Atlanta Thrashers vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 2003 · Office Depot Center
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, December 6, 2003 at Office Depot Center. The Thrashers outshot the Panthers 42-34.
Goals came from Jeff Cowan, Matt Cullen, Byron Ritchie, Nathan Horton, Shawn McEachern, Benjamin Simon and Vyacheslav Kozlov.
Pasi Nurminen made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 38 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Cowan (6)Ilya Kovalchuk (15), Jean-Pierre Vigier (6)1–008:31 ATL · PPG
Matt Cullen (1)Unassisted1–118:11 FLA
2nd period
Byron Ritchie (2)Mathieu Biron (3), Craig MacDonald (1)1–206:53 FLA
Nathan Horton (4)Valeri Bure (10), Viktor Kozlov (11)1–308:43 FLA · PPG
Shawn McEachern (5)Marc Savard (13), Garnet Exelby (5)2–315:49 ATL
3rd period
Benjamin Simon (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (16), Jeff Cowan (12)3–309:49 ATL
OT period
Vyacheslav Kozlov (11)Frantisek Kaberle (15), Patrik Stefan (10)4–302:57 ATL
Team stats
ATLFLA
42Shots on goal34
50%Faceoff %50%
1/7Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes14
25Hits27
11Blocked shots8
10Giveaways13
8Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 05:38
Craig MacDonald · high sticking2 min - 1st 05:38Craig MacDonald · high sticking2 min
- 1st 12:22
Serge Aubin · cross checking2 min - 1st 20:00Byron Ritchie · roughing2 min
- 2nd 02:32Lyle Odelein · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:47Daniel Tjarnqvist · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:10Pavel Trnka · interference2 min
- 2nd 16:54Valeri Bure · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 13:31Niklas Hagman · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 16Jeff CowanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14:16 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 26:59 |
| 9Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 26:05 |
| 11Jean-Pierre VigierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:48 |
| 14Benjamin SimonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:21 |
| 19Shawn McEachernL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:40 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:34 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7 | 30:56 |
| 10Serge AubinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:05 |
| 12Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:24 |
| 20Francis LessardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:24 |
| 26Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 5Tomas KloucekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 04:51 |
| 6Shawn HeinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pasi NurminenG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 62:57 |
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Florida Panthers
| 8Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:46 |
| 16Nathan HortonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:53 |
| 17Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 19Byron RitchieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 11:35 |
| 20Craig MacDonaldC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 34Mathieu BironD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:44 |
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:57 |
| 12Olli JokinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 13Juraj KolnikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:26 |
| 14Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:42 |
| 18Marcus NilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:53 |
| 40Vaclav NedorostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 2Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:41 |
| 6Andreas LiljaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:07 |
| 7Pavel TrnkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 26Mike Van RynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 26:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | L | 42 | 38 | 4 | .905 | 62:57 |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |