Atlanta Thrashers vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Saturday, February 21, 2004 · Wachovia Center

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4–5

Final

SOG 36–32

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Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-4 on Saturday, February 21, 2004 at Wachovia Center. The Thrashers outshot the Flyers 36-32.

Joni Pitkanen scored twice. Michal Handzus, Serge Aubin, Andy Sutton, Dany Heatley, Marcus Ragnarsson, Ilya Kovalchuk and Simon Gagne also scored.

Sean Burke made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Pasi Nurminen stopped 27 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	0	3	1	4	36
PHI	3	1	1	5	32

Scoring

1st period

Joni Pitkanen (7)Mark Recchi (37), John LeClair (22)0–111:53 PHI · PPG
Michal Handzus (16)Mark Recchi (38), Joni Pitkanen (16)0–213:30 PHI · PPG
Joni Pitkanen (8)Kim Johnsson (26), Branko Radivojevic (18)0–314:35 PHI · PPG

2nd period

Serge Aubin (9)Marc Savard (31), Ilya Kovalchuk (34)1–305:25 ATL
Andy Sutton (2)Randy Robitaille (20), Ilya Kovalchuk (35)2–307:58 ATL · PPG
Dany Heatley (4)Andy Sutton (9), Marc Savard (32)3–311:24 ATL · PPG
Marcus Ragnarsson (4)Branko Radivojevic (19), Sami Kapanen (17)3–413:53 PHI · PPG

3rd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (33)Marc Savard (33), Serge Aubin (12)4–403:15 ATL
Simon Gagne (17)Unassisted4–518:59 PHI

Team stats

ATLPHI

36Shots on goal32

53%Faceoff %47%

2/4Power play4/5

29Penalty minutes10

14Hits8

10Blocked shots2

4Giveaways10

3Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 11:10Ronald Petrovicky · charging5 min
1st 11:10Ronald Petrovicky · game misconduct10 min
2nd 02:54Garnet Exelby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 02:54Patrick Sharp · high sticking2 min
2nd 06:22Alexei Zhamnov · high sticking2 min
2nd 06:26Danny Markov · high sticking2 min
2nd 10:53Danny Markov · slashing2 min
2nd 11:57Garnet Exelby · roughing2 min
3rd 04:01Kirby Law · roughing2 min
3rd 20:00Ilya Kovalchuk · gross misconduct10 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

9Marc SavardC	0	3	3	+2	5	0	0	0	58	24:20
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	2	3	+2	7	0	1	10	–	25:58
10Serge AubinC	1	1	2	+2	3	1	2	0	50	17:37
25Andy SuttonD	1	1	2	+1	3	1	2	0	–	29:32
15Dany HeatleyL	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	19:53
28Randy RobitailleC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	53	20:29
14Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	100	09:36
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	12:51
19Shawn McEachernL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	19:59
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:33
21Derek MacKenzieC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	05:05
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	–	02:34
27Patrik StefanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	14:21
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	4	–	23:12
5Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:08
23Ivan MajeskyD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	16:07
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	22:19
39Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	17:18

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG	L	32	27	5	.844	59:14
35Frederic CassiviG		0	0	0	–	–

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

44Joni PitkanenD	2	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	–	17:14
8Mark RecchiR	0	2	2	-1	1	0	0	0	100	19:34
19Branko RadivojevicR	0	2	2	-1	0	3	0	0	–	10:39
10John LeClairL	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	–	19:47
12Simon GagneL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	100	17:22
24Sami KapanenR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:12
26Michal HandzusC	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	38	20:46
5Kim JohnssonD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	23:34
28Marcus RagnarssonD	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	22:11
9Patrick SharpL	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	2	44	11:29
11Tony AmonteR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:12
13Claude LapointeC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	57	10:17
20Radovan SomikR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:17
23Alexei ZhamnovC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	45	16:53
47Kirby LawR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	06:35
3Mattias TimanderD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:53
6Chris TherienD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	16:28
55Danny MarkovD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	4	–	19:34

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Antero NiittymakiG		0	0	0	–	–
41Sean BurkeG	W	36	32	4	.889	60:00