New York Rangers vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Sunday, February 29, 2004 · Philips Arena

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2–3

Final

SOG 30–20

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Sunday, February 29, 2004 at Philips Arena. The Rangers outshot the Thrashers 30-20.

Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice. Chris Simon, Patrik Stefan and Brian Leetch also scored.

Pasi Nurminen made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 17 of 20.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	0	1	2	30
ATL	1	1	1	3	20

Scoring

1st period

Ilya Kovalchuk (34)Randy Robitaille (21)0–105:09 ATL
Chris Simon (12)Mark Messier (16)1–119:16 NYR

2nd period

Patrik Stefan (10)Shawn McEachern (32), Daniel Tjarnqvist (12)1–218:30 ATL · SHG

3rd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (35)Dany Heatley (6), Daniel Tjarnqvist (13)1–300:37 ATL
Brian Leetch (13)Mark Messier (17), Tom Poti (12)2–302:17 NYR

Team stats

NYRATL

30Shots on goal20

67%Faceoff %33%

0/7Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes14

17Hits19

13Blocked shots19

16Giveaways15

7Takeaways15

Penalties

1st 07:59Ronald Petrovicky · interference obstruction2 min
1st 17:05Vladimir Malakhov · high sticking2 min
1st 17:05Chris Simon · roughing2 min
2nd 02:30Shawn Heins · slashing2 min
2nd 07:06Derek MacKenzie · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 09:20Serge Aubin · roughing2 min
2nd 14:55Derek MacKenzie · diving2 min
2nd 16:12Martin Rucinsky · interference2 min
2nd 18:15Andy Sutton · interference obstruction2 min
3rd 13:56Bench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

11Mark MessierC	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	60	16:24
17Chris SimonL	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	–	13:03
2Brian LeetchD	1	0	1	-1	5	2	2	0	–	16:47
3Tom PotiD	0	1	1	+2	3	1	1	0	–	23:06
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	70	22:08
21Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	57	09:38
26Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	19:32
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	18:21
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	13:32
37Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	11:27
39Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:07
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	06:50
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	24:03
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	73	17:14
4Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	3	0	–	23:32
5Dale PurintonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	12:00
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	–	14:01
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	12:41

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mike DunhamG	L	20	17	3	.850	58:44
40Jussi MarkkanenG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

17Ilya KovalchukL	2	0	2	+2	8	1	0	0	–	18:56
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	–	27:17
15Dany HeatleyL	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	17:21
19Shawn McEachernL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	23:24
27Patrik StefanC	1	0	1	-1	1	2	1	0	33	17:06
28Randy RobitailleC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	35	16:35
10Serge AubinC	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	50	16:42
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	15:20
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	03:22
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:01
21Derek MacKenzieC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	–	04:30
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	2	–	13:17
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	19:32
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0	–	25:44
6Shawn HeinsD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	–	10:05
23Ivan MajeskyD	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	18:58
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	–	24:39
39Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	10:43

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG	W	30	28	2	.933	60:00
35Frederic CassiviG		0	0	0	–	–