Atlanta Thrashers vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Saturday, March 29, 2003 · Gaylord Entertainment Center
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Nashville Predators 3–2 on Saturday, March 29, 2003 at Gaylord Entertainment Center. The Predators outshot the Thrashers 41–22.
Goals came from Kirill Safronov, Marc Savard, Greg Johnson, Dany Heatley and Denis Pederson.
Pasi Nurminen made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Tomas Vokoun stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Kirill Safronov (2)Francis Lessard (2), Jeff Cowan (5)1–009:00 ATL
Marc Savard (15)Daniel Tjarnqvist (12), Dany Heatley (43)2–018:16 ATL
2nd period
Greg Johnson (8)Cale Hulse (6), Oleg Petrov (18)2–106:58 NSH
Dany Heatley (37)Marc Savard (29), Vyacheslav Kozlov (41)3–118:45 ATL
3rd period
Denis Pederson (4)Mark Eaton (7), Scott Hartnell (22)3–217:04 NSH
Team stats
ATLNSH
2241
47%53%
0/30/6
2725
1210
189
38
54
Penalties
- 3:13 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 13:59 into the first periodGarnet Exelby · boarding2 min
- 18:49 into the first periodDany Heatley · holding obstruction2 min
- 1:56 into the second periodIlya Kovalchuk · diving2 min
- 3:22 into the second period
Adam Hall · interference2 min - 12:34 into the second periodGarnet Exelby · roughing2 min
- 12:42 into the second periodChris Tamer · fighting5 min
- 12:42 into the second periodChris Tamer · attempt to injure10 min
- 12:42 into the second periodScott Walker · instigator2 min
- 12:42 into the second periodScott Walker · fighting5 min
- 12:42 into the second periodScott Walker · misconduct10 min
- 18:45 into the second periodVyacheslav Kozlov · roughing2 min
- 18:45 into the second periodJason York · roughing2 min
- 18:45 into the second periodJason York · roughing2 min
- 9:11 into the third periodKimmo Timonen · holding2 min
Atlanta Thrashers
| 9Marc SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 23:14 |
| 6Francis LessardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:07 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:01 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:49 |
| 29Kirill SafronovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 18:23 |
| 3Mark HartiganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:07 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:40 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 15:08 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:28 |
| 23Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 |
| 45Benjamin SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:01 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:35 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:39 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pasi NurminenG | W | 41 | 2 | .951 |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Nashville Predators
| 14Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:41 |
| 16Denis PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:24 |
| 17Scott HartnellL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:43 |
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 4Mark EatonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 32Cale HulseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 10Clarke WilmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:11 |
| 15Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:44 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:12 |
| 21Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:03 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 25Denis ArkhipovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 14:42 |
| 33Vladimir OrszaghL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:56 |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 23Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 27Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 34Wade FlahertyG | 0 | 0 | – |