Atlanta Thrashers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, April 5, 2003 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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3–2

19–30

Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Saturday, April 5, 2003 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Thrashers 30–19.

Goals came from Joe Dipenta, Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexei Yashin, Dany Heatley and Dave Scatchard.

Pasi Nurminen made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Garth Snow stopped 16 of 19.

Goals
ATL	2	1	0	3	19
NYI	0	1	1	2	30

Scoring

1st period

Joe Dipenta (1)Vyacheslav Kozlov (47), Dany Heatley (47)1–001:24 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk (37)Joe Dipenta (1)2–014:04 ATL

2nd period

Alexei Yashin (26)Mattias Weinhandl (17), Arron Asham (19)2–105:32 NYI ·
Dany Heatley (39)Marc Savard (33), Vyacheslav Kozlov (48)3–106:55 ATL

3rd period

Dave Scatchard (27)Jason Wiemer (19), Janne Niinimaa (28)3–219:00 NYI ·

Team stats

ATLNYI

1930

41%59%

0/52/7

1925

2328

1913

611

169

Penalties

2:06 into the first periodFrancis Lessard · fighting5 min
2:06 into the first periodEric Godard · fighting5 min
2:33 into the first periodMichael Peca · elbowing2 min
6:45 into the first periodVyacheslav Kozlov · slashing2 min
4:16 into the second periodDany Heatley · holding the stick2 min
8:21 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
11:26 into the second periodKamil Piros · hooking obstruction2 min
12:28 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · interference2 min
12:28 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
17:55 into the second periodSteve Webb · interference goalkeeper2 min
19:29 into the second periodMarc Savard · interference goalkeeper2 min
20:00 into the second periodSteve Webb · misconduct10 min
5:46 into the third periodJason Wiemer · slashing2 min
8:05 into the third periodTony Hrkac · hooking2 min
17:23 into the third periodDany Heatley · cross checking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	2	2	+2	3	1	3	2	–	23:29
15Dany HeatleyL	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	4	–	24:24
50Joe DipentaD	1	1	2	+3	1	1	1	0	–	17:00
9Marc SavardC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	2	40	22:53
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	0	–	17:30
6Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	04:13
12Tony HrkacC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	41	20:41
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	04:39
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	–	10:18
22Kamil PirosR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	40	12:47
23Lubos BarteckoL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	10:31
39Per SvartvadetC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:07
45Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	50	07:12
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	–	20:06
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	+3	0	1	4	0	–	18:16
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	–	20:19
29Kirill SafronovD	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	15:02
38Yannick TremblayD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	22:41

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31Pasi NurminenG	W	30	28	2	.933	59:56
33Milan HnilickaG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

11Mattias WeinhandlR	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	–	19:22
28Jason WiemerC	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	2	40	09:58
38Dave ScatchardC	1	0	1	0	3	4	1	0	64	12:34
45Arron AshamR	0	1	1	−2	1	2	0	0	–	16:28
79Alexei YashinC	1	0	1	−2	5	0	0	0	63	17:54
44Janne NiinimaaD	0	1	1	−1	0	1	1	4	–	22:45
12Oleg KvashaC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	–	12:50
17Shawn BatesC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	16:09
20Steve WebbR	0	0	0	−1	0	6	0	12	–	08:36
26Justin MapletoftC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	45	16:11
27Michael PecaC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	2	67	16:36
37Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:06
49Eric GodardR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	–	07:34
2Mattias TimanderD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	14:48
3Adrian AucoinD	0	0	0	−1	2	3	1	0	–	25:29
4Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	−1	4	0	3	0	–	25:44
24Radek MartinekD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	18:12
33Eric CairnsD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	0	–	12:48

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Garth SnowG	L	19	16	3	.842	59:25
39Rick DiPietroG		0	0	0	–	00:00