🐧 Away Penguins 2-4-1 before this game
4–2
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 1-2-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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ATL 2002

Penguins at Thrashers

Penguins beat Thrashers 4–2 on October 23, 2001.

🗓 Tue, Oct 23, 2001 · 18:30 CDT 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
1 G, 1 A
11 shots · 22:25 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Kris Beech
2 A
2 shots · 15:56 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Dany Heatley
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 22:28 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:14
Assists: Yannick Tremblay, Dany Heatley · beat Johan Hedberg
0–1
🐧 Mario Lemieux Tying 1st · 06:41
Assists: Toby Petersen · beat Milan Hnilicka
1–1
🐦 Dany Heatley Go-ahead 1st · 16:45
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Brian Pothier · beat Johan Hedberg
1–2
2nd period
🐧 Stephane Richer Tying 2nd · 06:49
Assists: Kris Beech, Dan Lacouture · beat Milan Hnilicka
2–2
🐧 Michal Rozsival PP Go-ahead 2nd · 16:02
Assists: Robert Lang, Kris Beech · beat Milan Hnilicka
3–2
3rd period
🐧 Kevin Stevens 3rd · 02:36
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Andrew Ference · beat Milan Hnilicka
4–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT ATL🐦
39 Shots on goal 17
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
30 Hits 14
9 Blocked shots 12
8 Takeaways 7
7 Giveaways 18
26 Penalty minutes 22
PIT shooting 10.3% (4/39) ATL shooting 11.8% (2/17)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
15/17
.882 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Milan Hnilicka
35/39
.897 SV% · 4 GA · 59:46 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–2
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Straka · Lemieux · Petersen 22:25
L2 Lacouture · Lang · Beech 15:56
L3 Stevens · Richer · Morozov 11:42
L4 Oliwa · Kraft · Hrdina 9:34
D1 Ference · Kasparaitis 21:15
D2 Moran · Rozsival 19:44
D3 Melichar · Wilson 15:04
🐦Thrashers
L1 Heatley · Kovalchuk · Ferraro 20:15
L2 Hrkac · Corkum · Kallio 14:55
L3 Domenichelli · Svartvadet · Donovan 12:13
L4 Bartecko · Karlsson · Odgers 9:00
D1 Kaberle · Tremblay 24:00
D2 Tjarnqvist · Pothier 19:23
D3 Reirden · Tamer 16:12

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 8, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL
5–3 · Penguins won
Jan 30, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL
6–3 · Penguins won
Jan 27, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT
1–5 · Penguins won
Nov 18, 2000
🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT
1–3 · Penguins won
Mar 24, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL
5–3 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs ATL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Thrashers on October 23, 2001?

Penguins won 4–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Thrashers?

The final score was Penguins 4, Thrashers 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Kevin Stevens, Mario Lemieux, Michal Rozsival, Stephane Richer.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley, Ilya Kovalchuk.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 15 saves on 17 shots (.882 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Milan Hnilicka made 35 saves on 39 shots (.897 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Thrashers season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Oct 20
🐧PIT @ 🎵STL
1–2 · STL won
Next game · Oct 24
⭐DAL @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Oct 20
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
1–2 · CAR won
Next game · Oct 26
🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL
0–1 · ATL won
Also on October 23, 2001
😈NJD @ 🏛️OTT
2–1 final
👑LAK @ 🧥CBJ
7–1 final
🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR
0–2 final
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
1–1 final
🦈SJS @ ⚔️BUF
1–4 final
🔥CGY @ 🪶CHI
3–6 final
🌪️CAR @ 🏔️COL
1–5 final
🐯NSH @ 🐋VAN
2–4 final
Penguins season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule