Carolina Hurricanes vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 26, 2003 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at Philips Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 30-18.
Dany Heatley scored twice. Ilya Kovalchuk, Ron Francis, Jeff Cowan and Chris Tamer also scored.
Pasi Nurminen made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 13 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Ilya Kovalchuk (36)Lubos Bartecko (8), Chris Tamer (9)0–106:29 ATL
Ron Francis (22)Sean Hill (24), Jeff O'Neill (30)1–110:42 CAR · PPG
Dany Heatley (35)Yannick Tremblay (20), Marc Savard (26)1–215:31 ATL · PPG
2nd period
Jeff Cowan (3)Marc Savard (27), Dany Heatley (40)1–301:47 ATL- Dany Heatley (36)Yannick Tremblay (21), Frantisek Kaberle (19)1–418:20 ATL · PPG
3rd period
Chris Tamer (1)Marc Savard (28), Dany Heatley (41)1–513:45 ATL
Team stats
CARATL
30Shots on goal18
49%Faceoff %51%
1/7Power play2/7
14Penalty minutes14
17Hits24
7Blocked shots9
4Giveaways5
5Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 01:00
Ryan Bayda · holding2 min - 1st 10:09
Chris Tamer · closing hand on puck2 min - 1st 15:07Craig MacDonald · hooking2 min
- 1st 16:46Francis Lessard · charging2 min
- 1st 18:13Frantisek Kaberle · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 05:25Craig MacDonald · interference2 min
- 2nd 08:32Aaron Ward · tripping2 min
- 2nd 16:37Tomas Malec · holding2 min
- 3rd 02:40Garnet Exelby · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:50Ryan Bayda · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 14:50Ilya Kovalchuk · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 15:36Bret Hedican · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:54Ilya Kovalchuk · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:33Marc Savard · high sticking2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:36 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 26:00 |
| 11Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 12Craig MacDonaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:31 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 29Mike WattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:00 |
| 37Tomas KurkaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 39Brad DefauwL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 46Mike ZigomanisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 47Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:00 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:45 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 |
| 21David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 25Bruno St. JacquesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:20 |
| 71Tomas MalecD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | L | 18 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 59:57 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 20:14 |
| 9Marc SavardC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 21:06 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:55 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 28:40 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:51 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 23Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:45 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 3Mark HartiganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 |
| 6Francis LessardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:41 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 45Benjamin SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:50 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 29Kirill SafronovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:47 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pasi NurminenG | W | 30 | 29 | 1 | .967 | 60:00 |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |