidsonR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	10:13
43David LingR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	07:06
45Jody ShelleyL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	–	04:58
3Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	2	–	29:13
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	4	–	18:03
22Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	25:13
33Jamie AllisonD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	10:35
44Rostislav KleslaD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	2	–	18:46

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Marc DenisG	L	31	28	3	.903	59:47
35Jean-Francois LabbeG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	2	50	23:46
3Mark HartiganC	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	2	–	09:55
12Tony HrkacC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	60	15:55
15Dany HeatleyL	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	2	–	23:47
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	+2	7	0	0	0	–	24:43
39Per SvartvadetC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	10:27
9Marc SavardC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	40	22:41
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	07:03
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	–	04:47
23Lubos BarteckoL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	12:06
27Patrik StefanC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	70	13:53
37Dan SnyderC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	22	09:12
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	–	12:38
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	2	0	–	21:12
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	20:29
29Kirill SafronovD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	09:46
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	+2	3	0	0	0	–	18:46
38Yannick TremblayD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	26:12

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG	W	29	27	2	.931	59:39
33Milan HnilickaG		0	0	0	–	00:00