Atlanta Thrashers at Dallas Stars

Thursday, January 8, 2004, 8:30 PM ET American Airlines Center, Dallas Regular Season Final

Final score

The Dallas Stars beat the Atlanta Thrashers 2–1 on Thursday, January 8, 2004 at home.

Final score, Atlanta Thrashers at Dallas Stars
Team	Goals	2003-2004 record
Atlanta Thrashers	1	33-37-8-4
at Dallas Stars	2	41-26-13-2

Goals by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Dallas Stars
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	0	0	1	1
Dallas Stars	1	0	1	2

Shots on goal by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Dallas Stars
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	9	4	3	16
Dallas Stars	11	4	11	26

Scoring summary

Every goal, Atlanta Thrashers at Dallas Stars. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	01:49	Dallas Stars	Steve Ott (2)	Jason Arnott (16), David Oliver (2)	Even strength	ATL 0, DAL 1
3rd	06:32	Dallas Stars	Scott Young (4)	Jason Arnott (17), Richard Matvichuk (6)	Even strength	ATL 0, DAL 2
3rd	17:24	Atlanta Thrashers	Ronald Petrovicky (14)	Ilya Kovalchuk (25), Jean-Pierre Vigier (8)	Even strength	ATL 1, DAL 2

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	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 J. Vigier	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	0	100%	14:53
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	0	0	-1	4	5	1	0		17:25
Number 14 B. Simon	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		07:13
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		27:36
Number 19 S. McEachern	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	20:20
Number 21 D. MacKenzie	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	50%	09:51
Number 24 T. Santala	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		07:59
Number 26 R. Petrovicky	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2		14:58
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	30%	17:51
Number 28 R. Robitaille	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	75%	21:16
Number 49 Z. Blatny	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		18:28
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0		20:01
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1		20:53
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		26:40
Number 23 I. Majesky	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		07:13
Number 36 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		13:56
Number 38 Y. Tremblay	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		23:52
Number 39 J. Grand-Pierre	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		05:56

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Nurminen	26	24	2	.923	58:54	Loss

Dallas Stars skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 B. Guerin	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1		17:24
Number 14 S. Barnes	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	46.7%	21:40
Number 16 B. Sloan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		05:37
Number 18 R. DiMaio	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		17:48
Number 26 J. Lehtinen	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		22:54
Number 28 D. Oliver	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0		11:45
Number 29 S. Ott	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	0		11:50
Number 39 N. Kapanen	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	66.7%	06:29
Number 44 J. Arnott	C	0	2	2	+2	0	4	0	0	33.3%	15:43
Number 47 A. Downey	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		03:44
Number 48 S. Young	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		18:39
Number 77 P. Turgeon	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	63.6%	16:36
Number 6 T. Daley	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		14:06
Number 24 R. Matvichuk	D	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	3		22:57
Number 27 T. Numminen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		19:54
Number 32 D. Sweeney	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0		17:56
Number 42 J. Klemm	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		22:16
Number 56 S. Zubov	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		23:07

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 M. Turco	16	15	1	.938	60:00	Win

Penalties, Atlanta Thrashers at Dallas Stars
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	09:15	Dallas Stars	Richard Matvichuk	Tripping	2
2nd	10:37	Dallas Stars	Niko Kapanen	Hooking	2
2nd	18:06	Dallas Stars	Richard Matvichuk	Holding	2
3rd	08:46	Atlanta Thrashers	Vyacheslav Kozlov	Slashing	2
3rd	08:46	Dallas Stars	David Oliver	Slashing	2
3rd	15:04	Atlanta Thrashers	Jean-Pierre Vigier	Holding	2
3rd	19:22	Atlanta Thrashers	Vyacheslav Kozlov	Hooking	2

Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Bob Hartley
Dallas Stars head coach: Dave Tippett
Referees: Don VanMassenhoven, Mike Hasenfratz
Linesmen: Stephane Provost, Mike Cvik
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Bill Lindsay, Brian Swanson, Serge Aubin, Marc Savard, Jeff Cowan, Shawn Heins, Daniel Corso, Francis Lessard, Kamil Piros, Andy Sutton, Tomas Kloucek, Mike Weaver, Dany Heatley, Kurtis Foster, Karl Stewart
Dallas Stars scratches: Mike Modano, Ron Tugnutt, Philippe Boucher, Rob Valicevic, Brenden Morrow, Steve Gainey, John Erskine, Jeff MacMillan, Mathias Tjarnqvist, Gavin Morgan, Antti Miettinen, Jason Bacashihua

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