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5/1/2002
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Atlanta Thrashers 7 , New York Rangers 2
Shots: 26 - 31
PP: 2 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:59/71=83 %, Challenges:26/42=60 %
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:78/92=84 %, Challenges:34/45=73 %
Attendance: 6751 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 305821 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:06 1-0
Mark Popovic [2] (Garnet Exelby, Angelo Esposito)
11:45 2-0
Bryan Little [2] (Slava Kozlov, Steve Sullivan)
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26:23 2-1
Bobby Ryan [2] (Thomas Pöck, Paul Mara)
30:53 3-1
Tobias Enström [3] (Niclas Hävelid, Scott Gomez)PP
33:31 3-2
Daniel Sedin [15] (Henrik Sedin, Cam Barker)
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46:17 4-2
Erik Christensen [6] (Éric Perrin, Marek Malik)PP
47:28 5-2
Mark Popovic [3] (Kyle Turris, Scott Gomez)
48:03 6-2
Slava Kozlov [11] (Steve Sullivan, Angelo Esposito)
53:15 7-2
Slava Kozlov [12] (Alexei Zhitnik, Steve Sullivan)
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Penalty summary:
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00:02
Jaromir Jagr (2 min for hooking)
06:11
Mark Recchi (2 min for slashing)
15:24
Slava Kozlov (2 min for boarding)
18:16
Alex Bourret (2 min for cross-checking)
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23:28
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for slashing)
30:45
Bobby Ryan (2 min for slashing)
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45:38
Ray Whitney (2 min for tripping)
57:13
Bryan Little (2 min for tripping)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Recchi 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 12.20 5
R Darren Haydar 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -1 11.00 5
R Bryan Little 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 10.40 7
R Kyle Turris 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 15.20 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 16.30 7
C Éric Perrin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 7
R Steve Sullivan 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 18.10 8
C Angelo Esposito 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 8
L Erik Christensen 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 12.20 6
L Tomás Pospisil 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 11.00 4
L Slava Kozlov 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 2 13.00 9
C Scott Gomez 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 19.10 6
D Tobias Enström 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 -1 13.20 8
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 19.10 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 6 0 5 0 2 27.30 10
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -1 20.20 6
D Marek Malik 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 21.40 6
D Mark Popovic 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 18.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 29 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8.50 7
L Martin Straka 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 16.10 6
L Daniel Sedin 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
L Martin Havlat 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -3 20.30 7
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 4
C Jack Skille 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.20 5
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 -2 20.10 8
L Ray Whitney 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 18.30 6
C Alex Bourret 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 8.50 4
R Bobby Ryan 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 12.10 7
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.30 6
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 -3 19.20 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 13.30 6
D Cam Barker 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 -3 24.00 8
D Thomas Pöck 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 11.50 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 26.40 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 5 2 1 2 0 -1 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 7 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Slava Kozlov
2nd star: Steve Sullivan
3rd star: Mark Popovic
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Steve Sullivan notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Erik Christensen finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Tobias Enström finally ended his 22 game goal drought.
-Mark Popovic finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
-Mark Popovic finally ended his 11 game point drought.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Paul Mara notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Daniel Sedin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jaromir Jagr had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Jaromir Jagr had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Thomas Pöck finally ended his 14 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 2( 4) , Hartford Wolfpack 1( 6)
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0-1
Hugh Jessiman (Lauri Korpikoski, Christian Bäckman)
1-1
Steve McCarthy (Todd White)
2-1
Bobby Holik (Steve Martins, Ken Klee)
Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Pier-Olivier Pelletier