Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers

Sunday, April 6, 2003, 3:00 PM ET Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 on Sunday, April 6, 2003 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	36-25-16-5
at Atlanta Thrashers	6	31-39-7-5

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	0	2	0	2
Atlanta Thrashers	2	2	2	6

Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	5	8	8	21
Atlanta Thrashers	19	8	14	41

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:32	Atlanta Thrashers	Kamil Piros (1)	Lubos Bartecko (9), Ilya Kovalchuk (28)	Even strength	TBL 0, ATL 1
1st	06:06	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (38)	Yannick Tremblay (22), Dany Heatley (48)	Power play	TBL 0, ATL 2
2nd	00:07	Atlanta Thrashers	Kamil Piros (2)	Unassisted	Even strength	TBL 0, ATL 3
2nd	06:55	Tampa Bay Lightning	Janne Laukkanen (2)	Brad Richards (57), Vinny Prospal (56)	Even strength	TBL 1, ATL 3
2nd	08:12	Atlanta Thrashers	Kamil Piros (3)	Ilya Kovalchuk (29), Garnet Exelby (2)	Even strength	TBL 1, ATL 4
2nd	16:16	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vincent Lecavalier (33)	Ruslan Fedotenko (13), Vinny Prospal (57)	Even strength	TBL 2, ATL 4
3rd	16:50	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley (40)	Unassisted	Even strength	TBL 2, ATL 5
3rd	19:24	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley (41)	Vyacheslav Kozlov (49), Kamil Piros (2)	Power play	TBL 2, ATL 6

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

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 4 V. Lecavalier	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	0	41.2%	16:52
Number 7 B. Clymer	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		14:44
Number 11 C. Dingman	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		11:59
Number 15 N. Alexeev	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		13:30
Number 16 A. Svitov	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	60%	14:24
Number 17 R. Fedotenko	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		16:52
Number 18 J. Olvestad	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		12:36
Number 19 B. Richards	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	61.1%	14:09
Number 20 V. Prospal	L	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	0		15:40
Number 26 M. St. Louis	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		12:43
Number 27 T. Taylor	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	76.9%	15:02
Number 33 F. Modin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		13:25
Number 3 M. Bergevin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	1		18:26
Number 5 J. Cullimore	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1		22:53
Number 13 P. Kubina	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	1		19:52
Number 21 C. Sarich	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2		21:54
Number 23 J. Laukkanen	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		19:47
Number 44 N. Pratt	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2		17:30

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 47 J. Grahame	41	35	6	.854	60:00	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 6 F. Lessard	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0		10:08
Number 12 A. Hrkac	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	41.2%	24:03
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0	100%	20:42
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	2	1	3	+1	0	9	1	0	1		21:28
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	0		08:50
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	1	2	3	+2	0	7	0	0	1		22:46
Number 20 J. Odgers	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		12:50
Number 22 K. Piros	R	3	1	4	+3	0	7	1	0	0	57.9%	21:27
Number 23 L. Bartecko	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	0		16:32
Number 39 P. Svartvadet	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		09:25
Number 45 B. Simon	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	5	0	0	25%	14:54
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0	0		17:02
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		18:33
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	0		22:07
Number 29 K. Safronov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		17:26
Number 38 Y. Tremblay	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1	0		25:45
Number 50 J. Dipenta	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:34

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Nurminen	21	19	2	.905	60:00	Win

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:29	Tampa Bay Lightning	Tim Taylor	Slashing	2
1st	06:37	Tampa Bay Lightning	John Grahame	Delaying game	2
3rd	15:27	Atlanta Thrashers	Garnet Exelby	Roughing	2
3rd	15:27	Tampa Bay Lightning	Cory Sarich	Roughing	2
3rd	16:50	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pavel Kubina	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	18:17	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jassen Cullimore	High sticking	2

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: John Tortorella
Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Bob Hartley
Referees: Michael McGeough, Jay Sharrers
Linesmen: Danny McCourt, Mark Pare
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Dave Andreychuk, Darren Rumble, Kevin Hodson, Stan Neckar, Brad Lukowich, Andre Roy, Dan Boyle, Sheldon Keefe, Evgeny Konstantinov
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Uwe Krupp, Byron Dafoe, Shawn McEachern, Chris Herperger, Frederic Cassivi, Daniel Tjarnqvist, Marc Savard, Yuri Butsayev, Jeff Farkas, Patrik Stefan, Andy Sutton, Dan Snyder, Zdenek Blatny, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Brad Tapper, Mike Weaver, Kurtis Foster, Simon Gamache, Mark Hartigan

Every Tampa Bay Lightning and Atlanta Thrashers game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Atlanta Thrashers 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 8	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Fri, Oct 18, 2002
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final/OT	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Jan 9, 2003
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 2	Final/OT	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers, Fri, Feb 14, 2003
Atlanta Thrashers 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Wed, Feb 19, 2003
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 6	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers, Sun, Apr 6, 2003

Other NHL games on Sunday, April 6, 2003
Matchup	Status	Details
New Jersey Devils 2 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final/OT	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres, Sun, Apr 6, 2003
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Minnesota Wild 4	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Minnesota Wild, Sun, Apr 6, 2003
New York Islanders 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 1	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Carolina Hurricanes, Sun, Apr 6, 2003
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 4	Final/OT	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks, Sun, Apr 6, 2003
Philadelphia Flyers 6 at Florida Panthers 2	Final	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Florida Panthers, Sun, Apr 6, 2003
Nashville Predators 0 at Dallas Stars 2	Final	Game page: Nashville Predators at Dallas Stars, Sun, Apr 6, 2003
St. Louis Blues 2 at Colorado Avalanche 5	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Colorado Avalanche, Sun, Apr 6, 2003
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Vancouver Canucks 0	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Vancouver Canucks, Sun, Apr 6, 2003
Phoenix Coyotes 3 at San Jose Sharks 3	Final/OT	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at San Jose Sharks, Sun, Apr 6, 2003