Atlanta Thrashers vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Sunday, January 25, 2004 · Continental Airlines Arena

AtlantaThrashersNow the Winnipeg JetsAway

2–3

Final

SOG 26–34

New JerseyDevilsHome

Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3-2 on Sunday, January 25, 2004 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Thrashers 34-26.

Goals came from Grant Marshall, Patrik Elias, Jeff Cowan, Ilya Kovalchuk and Jeff Friesen.

Martin Brodeur made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 31 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	1	0	1	2	26
NJD	2	0	1	3	34

Scoring

1st period

Grant Marshall (5)Brian Rafalski (22), Scott Gomez (22)0–103:37 NJD · PPG
Patrik Elias (17)Grant Marshall (4), Scott Niedermayer (20)0–212:15 NJD · PPG
Jeff Cowan (7)Brian Swanson (1), Ronald Petrovicky (7)1–214:14 ATL

3rd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (26)Unassisted2–204:19 ATL · SHG
Jeff Friesen (11)Unassisted2–306:36 NJD

Team stats

ATLNJD

26Shots on goal34

38%Faceoff %62%

0/3Power play2/5

15Penalty minutes11

8Hits9

18Blocked shots11

31Giveaways50

8Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 01:52Vyacheslav Kozlov · hooking2 min
1st 04:07Rob Skrlac · cross checking2 min
1st 09:46Francis Lessard · fighting5 min
1st 09:46Rob Skrlac · fighting5 min
1st 10:57Ronald Petrovicky · slashing2 min
1st 16:25Scott Gomez · elbowing2 min
1st 18:19Ilya Kovalchuk · slashing2 min
2nd 08:09Erik Rasmussen · boarding2 min
2nd 18:37Vyacheslav Kozlov · interference2 min
3rd 03:12Vyacheslav Kozlov · high sticking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

16Jeff CowanL	1	0	1	+2	2	0	1	0	–	12:34
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	–	26:08
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	–	16:33
29Brian SwansonC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	07:37
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	33	20:50
14Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	25	09:12
19Shawn McEachernL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	100	25:22
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	02:06
22Kamil PirosR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:08
27Patrik StefanC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	39	22:31
41Daniel CorsoC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	15:48
49Zdenek BlatnyL	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	09:05
5Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	04:42
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	6	0	–	26:13
23Ivan MajeskyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	02:08
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	–	26:14
38Yannick TremblayD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	28:43
39Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	25:32

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG		0	0	0	–	–
34Byron DafoeG	L	34	31	3	.912	59:02

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

29Grant MarshallR	1	1	2	-1	2	0	2	0	–	17:33
12Jeff FriesenL	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	16:14
23Scott GomezC	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	2	88	16:47
26Patrik EliasC	1	0	1	-1	8	0	1	0	–	24:02
27Scott NiedermayerD	0	1	1	-1	3	0	2	0	–	28:10
28Brian RafalskiD	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	0	–	25:09
10Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	08:43
11John MaddenC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	64	18:39
14Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:53
16Mike RuppL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	89	08:50
18Sergei BrylinL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	21	16:07
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	18:15
24Turner StevensonR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	12:03
32Rob SkrlacL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	–	00:46
2Sean BrownD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	11:45
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	19:10
7Paul MartinD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	21:21
25David HaleD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	14:16

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Martin BrodeurG	W	26	24	2	.923	60:00
40Scott ClemmensenG		0	0	0	–	–