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Friday, December 27, 2002 · RBC Center

Thrashers 5 at Hurricanes 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 94OVR Ilya Kovalchuk Thrashers First Star 2G · 2A · 2 SOG C 77OVR Patrik Stefan Thrashers Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG L 67OVR Jan Hlavac Hurricanes Third Star 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:49 Josef Vasicek (2) Jan Hlavac (10), Jaroslav Svoboda (8) · Slap ATL 0 – 1 CAR
  2. 8:10 Aaron Ward (2) Jan Hlavac (11) · Slap ATL 0 – 2 CAR
  3. 13:04 Ilya Kovalchuk (19) Marc Savard (9), Daniel Tjarnqvist (7) · Snap ATL 1 – 2 CAR
  4. 14:11 Dany Heatley (9) PPG Yannick Tremblay (6), Ilya Kovalchuk (9) · Slap ATL 2 – 2 CAR
  5. 16:01 Jeff O'Neill (12) PPG Ron Francis (14), Rod Brind'Amour (17) · Tip-in ATL 2 – 3 CAR

2nd Period

  1. 0:41 Patrik Stefan (9) PPG Shawn McEachern (12), Ilya Kovalchuk (10) · Tip-in ATL 3 – 3 CAR

3rd Period

  1. 3:03 Brad Tapper (3) Andy Sutton (7) · Slap ATL 4 – 3 CAR
  2. 18:53 Ilya Kovalchuk (20) Frantisek Kaberle (9), Patrik Stefan (11) · Snap ATL 5 – 3 CAR

Atlanta Thrashers

Player G A SOG HIT +/- TOI GS
Ilya Kovalchuk L 2 2 2 0 +2 17:34 3.20
Patrik Stefan C 1 1 3 0 +1 17:33 1.75
Dany Heatley L 1 0 1 0 +2 18:52 1.13
Brad Tapper R 1 0 3 0 +1 15:09 1.13
Marc Savard C 0 1 4 0 +2 17:59 1.08
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 1 1 0 +2 24:03 1.00
Shawn McEachern L 0 1 7 0 -2 17:32 0.85
Andy Sutton D 0 1 1 0 +2 21:05 0.85
Daniel Tjarnqvist D 0 1 0 0 +1 24:16 0.78
Yannick Tremblay D 0 1 0 0 -1 14:56 0.48
Pascal Rheaume C 0 0 3 0 0 9:28 0.22
Vyacheslav Kozlov L 0 0 0 0 +1 17:42 0.15
Per Svartvadet C 0 0 0 0 0 9:03 0.00
Mike Weaver D 0 0 0 2 0 20:52 0.00
Jeff Odgers R 0 0 1 0 0 8:05 -0.08
Jean-Pierre Vigier R 0 0 2 1 -2 15:39 -0.15
Tony Hrkac C 0 0 0 0 -2 15:02 -0.30
Chris Tamer D 0 0 0 0 -2 11:20 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Milan Hnilicka W 38 35 3 .921 60:00 1.25

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT +/- TOI GS
Jan Hlavac L 0 2 3 0 +1 17:08 1.63
Jaroslav Svoboda L 0 1 5 0 +2 16:17 1.30
Josef Vasicek C 1 0 2 1 +1 18:10 1.05
Aaron Ward D 1 0 3 0 +1 16:19 0.98
Jeff O'Neill C 1 0 5 0 -2 18:55 0.68
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 1 1 0 -1 19:34 0.55
Sean Hill D 0 0 6 1 0 24:06 0.45
Ron Francis C 0 1 1 0 -2 18:34 0.40
Erik Cole L 0 0 3 0 0 16:10 0.22
Glen Wesley D 0 0 1 0 0 20:29 0.08
Tomas Malec D 0 0 1 1 0 16:47 0.08
Kevyn Adams C 0 0 0 0 0 8:18 0.00
Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 6:08 0.00
Jesse Boulerice R 0 0 0 2 0 5:28 0.00
Sami Kapanen R 0 0 3 0 -2 19:07 -0.08
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 1 1 -1 20:04 -0.08
David Tanabe D 0 0 3 0 -2 19:45 -0.08
Bates Battaglia L 0 0 0 0 0 15:55 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Kevin Weekes L 28 23 5 .821 59:06 -1.45