Florida Panthers vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Friday, March 19, 2004 · Philips Arena

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2–3

21–30

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 on Friday, March 19, 2004 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Panthers 30–21.

Goals came from Vaclav Nedorost, Dany Heatley, Mikael Samuelsson, Andy Sutton and Ilya Kovalchuk.

Kari Lehtonen made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 27 of 30.

Goals
FLA	1	0	1	2	21
ATL	1	0	2	3	30

Scoring

1st period

Vaclav Nedorost (2)Stephen Weiss (15), Jay Bouwmeester (18)1–016:03 FLA ·
Dany Heatley (9)Ivan Majesky (5), Serge Aubin (14)1–117:33 ATL

3rd period

Mikael Samuelsson (2)Unassisted2–105:38 FLA
Andy Sutton (6)Vyacheslav Kozlov (29), Ilya Kovalchuk (41)2–218:09 ATL ·
Ilya Kovalchuk (39)Serge Aubin (15), Tommi Santala (2)2–319:36 ATL

Team stats

FLAATL

2130

45%55%

1/61/8

1612

1926

148

811

35

Penalties

2:38 into the first periodFrancis Lessard · roughing2 min
3:42 into the first periodAndy Sutton · slashing2 min
11:27 into the first periodBranislav Mezei · cross checking2 min
12:10 into the first periodAndreas Lilja · cross checking2 min
14:18 into the first periodJean-Pierre Vigier · tripping2 min
14:25 into the first periodGarnet Exelby · cross checking2 min
19:59 into the first periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
3:22 into the second periodAndreas Lilja · interference2 min
6:30 into the second periodBranislav Mezei · tripping2 min
9:34 into the second periodMike Van Ryn · holding2 min
12:09 into the second periodChristian Berglund · tripping obstruction2 min
3:16 into the third periodTomas Kloucek · interference2 min
6:58 into the third periodMikael Samuelsson · slashing2 min
17:06 into the third periodChristian Berglund · hooking2 min

Season series

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

9Stephen WeissC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	50	0	0	21	17:27
11Mikael SamuelssonR	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	–	1	1	24	16:35
40Vaclav NedorostC	1	0	1	−1	2	0	0	0	50	0	0	18	15:24
4Jay BouwmeesterD	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	22	16:33
12Olli JokinenC	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	50	0	0	28	24:01
13Juraj KolnikR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	16:37
14Niklas HagmanL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	2	24	16:30
15Ty JonesR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	6	03:44
16Nathan HortonR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	19	18:41
17Matt CullenC	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	44	1	0	24	14:21
20Josh OlsonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	13	08:29
24Darcy HordichukL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	8	04:23
27Christian BerglundL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	30	1	0	17	09:45
2Lyle OdeleinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	–	0	0	31	23:33
5Branislav MezeiD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	4	–	0	0	28	16:40
6Andreas LiljaD	0	0	0	−2	0	4	3	4	–	1	0	27	17:41
7Pavel TrnkaD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	30	19:00
26Mike Van RynD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	2	–	0	0	32	25:47

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
1Roberto LuongoG	L	30	27	3	.900	59:36
31Steve ShieldsG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

10Serge AubinC	0	2	2	+2	1	2	1	0	30	0	0	22	16:34
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	18	20:09
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	1	1	23	21:49
15Dany HeatleyL	1	0	1	+1	8	2	0	0	80	2	0	23	21:01
24Tommi SantalaC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	50	0	0	17	11:22
23Ivan MajeskyD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	0	1	19	16:10
25Andy SuttonD	1	0	1	+1	4	6	2	4	–	1	0	33	29:20
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	0	1	22	15:34
14Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100	0	0	8	04:02
19Shawn McEachernL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	33	2	0	24	17:17
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	4	02:20
27Patrik StefanC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	55	1	2	28	17:41
28Randy RobitailleC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	67	0	0	20	19:01
42Karl StewartL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	33	0	0	9	03:34
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	−1	0	6	1	2	–	0	0	29	22:08
5Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	0	0	9	05:06
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	28	19:51
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	3	0	32	25:15

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31Pasi NurminenG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	W	21	19	2	.905	60:00