Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers

Sunday, March 9, 2003, 3:00 PM ET Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6–4 on Sunday, March 9, 2003 on the road.

Final score, Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Minnesota Wild	6	42-29-10-1
at Atlanta Thrashers	4	31-39-7-5

Goals by period, Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Minnesota Wild	1	3	2	6
Atlanta Thrashers	2	2	0	4

Shots on goal by period, Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Minnesota Wild	5	13	14	32
Atlanta Thrashers	8	9	3	20

Scoring summary

Every goal, Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	08:07	Minnesota Wild	Jim Dowd (7)	Andrew Brunette (23), Andrei Zyuzin (12)	Power play	MIN 1, ATL 0
1st	08:56	Atlanta Thrashers	Mark Hartigan (2)	Lubos Bartecko (7), Richard Smehlik (9)	Even strength	MIN 1, ATL 1
1st	10:10	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley (29)	Vyacheslav Kozlov (33), Frantisek Kaberle (18)	Even strength	MIN 1, ATL 2
2nd	02:27	Atlanta Thrashers	Dan Snyder (6)	Jeff Odgers (4)	Even strength	MIN 1, ATL 3
2nd	08:47	Minnesota Wild	Sergei Zholtok (12)	Pierre-Marc Bouchard (10)	Even strength	MIN 2, ATL 3
2nd	11:10	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley (30)	Vyacheslav Kozlov (34)	Even strength	MIN 2, ATL 4
2nd	11:47	Minnesota Wild	Sergei Zholtok (13)	Antti Laaksonen (15), Cliff Ronning (25)	Even strength	MIN 3, ATL 4
2nd	18:13	Minnesota Wild	Filip Kuba (6)	Wes Walz (17), Cliff Ronning (26)	Even strength	MIN 4, ATL 4
3rd	02:27	Minnesota Wild	Pascal Dupuis (17)	Lubomir Sekeras (3), Jim Dowd (15)	Even strength	MIN 5, ATL 4
3rd	06:08	Minnesota Wild	Jeremy Stevenson (3)	Marian Gaborik (28), Filip Kuba (16)	Even strength	MIN 6, ATL 4

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

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 C. Ronning	C	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	1	0		15:36
Number 10 M. Gaborik	R	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	0	0		17:33
Number 11 P. Dupuis	R	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0		16:04
Number 15 A. Brunette	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		14:29
Number 18 R. Park	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	0		15:44
Number 24 A. Laaksonen	L	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1	0		15:22
Number 28 J. Stevenson	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0		15:16
Number 33 S. Zholtok	C	2	0	2	+2	0	5	0	1	0	36.4%	18:05
Number 34 J. Dowd	C	1	1	2	-1	0	3	0	0	1	53.3%	13:17
Number 37 W. Walz	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	1	0	42.9%	17:08
Number 96 P. Bouchard	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	50%	10:57
Number 2 W. Mitchell	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	4	0		23:20
Number 4 B. Brown	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0		03:43
Number 17 F. Kuba	D	1	1	2	+3	0	2	1	1	0		25:45
Number 20 A. Zyuzin	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	2	0		24:54
Number 23 J. Marshall	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		06:41
Number 55 N. Schultz	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	3	0		21:54
Number 77 L. Sekeras	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0		15:30

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 D. Roloson	15	11	4	.733	33:43
Number 35 M. Fernandez	5	5	0	1.000	26:17	Win

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 3 M. Hartigan	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	50%	07:39
Number 9 M. Savard	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	66.7%	22:19
Number 12 A. Hrkac	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		16:05
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	2		21:54
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	2	0	2	+2	4	2	0	0		18:52
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		08:03
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0		11:37
Number 20 J. Odgers	R	0	1	1	-2	0	1	2	0		10:24
Number 23 L. Bartecko	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		12:53
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	66.7%	17:11
Number 37 D. Snyder	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	0	0	35.7%	13:06
Number 41 S. Gamache	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1		13:44
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		21:12
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2		16:51
Number 29 K. Safronov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		14:47
Number 36 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		21:12
Number 38 Y. Tremblay	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2		23:39
Number 42 R. Smehlik	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1		19:21

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Nurminen	32	26	6	.813	60:00	Loss

Penalties, Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	06:40	Atlanta Thrashers	Simon Gamache	Holding	2
1st	11:05	Atlanta Thrashers	Vyacheslav Kozlov	Roughing	2
1st	11:05	Minnesota Wild	Wes Walz	Roughing	2
1st	15:40	Minnesota Wild	Pascal Dupuis	Hooking	2
1st	19:26	Minnesota Wild	Richard Park	Hooking	2
2nd	06:14	Minnesota Wild	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	14:14	Atlanta Thrashers	Yannick Tremblay	Holding the stick	2
3rd	15:39	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley	Hooking	2
3rd	18:55	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley	Roughing	2

Minnesota Wild head coach: Jacques Lemaire
Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Bob Hartley
Referees: Mike Leggo, Dean Warren
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Thor Nelson
Minnesota Wild scratches: Brad Bombardir, Darby Hendrickson, Dieter Kochan, Matt Johnson, Hnat Domenichelli, Bill Muckalt, Ladislav Benysek, Jean-Guy Trudel, Rickard Wallin, Curtis Murphy, Kyle Wanvig, Stephane Veilleux, Frederic Cloutier, Josh Harding
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Uwe Krupp, Byron Dafoe, Shawn McEachern, Chris Herperger, Per Svartvadet, Frederic Cassivi, Yuri Butsayev, Jeff Farkas, Francis Lessard, Benjamin Simon, Kamil Piros, Andy Sutton, Joe Dipenta, Garnet Exelby, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Brad Tapper, Mike Weaver, Kurtis Foster

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