Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers

Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 7:30 PM ET Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–1 on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Carolina Hurricanes	1	22-43-11-6
at Atlanta Thrashers	5	31-39-7-5

Goals by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	1	0	0	1
Atlanta Thrashers	2	2	1	5

Shots on goal by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	13	9	8	30
Atlanta Thrashers	7	7	4	18

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	06:29	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (36)	Lubos Bartecko (8), Chris Tamer (9)	Even strength	CAR 0, ATL 1
1st	10:42	Carolina Hurricanes	Ron Francis (22)	Sean Hill (24), Jeff O'Neill (30)	Power play	CAR 1, ATL 1
1st	15:31	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley (35)	Yannick Tremblay (20), Marc Savard (26)	Power play	CAR 1, ATL 2
2nd	01:47	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan (3)	Marc Savard (27), Dany Heatley (40)	Even strength	CAR 1, ATL 3
2nd	18:20	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley (36)	Yannick Tremblay (21), Frantisek Kaberle (19)	Power play	CAR 1, ATL 4
3rd	13:45	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer (1)	Marc Savard (28), Dany Heatley (41)	Even strength	CAR 1, ATL 5

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

Carolina Hurricanes 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 10 R. Francis	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	1	1	63.6%	19:36
Number 11 J. Daniels	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0	42.9%	11:26
Number 12 C. MacDonald	C	0	0	0	-1	4	4	2	0	0	50%	13:31
Number 27 C. Adams	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	0		17:48
Number 29 M. Watt	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	83.3%	06:00
Number 37 T. Kurka	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:09
Number 39 B. Defauw	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		13:15
Number 46 M. Zigomanis	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	0	50%	17:20
Number 47 R. Bayda	L	0	0	0	-2	4	3	1	0	0		16:05
Number 63 J. Vasicek	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	50%	18:00
Number 92 J. O'Neill	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	0	30.8%	19:18
Number 4 A. Ward	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	1	0		18:45
Number 6 B. Hedican	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0		21:32
Number 7 N. Wallin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:17
Number 21 D. Tanabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		16:25
Number 22 S. Hill	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	2	1	0		26:00
Number 25 B. St. Jacques	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1	0		20:20
Number 71 T. Malec	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		05:57

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 80 K. Weekes	18	13	5	.722	59:57	Loss

Atlanta Thrashers 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 3 M. Hartigan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%	11:20
Number 6 F. Lessard	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		06:41
Number 9 M. Savard	C	0	3	3	+2	2	0	0	0	0	65.4%	21:06
Number 12 A. Hrkac	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0	33.3%	19:50
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	0		20:44
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	2	2	4	+2	0	3	0	1	2		20:14
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		07:51
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	1	0	1	+1	4	3	1	0	0		17:48
Number 20 J. Odgers	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		10:31
Number 23 L. Bartecko	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	0		14:45
Number 39 P. Svartvadet	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:13
Number 45 B. Simon	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	33.3%	08:50
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0		16:54
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	1	1	2	+2	2	1	3	1	0		21:55
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0		18:01
Number 29 K. Safronov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	0		14:47
Number 36 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	3	0		14:08
Number 38 Y. Tremblay	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1	0		28:40

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Nurminen	30	29	1	.967	60:00	Win

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:00	Carolina Hurricanes	Ryan Bayda	Holding	2
1st	10:09	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer	Closing hand on puck	2
1st	15:07	Carolina Hurricanes	Craig MacDonald	Hooking	2
1st	16:46	Atlanta Thrashers	Francis Lessard	Charging	2
1st	18:13	Atlanta Thrashers	Frantisek Kaberle	High sticking	2
2nd	05:25	Carolina Hurricanes	Craig MacDonald	Interference	2
2nd	08:32	Carolina Hurricanes	Aaron Ward	Tripping	2
2nd	16:37	Carolina Hurricanes	Tomas Malec	Holding	2
3rd	02:40	Atlanta Thrashers	Garnet Exelby	Tripping	2
3rd	04:50	Carolina Hurricanes	Ryan Bayda	Holding the stick	2
3rd	14:50	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk	High sticking	2
3rd	15:36	Carolina Hurricanes	Bret Hedican	Slashing	2
3rd	16:54	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk	Tripping	2
3rd	17:33	Atlanta Thrashers	Marc Savard	High sticking	2

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Paul Maurice
Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Bob Hartley
Referees: Stephane Auger, Scott Zelkin
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Kevin Collins
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Rod Brind'Amour, Steven Halko, Kevyn Adams, Jan Hlavac, Jesse Boulerice, Harold Druken, Jeff Heerema, Patrick Desrochers, Erik Cole, Tommy Vestlund, Jaroslav Svoboda, Pavel Brendl, Damian Surma, Radim Vrbata
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Uwe Krupp, Byron Dafoe, Shawn McEachern, Chris Herperger, Frederic Cassivi, Yuri Butsayev, Jeff Farkas, Kamil Piros, Patrik Stefan, Andy Sutton, Joe Dipenta, Dan Snyder, Zdenek Blatny, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Brad Tapper, Mike Weaver, Kurtis Foster, Simon Gamache

Every Carolina Hurricanes and Atlanta Thrashers game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 5	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Oct 11, 2002
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Atlanta Thrashers 2	Final/OT	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers, Fri, Dec 20, 2002
Atlanta Thrashers 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 3	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Dec 27, 2002
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Atlanta Thrashers 3	Final/OT	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers, Tue, Jan 7, 2003
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Atlanta Thrashers 5	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers, Wed, Mar 26, 2003

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Matchup	Status	Details
Florida Panthers 1 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres, Wed, Mar 26, 2003
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at New York Rangers 1	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers, Wed, Mar 26, 2003
St. Louis Blues 1 at Minnesota Wild 0	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild, Wed, Mar 26, 2003
Phoenix Coyotes 3 at Edmonton Oilers 4	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at Edmonton Oilers, Wed, Mar 26, 2003