Atlanta Thrashers vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Tuesday, March 2, 2004 · Madison Square Garden

AtlantaThrashersNow the Winnipeg JetsAway

4–3

Final

SOG 16–29

NY RangersRangersHome

Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Thrashers 29-16.

Goals came from Dany Heatley, Ilya Kovalchuk, Mark Messier, Chris Simon, Daniel Tjarnqvist, Randy Robitaille and Dan Lacouture.

Pasi Nurminen made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jussi Markkanen stopped 11 of 13.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	2	1	1	4	16
NYR	2	0	1	3	29

Scoring

1st period

Dany Heatley (6)Patrik Stefan (18), Andy Sutton (11)1–006:34 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk (36)Andy Sutton (12), Shawn McEachern (33)2–008:48 ATL · PPG
Mark Messier (16)Unassisted2–109:33 NYR
Chris Simon (13)Mark Messier (18), Matthew Barnaby (19)2–217:20 NYR · PPG

2nd period

Daniel Tjarnqvist (4)Shawn McEachern (34), Patrik Stefan (19)3–212:03 ATL · SHG

3rd period

Randy Robitaille (10)Ronald Petrovicky (11), Patrik Stefan (20)4–209:03 ATL · PPG
Dan Lacouture (4)Alex Kovalev (29), Petr Nedved (17)4–310:13 NYR

Team stats

ATLNYR

16Shots on goal29

53%Faceoff %47%

2/6Power play1/5

12Penalty minutes14

16Hits27

15Blocked shots14

4Giveaways10

5Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 04:05Garnet Exelby · boarding2 min
1st 04:29Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
1st 08:43Vladimir Malakhov · interference2 min
1st 16:27Ivan Majesky · holding2 min
2nd 00:11Serge Aubin · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 00:11Chris Simon · roughing2 min
2nd 02:52Chris Simon · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 07:17Alex Kovalev · high sticking2 min
2nd 11:50Pasi Nurminen · tripping2 min
2nd 17:53Ilya Kovalchuk · tripping2 min
3rd 04:38Dany Heatley · holding stick obstruction2 min
3rd 07:51Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
3rd 17:25Chris Simon · interference2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

27Patrik StefanC	0	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	44	17:17
19Shawn McEachernL	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	67	22:12
25Andy SuttonD	0	2	2	+1	0	1	2	0	–	28:11
15Dany HeatleyL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	22:12
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	–	23:12
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	1	1	-1	1	1	1	0	–	14:09
28Randy RobitailleC	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	71	16:26
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	5	0	–	29:17
10Serge AubinC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	53	16:56
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	50	15:50
14Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	03:27
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:17
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:12
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	15:57
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	–	24:46
6Shawn HeinsD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:01
23Ivan MajeskyD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	21:32
39Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	04:00

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG	W	29	26	3	.897	60:00
35Frederic CassiviG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

11Mark MessierC	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	36	15:39
17Chris SimonL	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	6	–	13:37
27Alex KovalevR	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	6	–	14:22
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	13:13
39Dan LacoutureL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	04:58
93Petr NedvedC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	57	18:03
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	-1	6	3	1	0	54	20:37
21Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	22	10:08
26Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	0	–	21:36
37Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	09:45
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:23
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	–	20:21
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	25:58
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	24:53
4Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	16:44
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	–	18:40
29Boris MironovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:56
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	14:37

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mike DunhamG		3	1	2	.333	09:33
40Jussi MarkkanenG	L	13	11	2	.846	49:52