Atlanta Thrashers vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Sunday, January 18, 2004 · RBC Center

AtlantaThrashersNow the Winnipeg JetsAway

5–2

Final

SOG 26–31

CarolinaHurricanesHome

Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Sunday, January 18, 2004 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 31-26.

Randy Robitaille scored twice. Eric Staal, Zdenek Blatny, Aaron Ward, Daniel Tjarnqvist and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored.

Pasi Nurminen made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 21 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	1	2	2	5	26
CAR	1	1	0	2	31

Scoring

1st period

Randy Robitaille (7)Ilya Kovalchuk (27)1–000:35 ATL · PPG
Eric Staal (9)Erik Cole (14)1–101:56 CAR · SHG

2nd period

Zdenek Blatny (2)Daniel Tjarnqvist (7)2–102:29 ATL
Randy Robitaille (8)Ilya Kovalchuk (28), Yannick Tremblay (7)3–104:34 ATL · PPG
Aaron Ward (1)Josef Vasicek (10), Sean Hill (13)3–208:06 CAR · PPG

3rd period

Daniel Tjarnqvist (3)Unassisted4–207:39 ATL · SHG
Ilya Kovalchuk (25)Unassisted5–219:08 ATL · EN

Team stats

ATLCAR

26Shots on goal31

46%Faceoff %54%

2/7Power play1/5

12Penalty minutes16

14Hits14

12Blocked shots12

6Giveaways8

6Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 00:30Pavel Brendl · high sticking2 min
1st 00:30Pavel Brendl · high sticking2 min
1st 09:31Francis Lessard · roughing2 min
1st 09:31Francis Lessard · tripping2 min
1st 09:31Bret Hedican · roughing2 min
2nd 02:29Danny Markov · high sticking2 min
2nd 04:09Erik Cole · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 07:30Francis Lessard · hooking2 min
2nd 12:16Bret Hedican · high sticking2 min
2nd 17:20Craig Adams · interference obstruction2 min
3rd 03:48Garnet Exelby · closing hand on puck2 min
3rd 06:27Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre · delaying game2 min
3rd 06:27Garnet Exelby · hooking obstruction2 min
3rd 13:40Rod Brind'Amour · high sticking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

17Ilya KovalchukL	1	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	–	20:31
28Randy RobitailleC	2	0	2	+1	6	0	2	0	41	22:27
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	1	1	2	+2	2	0	2	0	–	24:29
49Zdenek BlatnyL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	05:07
38Yannick TremblayD	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	26:17
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	17:28
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	23:33
14Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	01:49
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:22
19Shawn McEachernL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	33	23:01
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	6	–	01:41
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	17:55
27Patrik StefanC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	52	20:37
41Daniel CorsoC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	53	11:22
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	4	–	25:11
5Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	11:39
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:30
39Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	1	2	–	24:44

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG	W	31	29	2	.935	59:51
34Byron DafoeG		0	0	0	–	–

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

12Eric StaalC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	42	21:06
26Erik ColeL	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	2	–	12:36
63Josef VasicekC	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	100	15:47
4Aaron WardD	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	15:42
22Sean HillD	0	1	1	-2	5	0	5	0	–	26:30
10Ron FrancisC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	71	16:32
14Kevyn AdamsC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	19:32
15Marty MurrayC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:03
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	2	41	19:57
19Radim VrbataR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	15:07
23Pavel BrendlR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	–	18:08
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	08:00
36Jesse BoulericeR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:11
92Jeff O'NeillC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	67	17:43
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	4	0	–	18:59
6Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	4	–	21:27
8Bob BoughnerD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	14:18
55Danny MarkovD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	2	–	21:51

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jamie StorrG		0	0	0	–	–
80Kevin WeekesG	L	25	21	4	.840	58:29