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16/3/2002
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Atlanta Thrashers 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 33 - 24
PP: 1 of 7 (13 shots), Passing:70/78=89 %, Challenges:41/47=85 %
PP: 2 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:63/80=78 %, Challenges:31/39=77 %
Attendance: 12591 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 591777 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:06 1-0
Rod Brind'Amour [21] (Maxim Afinogenov, Kristian Huselius)
12:26 2-0
Michael Ryder [20] (Marek Svatos, Mike York)PP
16:13 2-1
Alexei Yashin [21] (Nikolai Zherdev)
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24:45 2-2
Alexei Yashin [22] (Rene Bourque, Peter Bondra)PP
37:39 3-2
Marek Svatos [15] (Sami Salo, Mike York)
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40:37 3-3
Rene Bourque [8] (Michal Handzus, Peter Bondra)PP
50:39 3-4
Duvie Westcott [6] (Rene Bourque, Rick Nash)
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Penalty summary:
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03:17
Jaroslav Balastik (2 min for slashing)
05:57
Bryce Cockburn (2 min for roughing)
07:59
Anders Eriksson (2 min for roughing)
12:01
Anders Eriksson (2 min for high-sticking)
13:27
Sami Salo (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:54
Sami Salo (2 min for hooking)
28:12
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
28:12
Darren McCarty (5 min for fighting)
35:34
Peter Bondra (2 min for high-sticking)
38:52
Marek Svatos (2 min for high-sticking)
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43:05
Duvie Westcott (2 min for hooking)
53:42
Adam Foote (2 min for hooking)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 11.40 5
R Marek Svatos 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 17.00 6
R Michael Ryder 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Jim Slater 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.10 5
C Mike York 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 8
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
L Jeff Friesen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.40 4
L Ray Whitney 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 13.00 6
R Darren McCarty 0 0 3 1 0 1 5 0 10.10 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 5
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 2 7 1 7 0 0 28.10 10
D Jiri Slegr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 4
D Sami Salo 0 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 19.30 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 20 0 0 59.30 5
G Michael Garnett 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryce Cockburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.00 5
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
R Peter Bondra 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 17.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
C Denis Arkhipov 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 10.00 6
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Michal Handzus 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.50 6
C Alexei Yashin 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 18.30 9
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.00 6
L Jaroslav Balastik 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10.40 5
L Rene Bourque 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 18.30 8
L Rick Nash 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 -1 20.50 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10.00 6
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 22.00 5
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 26.40 7
D Aaron Johnson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 11.30 7
D Duvie Westcott 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 24.50 8
D Adam Foote 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 25.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 3 0 30 0 0 60.00 9
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexei Yashin
2nd star: Rene Bourque
3rd star: Peter Bondra
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Michael Ryder scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Marek Svatos scored his 15th goal of the season.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Peter Bondra notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Peter Bondra notched the 400th assist of his career.
-Duvie Westcott finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen beat Darren McCarty in a fight.
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 2( 14) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 15)
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1-0 CHW Derek MacKenzie (Guillaume Desbiens)
1-1 SYR Eric Neilson (Trevor Hendrikx)
2-1 CHW Steve McCarthy (Jordan LaVallee, Joey Crabb)
Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Fredrik Norrena