New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers

Tuesday, January 28, 2003, 7:30 PM ET Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 at home.

Final score, New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
New York Rangers	2	32-36-10-4
at Atlanta Thrashers	5	31-39-7-5

Goals by period, New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Rangers	0	0	2	2
Atlanta Thrashers	3	2	0	5

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Rangers	7	16	16	39
Atlanta Thrashers	13	9	5	27

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	08:24	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley (22)	Tony Hrkac (11), Chris Tamer (3)	Even strength	NYR 0, ATL 1
1st	15:29	Atlanta Thrashers	Brad Tapper (8)	Andy Sutton (17), Frantisek Kaberle (15)	Power play	NYR 0, ATL 2
1st	17:04	Atlanta Thrashers	Brad Tapper (9)	Per Svartvadet (6)	Even strength	NYR 0, ATL 3
2nd	11:11	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley (23)	Tony Hrkac (12), Vyacheslav Kozlov (29)	Power play	NYR 0, ATL 4
2nd	18:12	Atlanta Thrashers	Pascal Rheaume (4)	Patrik Stefan (17)	Shorthanded	NYR 0, ATL 5
3rd	09:45	New York Rangers	Eric Lindros (15)	Matthew Barnaby (12), Jamie Lundmark (3)	Power play	NYR 1, ATL 5
3rd	15:27	New York Rangers	Tom Poti (8)	Joel Bouchard (7)	Power play	NYR 2, ATL 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

New York Rangers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 T. Donato	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	68.8%	18:17
Number 10 S. McCarthy	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0		11:54
Number 11 M. Messier	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	77.8%	08:14
Number 16 B. Holik	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	66.7%	18:21
Number 20 R. Dvorak	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		12:49
Number 26 J. Lundmark	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	100%	11:45
Number 27 R. Fata	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		06:54
Number 32 G. Dwyer	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		09:14
Number 36 M. Barnaby	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0		11:57
Number 37 M. Samuelsson	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		17:42
Number 88 E. Lindros	C	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	50%	19:40
Number 93 P. Nedved	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0	57.1%	20:14
Number 3 T. Poti	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1		25:20
Number 5 D. Purinton	D	0	0	0	-2	31	3	0	0		13:26
Number 18 C. Cross	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17:30
Number 23 V. Malakhov	D	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0	0		20:59
Number 29 B. Mironov	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		20:28
Number 39 J. Bouchard	D	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	0		22:40

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. Dunham	27	22	5	.815	59:36	Loss

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 A. Hrkac	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	42.9%	16:29
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		16:32
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	2	0	2	+1	4	4	0	1	50%	18:32
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		13:02
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		19:32
Number 18 B. Tapper	R	2	0	2	+1	0	3	0	1		11:53
Number 20 J. Odgers	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		13:05
Number 26 P. Rheaume	C	1	0	1	+2	0	3	1	0	30%	13:42
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	27.3%	17:13
Number 28 J. Farkas	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:31
Number 37 D. Snyder	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27.3%	12:26
Number 39 P. Svartvadet	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		12:08
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0		15:25
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		18:08
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		20:43
Number 38 Y. Tremblay	D	0	0	0	+3	0	5	0	0		25:31
Number 42 R. Smehlik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:54
Number 43 M. Weaver	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		16:55

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Nurminen	39	37	2	.949	59:56	Win

Penalties, New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:28	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley	Tripping	2
1st	13:56	New York Rangers	Dale Purinton	Interference	2
1st	19:57	New York Rangers	Jamie Lundmark	Slashing	2
2nd	08:13	New York Rangers	Vladimir Malakhov	Cross checking	2
2nd	10:35	New York Rangers	Matthew Barnaby	Roughing	2
2nd	14:51	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Diving	2
2nd	14:51	New York Rangers	Sandy McCarthy	Hooking obstruction	2
2nd	16:14	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk	Elbowing	2
2nd	20:00	New York Rangers	Dale Purinton	Holding	2
3rd	08:22	Atlanta Thrashers	Mike Weaver	Interference	2
3rd	12:23	New York Rangers	Eric Lindros	Slashing	2
3rd	13:50	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley	Holding the stick	2
3rd	16:43	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer	Roughing	2
3rd	16:43	New York Rangers	Dale Purinton	Instigator	2
3rd	16:43	New York Rangers	Dale Purinton	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	16:43	New York Rangers	Dale Purinton	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	16:43	New York Rangers	Dale Purinton	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10

New York Rangers head coach: Bryan Trottier
Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Bob Hartley
Referees: Don Koharski, Scott Zelkin
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Jean Morin
New York Rangers scratches: Brian Leetch, Sylvain Lefebvre, Mike Richter, Pavel Bure, Dixon Ward, Dave Karpa, Darius Kasparaitis, John Tripp, Ronald Petrovicky, Richard Lintner, Roman Lyashenko, Johan Holmqvist, Jason LaBarbera, Billy Tibbetts
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Uwe Krupp, Shawn McEachern, Milan Hnilicka, Chris Herperger, Daniel Tjarnqvist, Marc Savard, Yuri Butsayev, Francis Lessard, Benjamin Simon, Kamil Piros, Lubos Bartecko, Joe Dipenta, Kirill Safronov, Garnet Exelby, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Kurtis Foster, Mark Hartigan

Every New York Rangers and Atlanta Thrashers game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Rangers 4 at Atlanta Thrashers 7	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers, Thu, Nov 28, 2002
Atlanta Thrashers 4 at New York Rangers 1	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers, Sat, Jan 25, 2003
New York Rangers 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 5	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers, Tue, Jan 28, 2003
Atlanta Thrashers 4 at New York Rangers 3	Final/OT	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers, Mon, Mar 31, 2003

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Nashville Predators 1 at Boston Bruins 2	Final	Game page: Nashville Predators at Boston Bruins, Tue, Jan 28, 2003
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Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 0	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Philadelphia Flyers, Tue, Jan 28, 2003
St. Louis Blues 5 at Washington Capitals 3	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals, Tue, Jan 28, 2003
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2	Final/OT	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Columbus Blue Jackets, Tue, Jan 28, 2003
Florida Panthers 3 at Montreal Canadiens 6	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Montreal Canadiens, Tue, Jan 28, 2003
Detroit Red Wings 0 at New Jersey Devils 1	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at New Jersey Devils, Tue, Jan 28, 2003
Calgary Flames 3 at Phoenix Coyotes 4	Final	Game page: Calgary Flames at Phoenix Coyotes, Tue, Jan 28, 2003
Minnesota Wild 2 at Vancouver Canucks 2	Final/OT	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Vancouver Canucks, Tue, Jan 28, 2003
Los Angeles Kings 1 at San Jose Sharks 3	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks, Tue, Jan 28, 2003