Chicago Blackhawks at Atlanta Thrashers

Saturday, October 18, 2003, 7:00 PM ET Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7–2 on Saturday, October 18, 2003 at home.

Final score, Chicago Blackhawks at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	Goals	2003-2004 record
Chicago Blackhawks	2	20-43-11-8
at Atlanta Thrashers	7	33-37-8-4

Goals by period

Goals by period, Chicago Blackhawks at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Chicago Blackhawks	1	1	0	2
Atlanta Thrashers	3	2	2	7

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Chicago Blackhawks at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Chicago Blackhawks	10	12	4	26
Atlanta Thrashers	17	13	14	44

Scoring summary

Every goal, Chicago Blackhawks at Atlanta Thrashers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	03:26	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (3)	Vyacheslav Kozlov (2), Marc Savard (2)	Power play	CHI 0, ATL 1
1st	09:06	Atlanta Thrashers	Vyacheslav Kozlov (1)	Marc Savard (3), Frantisek Kaberle (2)	Even strength	CHI 0, ATL 2
1st	10:18	Atlanta Thrashers	Serge Aubin (1)	Yannick Tremblay (2)	Even strength	CHI 0, ATL 3
1st	19:14	Chicago Blackhawks	Steve Sullivan (1)	Unassisted	Shorthanded	CHI 1, ATL 3
2nd	08:57	Atlanta Thrashers	Marc Savard (2)	Vyacheslav Kozlov (3), Yannick Tremblay (3)	Power play	CHI 1, ATL 4
2nd	13:30	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan (1)	Patrik Stefan (1), Ivan Majesky (2)	Even strength	CHI 1, ATL 5
2nd	14:17	Chicago Blackhawks	Tyler Arnason (2)	Pavel Vorobiev (1), Alexander Karpovtsev (2)	Even strength	CHI 2, ATL 5
3rd	09:10	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (4)	Frantisek Kaberle (3), Marc Savard (4)	Power play	CHI 2, ATL 6
3rd	15:15	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (5)	Patrik Stefan (2), Tommi Santala (1)	Power play	CHI 2, ATL 7

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

Team stats

Team stats, Chicago Blackhawks at Atlanta Thrashers
Stat	Chicago Blackhawks	Atlanta Thrashers
Shots on goal	26	44
Power play	0 of 2	4 of 14
Penalty minutes	75	72
Hits	13	10
Blocked shots	15	6
Giveaways	8	11
Takeaways	2	3
Faceoffs won	35/66 (53%)	31/66 (47%)

Box score

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 S. Nichol	C	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	1	50%	12:25
Number 15 T. Ruutu	L	0	0	0	-2	5	1	1	1	72.7%	13:21
Number 19 K. Calder	L	0	0	0	+1	5	2	1	0		11:31
Number 20 V. Nieminen	L	0	0	0	-2	4	2	0	1		12:21
Number 26 S. Sullivan	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1		20:33
Number 28 M. Bell	C	0	0	0	-2	16	1	1	2	42.9%	16:47
Number 32 P. Vorobiev	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		10:16
Number 39 T. Arnason	C	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	57.9%	11:49
Number 50 I. Radulov	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		11:30
Number 53 B. McLean	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	41.7%	17:16
Number 59 T. Moen	L	0	0	0	0	15	0	2	0	50%	09:18
Number 2 D. Quint	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:01
Number 8 S. Poapst	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	1		26:33
Number 25 A. Karpovtsev	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	4		21:24
Number 34 J. Strudwick	D	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0		05:53
Number 42 J. Klemm	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	2		22:53
Number 43 N. Dempsey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		20:34
Number 47 L. Kukkonen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	2		15:19

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 41 J. Thibault	28	23	5	.821	33:30	Loss
Number 49 M. Leighton	16	14	2	.875	26:30

Atlanta Thrashers

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 9 M. Savard	C	1	3	4	-1	0	3	0	0	1	54.2%	21:43
Number 10 S. Aubin	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	1	0	66.7%	12:59
Number 11 J. Vigier	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	0		12:43
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	1	2	3	-1	0	4	0	0	0		20:49
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	1	0	1	+1	19	1	3	0	0		05:13
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	3	0	3	0	2	10	0	0	3	100%	26:15
Number 19 S. McEachern	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		13:37
Number 22 K. Piros	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		13:14
Number 24 T. Santala	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	30.8%	15:55
Number 26 R. Petrovicky	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		10:03
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	0	0	50%	13:33
Number 28 R. Robitaille	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	42.1%	17:32
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	0	0	+1	27	0	2	0	0		12:10
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0		12:52
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	1	0		25:56
Number 23 I. Majesky	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	0		16:22
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1	0		23:25
Number 38 Y. Tremblay	D	0	2	2	-1	7	2	0	0	0		17:15

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Nurminen	26	24	2	.923	59:12	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Chicago Blackhawks at Atlanta Thrashers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:21	Chicago Blackhawks	Tyler Arnason	Tripping	2
1st	03:10	Chicago Blackhawks	Steve Poapst	Holding the stick	2
1st	15:18	Chicago Blackhawks	Tyler Arnason	Hooking	2
1st	18:32	Chicago Blackhawks	Jason Strudwick	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	07:34	Chicago Blackhawks	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	08:12	Chicago Blackhawks	Ville Nieminen	Slashing	2
2nd	08:12	Chicago Blackhawks	Ville Nieminen	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	09:12	Atlanta Thrashers	Serge Aubin	Hooking	2
2nd	17:06	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Roughing	2
2nd	19:15	Chicago Blackhawks	Steve Sullivan	Hooking	2
3rd	07:44	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	07:44	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	07:44	Atlanta Thrashers	Yannick Tremblay	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	07:44	Chicago Blackhawks	Scott Nichol	Roughing	2
3rd	07:44	Chicago Blackhawks	Scott Nichol	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	07:44	Chicago Blackhawks	Travis Moen	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	07:44	Chicago Blackhawks	Travis Moen	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	07:52	Chicago Blackhawks	Mark Bell	Hooking	2
3rd	09:10	Chicago Blackhawks	Steve Poapst	Slashing	2
3rd	11:09	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	11:09	Atlanta Thrashers	Garnet Exelby	Instigator	2
3rd	11:09	Atlanta Thrashers	Garnet Exelby	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	11:09	Atlanta Thrashers	Garnet Exelby	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	11:09	Atlanta Thrashers	Garnet Exelby	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	11:09	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk	Holding obstruction	2
3rd	11:09	Chicago Blackhawks	Kyle Calder	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	11:09	Chicago Blackhawks	Mark Bell	Roughing	2
3rd	11:09	Chicago Blackhawks	Tuomo Ruutu	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	12:07	Chicago Blackhawks	Jason Strudwick	Elbowing	2
3rd	14:37	Atlanta Thrashers	Yannick Tremblay	Roughing	2
3rd	14:37	Chicago Blackhawks	Jason Strudwick	Roughing	2
3rd	14:37	Chicago Blackhawks	Jason Strudwick	Charging (major)	5
3rd	19:31	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Roughing	2
3rd	19:31	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	19:31	Chicago Blackhawks	Mark Bell	Slashing	2
3rd	19:31	Chicago Blackhawks	Mark Bell	Misconduct (misconduct)	10

Game information

Chicago Blackhawks head coach: Brian Sutter
Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Bob Hartley
Referees: Don Koharski, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Steve Miller
Chicago Blackhawks scratches: Alexei Zhamnov, Igor Korolev, Ryan Vandenbussche, Eric Daze, Johnathan Aitken, Shawn Thornton, Burke Henry, Quintin Laing, Steve McCarthy, Mikhail Yakubov, Matt Ellison, Anton Babchuk, Michal Barinka
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Bill Lindsay, Brian Swanson, Daniel Tjarnqvist, Shawn Heins, Francis Lessard, Derek MacKenzie, Mike Weaver, Dany Heatley, Kurtis Foster, Karl Stewart

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Carolina Hurricanes 2 at New York Rangers 2	Final/OT	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at New York Rangers, Sat, Oct 18, 2003
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at New Jersey Devils 2	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at New Jersey Devils, Sat, Oct 18, 2003
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Oct 18, 2003
Washington Capitals 1 at St. Louis Blues 4	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Oct 18, 2003
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Nashville Predators 3	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Nashville Predators, Sat, Oct 18, 2003
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Minnesota Wild 2	Final/OT	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild, Sat, Oct 18, 2003
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Calgary Flames 0	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Calgary Flames, Sat, Oct 18, 2003
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Edmonton Oilers 6	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers, Sat, Oct 18, 2003
Philadelphia Flyers 5 at Phoenix Coyotes 4	Final	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Phoenix Coyotes, Sat, Oct 18, 2003
Boston Bruins 4 at Los Angeles Kings 3	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Oct 18, 2003
Ottawa Senators 4 at San Jose Sharks 1	Final	Game page: Ottawa Senators at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Oct 18, 2003