Atlanta Thrashers vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2003 · Joe Louis Arena

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Final/OT

SOG 27–44

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Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-5 in overtime on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Thrashers 44-27.

Henrik Zetterberg scored twice. Mathieu Schneider, Tomas Holmstrom, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Ray Whitney, Ronald Petrovicky, Zdenek Blatny, Ilya Kovalchuk, Brendan Shanahan and Daniel Tjarnqvist also scored.

Curtis Joseph made 22 saves on 27 shots for the win; Pasi Nurminen stopped 38 of 44.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
ATL	0	3	2	0	5	27
DET	0	3	2	1	6	44

Scoring

2nd period

Mathieu Schneider (5)Kris Draper (11), Kirk Maltby (12)0–100:32 DET
Tomas Holmstrom (6)Pavel Datsyuk (23), Brett Hull (22)0–202:04 DET
Vyacheslav Kozlov (17)Patrik Stefan (13)1–203:38 ATL
Ray Whitney (6)Brendan Shanahan (15), Niklas Kronwall (3)1–308:31 DET
Ronald Petrovicky (13)Marc Savard (25), Shawn McEachern (23)2–311:07 ATL
Zdenek Blatny (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (23), Chris Tamer (4)3–315:46 ATL

3rd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (22)Frantisek Kaberle (21)4–301:41 ATL
Henrik Zetterberg (5)Pavel Datsyuk (24), Brett Hull (23)4–405:45 DET · PPG
Brendan Shanahan (16)Henrik Zetterberg (10), Jiri Fischer (8)4–508:31 DET
Daniel Tjarnqvist (2)Ilya Kovalchuk (24), Marc Savard (26)5–512:58 ATL

OT period

Henrik Zetterberg (6)Ray Whitney (10), Mathieu Schneider (21)5–602:24 DET

Team stats

ATLDET

27Shots on goal44

42%Faceoff %58%

0/2Power play1/4

17Penalty minutes13

18Hits17

19Blocked shots9

5Giveaways17

9Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 00:36Ronald Petrovicky · interference2 min
1st 05:07Randy Robitaille · slashing2 min
1st 05:07Kirk Maltby · cross checking2 min
1st 08:08Jason Woolley · hooking2 min
1st 12:49Garnet Exelby · fighting5 min
1st 12:49Brendan Shanahan · fighting5 min
2nd 03:56Garnet Exelby · holding the stick2 min
2nd 11:21Niklas Kronwall · interference2 min
2nd 11:35Marc Savard · tripping2 min
2nd 19:58Garnet Exelby · roughing2 min
2nd 19:58Chris Chelios · roughing2 min
3rd 04:03Marc Savard · holding the stick2 min

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

17Ilya KovalchukL	1	2	3	+1	3	0	1	0	–	23:08
9Marc SavardC	0	2	2	-1	4	0	0	4	50	23:22
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:59
19Shawn McEachernL	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	21:49
26Ronald PetrovickyR	1	0	1	-1	1	3	1	2	–	14:59
27Patrik StefanC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	24	15:23
49Zdenek BlatnyL	1	0	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	14:07
4Chris TamerD	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	–	19:32
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	3	0	–	28:44
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	21:33
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	–	13:46
12Bill LindsayL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	04:05
14Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	04:31
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	04:31
28Randy RobitailleC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	56	16:19
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	9	–	22:34
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:46
38Yannick TremblayD	0	0	0	-2	4	1	2	0	–	25:11

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG	L	44	38	6	.864	62:24
34Byron DafoeG		0	0	0	–	–

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

40Henrik ZetterbergC	2	1	3	+2	6	0	0	0	53	18:12
13Pavel DatsyukC	0	2	2	-2	2	1	0	0	70	18:54
14Brendan ShanahanL	1	1	2	+1	4	1	2	5	–	16:41
17Brett HullR	0	2	2	-2	4	1	0	0	–	18:22
41Ray WhitneyL	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	0	–	16:09
23Mathieu SchneiderD	1	1	2	0	5	2	1	0	–	27:44
18Kirk MaltbyL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	2	–	16:37
33Kris DraperC	0	1	1	+1	5	2	1	0	50	18:38
96Tomas HolmstromL	1	0	1	-1	2	3	1	0	–	15:20
8Jiri FischerD	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	–	17:13
55Niklas KronwallD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	2	–	13:32
11Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	10:36
19Steve YzermanC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	69	17:48
20Mark MowersR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	33	05:21
21Boyd DevereauxC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	05:39
5Nicklas LidstromD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	27:41
15Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	17:50
24Chris CheliosD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	19:18

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Curtis JosephG	W	27	22	5	.815	62:24
34Manny LegaceG		0	0	0	–	–