Atlanta Thrashers at Boston Bruins

Thursday, December 5, 2002, 7:00 PM ET FleetCenter, Boston Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, December 5, 2002 at home.

Final score, Atlanta Thrashers at Boston Bruins
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Atlanta Thrashers	3	31-39-7-5
at Boston Bruins	4	36-31-11-4

Goals by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Boston Bruins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	0	3	0	0	3
Boston Bruins	0	3	0	1	4

Shots on goal by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Boston Bruins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	7	15	11	0	33
Boston Bruins	12	9	14	5	40

Scoring summary

Every goal, Atlanta Thrashers at Boston Bruins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	00:50	Boston Bruins	Glen Murray (15)	Joe Thornton (21)	Even strength	ATL 0, BOS 1
2nd	01:00	Boston Bruins	Jozef Stumpel (7)	Don Sweeney (3), Marty Mcinnis (3)	Even strength	ATL 0, BOS 2
2nd	03:42	Boston Bruins	Hal Gill (3)	Martin Lapointe (1), Brian Rolston (8)	Even strength	ATL 0, BOS 3
2nd	12:03	Atlanta Thrashers	Yannick Tremblay (4)	Shawn McEachern (9), Dany Heatley (19)	Power play	ATL 1, BOS 3
2nd	13:04	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (13)	Vyacheslav Kozlov (17), Shawn McEachern (10)	Power play	ATL 2, BOS 3
2nd	14:02	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (14)	Patrik Stefan (7)	Even strength	ATL 3, BOS 3
OT	01:53	Boston Bruins	Glen Murray (16)	Jonathan Girard (7)	Power play	ATL 3, BOS 4

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

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 3 M. Hartigan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	55.6%	11:07
Number 7 C. Herperger	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		15:16
Number 12 A. Hrkac	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	45.5%	12:37
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	1	1	-1	0	7	0	0		23:54
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0		24:55
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0		12:10
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	50%	21:12
Number 19 S. McEachern	L	0	2	2	-1	0	2	0	0		21:32
Number 20 J. Odgers	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		04:03
Number 26 P. Rheaume	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	41.2%	15:49
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	36.8%	17:39
Number 39 P. Svartvadet	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		05:43
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11:28
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		25:07
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		18:12
Number 36 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		24:43
Number 38 Y. Tremblay	D	1	0	1	-1	2	4	0	1		17:19
Number 43 M. Weaver	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		18:46

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 B. Dafoe	40	36	4	.900	61:51	Loss

Boston Bruins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 M. Mcinnis	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50%	17:23
Number 11 P. Axelsson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		14:50
Number 12 B. Rolston	R	0	1	1	+1	0	6	0	0	50%	18:14
Number 16 J. Stumpel	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0	73.7%	20:29
Number 19 J. Thornton	C	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	58.8%	24:01
Number 20 M. Lapointe	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	50%	11:45
Number 22 M. Grosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100%	05:05
Number 26 M. Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		18:19
Number 27 G. Murray	R	2	0	2	0	2	9	0	1	66.7%	24:40
Number 36 I. Huml	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		13:40
Number 42 P. Stock	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	75%	02:31
Number 21 S. O'Donnell	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		24:36
Number 23 S. Brown	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		03:36
Number 25 H. Gill	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		25:31
Number 32 D. Sweeney	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0		11:12
Number 34 B. Berard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		20:33
Number 44 N. Boynton	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0		22:50
Number 46 J. Girard	D	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0	0		19:01

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 47 J. Grahame	33	30	3	.909	61:53	Win

Penalties, Atlanta Thrashers at Boston Bruins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	16:15	Boston Bruins	Mike Knuble	Elbowing	2
2nd	02:07	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Odgers	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	02:07	Boston Bruins	P.J. Stock	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	11:18	Boston Bruins	Glen Murray	Slashing	2
2nd	11:41	Boston Bruins	Jonathan Girard	Holding	2
2nd	13:05	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	13:05	Boston Bruins	Sean Brown	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	14:21	Atlanta Thrashers	Yannick Tremblay	Holding the stick	2
3rd	00:31	Boston Bruins	Joe Thornton	Hooking	2
3rd	06:13	Boston Bruins	Joe Thornton	Hooking	2
3rd	11:57	Atlanta Thrashers	Pascal Rheaume	Holding the stick	2
OT	01:37	Atlanta Thrashers	Mike Weaver	Tripping	2

Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Curt Fraser
Boston Bruins head coach: Robbie Ftorek
Referees: Stephen Walkom, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Tony Sericolo
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Uwe Krupp, Richard Smehlik, Milan Hnilicka, 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
Boston Bruins scratches: Rob Zamuner, Brantt Myhres, Matthew Herr, Tim Thomas, Sergei Samsonov, Lee Goren, Martin Samuelsson, Andy Hilbert, Kris Vernarsky, Jarno Kultanen, Zdenek Kutlak, Shaone Morrisonn

Every Atlanta Thrashers and Boston Bruins game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Boston Bruins 4	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Boston Bruins, Sat, Oct 26, 2002
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Boston Bruins 4	Final/OT	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Boston Bruins, Thu, Dec 5, 2002
Boston Bruins 1 at Atlanta Thrashers 0	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Atlanta Thrashers, Sat, Dec 28, 2002
Boston Bruins 1 at Atlanta Thrashers 3	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Atlanta Thrashers, Fri, Jan 17, 2003

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Edmonton Oilers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Dec 5, 2002
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Ottawa Senators 2 at St. Louis Blues 2	Final/OT	Game page: Ottawa Senators at St. Louis Blues, Thu, Dec 5, 2002
Detroit Red Wings 5 at Phoenix Coyotes 3	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Phoenix Coyotes, Thu, Dec 5, 2002
Minnesota Wild 1 at Calgary Flames 1	Final/OT	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Calgary Flames, Thu, Dec 5, 2002
Nashville Predators 3 at Los Angeles Kings 2	Final	Game page: Nashville Predators at Los Angeles Kings, Thu, Dec 5, 2002