Atlanta Thrashers vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 2003 · Nationwide Arena

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3–2

26–38

Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 on Saturday, March 22, 2003 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Thrashers 38–26.

Goals came from Dany Heatley, Rick Nash, Mark Hartigan, Lasse Pirjeta and Lubos Bartecko.

Milan Hnilicka made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Marc Denis stopped 23 of 26.

Goals
ATL	1	0	2	3	26
CBJ	0	1	1	2	38

Scoring

1st period

Dany Heatley (34)Marc Savard (25), Yannick Tremblay (17)1–018:14 ATL ·

2nd period

Rick Nash (16)Lasse Pirjeta (9), Matt Davidson (4)1–117:47 CBJ

3rd period

Mark Hartigan (5)Ilya Kovalchuk (25), Daniel Tjarnqvist (11)2–105:05 ATL
Lasse Pirjeta (10)Matt Davidson (5), Luke Richardson (13)2–205:52 CBJ
Lubos Bartecko (6)Tony Hrkac (17), Garnet Exelby (1)3–212:56 ATL

Team stats

ATLCBJ

2638

44%56%

1/30/3

1111

916

226

Penalties

0:24 into the first periodJeff Cowan · kneeing2 min
7:11 into the first periodGarnet Exelby · holding2 min
11:17 into the first periodJamie Allison · cross checking2 min
13:41 into the first periodJeff Cowan · fighting5 min
13:41 into the first periodDavid Ling · fighting5 min
17:29 into the first periodJamie Allison · tripping2 min
0:42 into the second periodMarc Denis · delaying game2 min
17:47 into the second periodGarnet Exelby · roughing2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

3Mark HartiganC	1	0	1	−1	1	0	0	0	44	10:54
9Marc SavardC	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	41	21:50
12Tony HrkacC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	48	18:05
15Dany HeatleyL	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	–	24:58
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:33
23Lubos BarteckoL	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	14:40
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	4	–	17:20
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	18:45
38Yannick TremblayD	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	24:46
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	21:38
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	–	07:01
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	06:32
37Dan SnyderC	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	50	10:54
39Per SvartvadetC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	3	0	–	12:03
49Zdenek BlatnyL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	12:39
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	–	22:01
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:25
29Kirill SafronovD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:07

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31Pasi NurminenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Milan HnilickaG	W	38	36	2	.947	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

20Lasse PirjetaL	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	53	15:42
41Matt DavidsonR	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:38
61Rick NashL	1	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	–	15:47
22Luke RichardsonD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	22:32
8Geoff SandersonL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	60	18:51
9David VybornyR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:58
14Ray WhitneyL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	21:07
19Sean ProngerC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	75	12:34
25Andrew CasselsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	18:53
26Andrej NedorostL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	50	12:39
28Tyler WrightC	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	50	19:53
43David LingR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	–	08:55
45Jody ShelleyL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	08:11
3Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	24:50
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	17:40
33Jamie AllisonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	–	11:35
42Duvie WestcottD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	16:19
44Rostislav KleslaD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	21:21

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
30Marc DenisG	L	26	23	3	.885	58:51
35Jean-Francois LabbeG		0	0	0	–	00:00