Atlanta Thrashers vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Monday, March 31, 2003 · Madison Square Garden

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4–3

Final/OT

SOG 25–41

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Rangers 4-3 in overtime on Monday, March 31, 2003 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Thrashers 41-25.

Marc Savard scored twice. Vyacheslav Kozlov, Boris Mironov, Mark Messier, Alex Kovalev and Yannick Tremblay also scored.

Pasi Nurminen made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 21 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
ATL	1	1	1	1	4	25
NYR	0	0	3	0	3	41

Scoring

1st period

Marc Savard (16)Dany Heatley (44), Vyacheslav Kozlov (42)1–019:50 ATL

2nd period

Vyacheslav Kozlov (21)Dany Heatley (45), Marc Savard (30)2–000:18 ATL

3rd period

Boris Mironov (6)Eric Lindros (33)2–101:05 NYR
Mark Messier (18)Petr Nedved (29)2–202:53 NYR
Marc Savard (17)Vyacheslav Kozlov (43), Ilya Kovalchuk (27)3–215:28 ATL · PPG
Alex Kovalev (36)Petr Nedved (30), Mark Messier (22)3–316:19 NYR

OT period

Yannick Tremblay (7)Vyacheslav Kozlov (44), Dany Heatley (46)4–302:40 ATL · PPG

Team stats

ATLNYR

25Shots on goal41

41%Faceoff %59%

2/3Power play0/2

6Penalty minutes8

20Hits31

19Blocked shots15

10Giveaways14

5Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 07:33Benjamin Simon · kneeing2 min
1st 11:32Jeff Cowan · charging2 min
1st 11:32Jamie Lundmark · roughing2 min
2nd 03:49Brian Leetch · interference2 min
2nd 17:28Lubos Bartecko · holding2 min
3rd 15:10Brian Leetch · holding2 min
OT 01:23Eric Lindros · high sticking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	3	4	+1	2	0	0	0	–	25:44
9Marc SavardC	2	1	3	+1	5	1	2	0	35	21:49
15Dany HeatleyL	0	3	3	+1	5	1	0	0	–	28:13
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	1	1	-1	3	1	1	0	–	19:44
38Yannick TremblayD	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	–	29:49
3Mark HartiganC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	57	07:41
6Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	06:36
12Tony HrkacC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	50	20:20
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	06:39
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	10:10
23Lubos BarteckoL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	100	13:42
39Per SvartvadetC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	10:36
45Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	30	11:16
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	–	28:01
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	24:34
29Kirill SafronovD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	16:42
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	13:49
47Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	09:22

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG	W	41	38	3	.927	62:35
33Milan HnilickaG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

11Mark MessierC	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	0	75	21:28
93Petr NedvedC	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	40	21:21
27Alex KovalevR	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	–	24:34
88Eric LindrosC	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	2	69	20:23
29Boris MironovD	1	0	1	+3	4	1	2	0	–	24:43
8Ted DonatoL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	04:08
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	11:05
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	-1	4	3	1	0	53	17:07
22Anson CarterR	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	–	17:45
26Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	04:19
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	+1	5	2	1	0	–	17:28
38Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	06:34
39Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	13:21
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	-2	7	0	3	4	–	29:41
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	–	29:25
5Dale PurintonD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	12:54
6Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	+2	2	4	3	0	–	26:47
24Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	02:04

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mike DunhamG	L	25	21	4	.840	62:35
31Dan BlackburnG		0	0	0	–	00:00