The Atlanta Thrashers came up just a bit short against the Carolina Hurricanes, 3 to 2, in overtime on December 20, 2002.

Final

Hurricanes

14-12-5-3

3

Thrashers

8-19-1-4

2

Team

CAR

ATL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

ATL

Ilya Kovalchuk (PP) assisted by Vyacheslav Kozlov and Yannick Tremblay

2nd period

CAR

ATL

Vyacheslav Kozlov (SH) assisted by Marc Savard

3rd period

CAR

ATL

Ron Francis (EV) assisted by Jeff O'Neill and Sami Kapanen

Jeff O'Neill (EV) assisted by Ron Francis and Erik Cole

CAR

ATL

Aaron Ward (EV) assisted by Tomas Malec and Bates Battaglia

Hurricanes

Thrashers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Hurricanes

Thrashers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Kevin Weekes (W) K. Weekes	1	0	0	0	34	32	.941	2	1.89	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Craig Adams C. Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	5:12
Kevyn Adams K. Adams	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0.0	6	11	54.5	0	15:14
Bates Battaglia B. Battaglia	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0		0	0		0	17:07
Jesse Boulerice J. Boulerice	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		0	0		0	3:01
Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	18	26	69.2	0	25:41
Erik Cole E. Cole	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	1	18:48
Jeff Daniels J. Daniels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	0	5:04
Ron Francis R. Francis	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	4	25.0	8	17	47.1	0	21:26
Sean Hill S. Hill	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	24:05
Jan Hlavac J. Hlavac	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		0	17:38
Sami Kapanen S. Kapanen	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	0	21:19
Tomas Malec T. Malec	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	16:22
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	8	12.5	4	9	44.4	0	18:25
Jaroslav Svoboda J. Svoboda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	12:16
David Tanabe D. Tanabe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	19:59
Niclas Wallin N. Wallin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	22:37
Aaron Ward A. Ward	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	18:26
Glen Wesley G. Wesley	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	22:19

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Byron Dafoe (L) B. Dafoe	0	1	0	0	40	37	.925	3	2.82	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Jeff Cowan J. Cowan	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	13:56
Chris Herperger C. Herperger	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	18	38.9	1	16:39
Tony Hrkac T. Hrkac	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	66.7	0	6:38
Frantisek Kaberle F. Kaberle	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	29:01
Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0		0	19:40
Vyacheslav Kozlov V. Kozlov	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	50.0	0	0		0	20:59
Shawn McEachern S. McEachern	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	3	5	60.0	0	19:56
Jeff Odgers J. Odgers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4:39
Pascal Rheaume P. Rheaume	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	0	11:00
Marc Savard M. Savard	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0		9	19	47.4	0	19:07
Patrik Stefan P. Stefan	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	11	23	47.8	0	19:36
Andy Sutton A. Sutton	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0		0	19:46
Chris Tamer C. Tamer	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	12:22
Brad Tapper B. Tapper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	9:01
Daniel Tjarnqvist D. Tjarnqvist	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	27:34
Yannick Tremblay Y. Tremblay	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0.0	0	0		0	16:44
Jean-Pierre Vigier J. Vigier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	15:25
Mike Weaver M. Weaver	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	22:52