The Carolina Hurricanes lost to the Atlanta Thrashers, 5 to 3, on December 27, 2002.

Final

Thrashers

9-20-1-4

5

Hurricanes

15-13-5-3

3

Team

ATL

CAR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

ATL

CAR

Josef Vasicek (EV) assisted by Jan Hlavac and Jaroslav Svoboda

Aaron Ward (EV) assisted by Jan Hlavac

Ilya Kovalchuk (EV) assisted by Marc Savard and Daniel Tjarnqvist

Dany Heatley (PP) assisted by Yannick Tremblay and Ilya Kovalchuk

Jeff O'Neill (PP) assisted by Ron Francis and Rod Brind'Amour

2nd period

ATL

CAR

Patrik Stefan (PP) assisted by Shawn McEachern and Ilya Kovalchuk

3rd period

ATL

CAR

Brad Tapper (EV) assisted by Andy Sutton

Ilya Kovalchuk (EV) assisted by Frantisek Kaberle and Patrik Stefan

Thrashers

Hurricanes

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Thrashers

Hurricanes

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Milan Hnilicka (W) M. Hnilicka	1	0	0	0	38	35	.921	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Dany Heatley D. Heatley	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	18:52
Tony Hrkac T. Hrkac	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0		7	16	43.8	0	15:02
Frantisek Kaberle F. Kaberle	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	24:03
Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	2	2	4	+2	0	0	2	0	2	100.0	0	0		0	17:34
Vyacheslav Kozlov V. Kozlov	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	17:42
Shawn McEachern S. McEachern	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	7	0.0	2	5	40.0	0	17:32
Jeff Odgers J. Odgers	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	8:05
Pascal Rheaume P. Rheaume	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	3	10	30.0	0	9:28
Marc Savard M. Savard	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	4	0.0	12	21	57.1	0	17:59
Patrik Stefan P. Stefan	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3	5	16	31.3	0	17:33
Andy Sutton A. Sutton	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	21:05
Per Svartvadet P. Svartvadet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	9:03
Chris Tamer C. Tamer	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	11:20
Brad Tapper B. Tapper	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	15:09
Daniel Tjarnqvist D. Tjarnqvist	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	24:16
Yannick Tremblay Y. Tremblay	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		0	14:56
Jean-Pierre Vigier J. Vigier	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	15:39
Mike Weaver M. Weaver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	20:52

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Kevin Weekes (L) K. Weekes	0	1	0	0	28	23	.821	5	5.08	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Craig Adams C. Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	0	6:08
Kevyn Adams K. Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	8	75.0	0	8:18
Bates Battaglia B. Battaglia	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0		0	15:55
Jesse Boulerice J. Boulerice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	5:28
Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0	15	21	71.4	0	19:34
Erik Cole E. Cole	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	16:10
Ron Francis R. Francis	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	1	0.0	3	8	37.5	0	18:34
Sean Hill S. Hill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0		1	24:06
Jan Hlavac J. Hlavac	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	17:08
Sami Kapanen S. Kapanen	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	19:07
Tomas Malec T. Malec	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	16:47
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	5	20.0	10	15	66.7	0	18:55
Jaroslav Svoboda J. Svoboda	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0		0	16:17
David Tanabe D. Tanabe	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	19:45
Josef Vasicek J. Vasicek	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50.0	6	15	40.0	1	18:10
Niclas Wallin N. Wallin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	20:04
Aaron Ward A. Ward	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	3	33.3	0	0		0	16:19
Glen Wesley G. Wesley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	20:29