New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers

Thursday, November 28, 2002, 8:00 PM ET Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Rangers 7–4 on Thursday, November 28, 2002 at home.

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

Goals by period, New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Rangers	1	2	1	4
Atlanta Thrashers	1	3	3	7

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Rangers	6	10	10	26
Atlanta Thrashers	10	7	8	25

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	01:34	New York Rangers	Petr Nedved (9)	Radek Dvorak (7), Dale Purinton (6)	Even strength	NYR 1, ATL 0
1st	16:42	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (12)	Dany Heatley (15)	Even strength	NYR 1, ATL 1
2nd	01:00	New York Rangers	Eric Lindros (5)	Tom Poti (15), Rem Murray (4)	Even strength	NYR 2, ATL 1
2nd	07:43	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Herperger (2)	Pascal Rheaume (5)	Even strength	NYR 2, ATL 2
2nd	11:59	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Herperger (3)	Ilya Kovalchuk (5), Daniel Tjarnqvist (6)	Even strength	NYR 2, ATL 3
2nd	15:43	New York Rangers	Brian Leetch (4)	Rico Fata (3), Tom Poti (16)	Even strength	NYR 3, ATL 3
2nd	18:13	Atlanta Thrashers	Patrik Stefan (7)	Dany Heatley (16), Mike Weaver (1)	Even strength	NYR 3, ATL 4
3rd	00:42	New York Rangers	Pavel Bure (9)	Rem Murray (5), Tom Poti (17)	Even strength	NYR 4, ATL 4
3rd	06:10	Atlanta Thrashers	Patrik Stefan (8)	Dany Heatley (17), Mike Weaver (2)	Even strength	NYR 4, ATL 5
3rd	13:20	Atlanta Thrashers	Shawn McEachern (8)	Tony Hrkac (6), Vyacheslav Kozlov (15)	Even strength	NYR 4, ATL 6
3rd	15:17	Atlanta Thrashers	Shawn McEachern (9)	Vyacheslav Kozlov (16)	Shorthanded	NYR 4, ATL 7

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	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 T. Donato	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	66.7%	09:18
Number 9 P. Bure	R	1	0	1	0	0	4	0		17:18
Number 10 S. McCarthy	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1		07:59
Number 11 M. Messier	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	68.2%	16:11
Number 17 R. Murray	L	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	50%	19:17
Number 20 R. Dvorak	R	0	1	1	0	2	2	0		12:29
Number 27 R. Fata	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		07:53
Number 36 M. Barnaby	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0		13:34
Number 37 M. Samuelsson	R	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	100%	18:40
Number 38 R. Petrovicky	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	100%	15:05
Number 88 E. Lindros	C	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	75%	16:44
Number 93 P. Nedved	C	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	58.3%	16:35
Number 2 B. Leetch	D	1	0	1	-1	0	6	0		23:06
Number 3 T. Poti	D	0	3	3	0	2	1	0		22:31
Number 5 D. Purinton	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0		18:13
Number 6 D. Kasparaitis	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		18:22
Number 23 V. Malakhov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0		20:13
Number 24 S. Lefebvre	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0		17:50

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 D. Blackburn	25	18	7	.720	60:00	Loss

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 3 M. Hartigan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	13:16
Number 7 C. Herperger	L	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	40%	16:57
Number 12 A. Hrkac	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	37.5%	11:04
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0		19:12
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	0	3	3	+3	0	1	0		22:54
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0		07:26
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	1	1	2	+3	0	5	1		20:34
Number 19 S. McEachern	L	2	0	2	+2	0	5	0		18:31
Number 20 J. Odgers	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1		05:32
Number 26 P. Rheaume	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	27.3%	16:27
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	2	0	2	+3	0	2	0	26.3%	18:17
Number 39 P. Svartvadet	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0		13:10
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1	0		16:07
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		20:57
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		16:18
Number 36 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0		20:53
Number 38 Y. Tremblay	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0		21:49
Number 43 M. Weaver	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0		17:30

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 B. Dafoe	26	22	4	.846	60:00	Win

Penalties, New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	12:28	New York Rangers	Ted Donato	Interference	2
2nd	04:19	New York Rangers	Petr Nedved	High sticking	2
2nd	09:37	New York Rangers	Radek Dvorak	Slashing	2
3rd	13:34	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Hooking	2
3rd	16:39	New York Rangers	Tom Poti	Slashing	2
3rd	19:20	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer	Roughing	2
3rd	19:20	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Roughing	2
3rd	19:20	New York Rangers	Eric Lindros	Interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	19:20	New York Rangers	Eric Lindros	Roughing	2
3rd	19:20	New York Rangers	Matthew Barnaby	Roughing	2

New York Rangers head coach: Bryan Trottier
Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Curt Fraser
Referees: Brad Meier, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Derek Nansen
New York Rangers scratches: Bobby Holik, Mike Richter, Dixon Ward, Dave Karpa, Krzysztof Oliwa, Gordie Dwyer, Richard Lintner, Roman Lyashenko, Johan Holmqvist, Mike Mottau, Jamie Lundmark
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Uwe Krupp, Richard Smehlik, Tomi Kallio, Marc Savard, Yuri Butsayev, Francis Lessard, Benjamin Simon, Kamil Piros, Lubos Bartecko, Joe Dipenta, Dan Snyder, Kirill Safronov, Garnet Exelby, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Brad Tapper, Kurtis Foster, Pasi Nurminen

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

Other NHL games on Thursday, November 28, 2002
Matchup	Status	Details
Chicago Blackhawks 4 at Phoenix Coyotes 2	Final	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Phoenix Coyotes, Thu, Nov 28, 2002