🍁 Away Maple Leafs 23-10-4 before this game

4–5

Final

🐦 Home Thrashers 7-22-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	1	2	1	4
ATL	1	3	1	5

Maple Leafs at Thrashers

Thrashers beat Maple Leafs 5–4 on December 28, 2001.

🗓 Fri, Dec 28, 2001 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐦 ATL

Dany Heatley

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · 17:06 TOI · +3

2nd star 🐦 ATL

Ilya Kovalchuk

2 G, 1 A

2 shots · 18:30 TOI · +3

3rd star 🍁 TOR

Mikael Renberg

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · 14:00 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🍁 Bryan McCabe Go-ahead 1st · 09:07

Assists: Tomas Kaberle, Jonas Hoglund · beat Milan Hnilicka

1–0

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Tying 1st · 15:07

Assists: Dany Heatley · beat Corey Schwab

1–1

2nd period

🍁 Bryan McCabe Go-ahead 2nd · 08:09

Assists: Tomas Kaberle, Mikael Renberg · beat Milan Hnilicka

2–1

🐦 Dany Heatley PP Tying 2nd · 12:31

Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Tony Hrkac · beat Corey Schwab

2–2

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead 2nd · 15:59

Unassisted · beat Corey Schwab

2–3

🐦 Ray Ferraro 2nd · 16:10

Assists: Darcy Hordichuk, Tomi Kallio · beat Corey Schwab

2–4

🍁 Mikael Renberg 2nd · 19:53

Assists: Mats Sundin, Jonas Hoglund · beat Milan Hnilicka

3–4

3rd period

🐦 Dany Heatley 3rd · 12:55

Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Corey Schwab

3–5

🍁 Mats Sundin 3rd · 13:17

Assists: Mikael Renberg, Jonas Hoglund · beat Milan Hnilicka

4–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR ATL🐦

30 Shots on goal 20

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

19 Hits 20

10 Blocked shots 14

3 Takeaways 8

8 Giveaways 8

8 Penalty minutes 6

TOR shooting 13.3% (4/30) ATL shooting 25.0% (5/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Corey Schwab

15/20

.750 SV% · 5 GA · 58:59 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Milan Hnilicka

26/30

.867 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 23-10-4 (62% win rate, 37 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — tied after 1st: 7-22-8 (19% win rate, 37 games)

After 2nd — 3–4

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Corson · Sundin · Mogilny 19:24

L2 Roberts · Tucker · Hoglund 15:32

L3 Green · Reichel · Renberg 14:18

L4 Valk · McCauley · Belak 9:59

L5 Domi 7:11

D1 McCabe · Kaberle 26:32

D2 Yushkevich · Lumme 21:49

D3 Berg 10:41

🐦Thrashers

L1 Kovalchuk · Heatley · Hrkac 18:30

L2 Corkum · Stefan · Svartvadet 16:53

L3 Bartecko · Cowan · Karlsson 14:34

L4 Hordichuk · Ferraro · Kallio 10:57

D1 Kaberle · Tjarnqvist 24:44

D2 Tamer · Tremblay 20:28

D3 Reirden · Weaver 13:14

⚔️ Last meetings

Thrashers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Feb 7, 2001

🐦ATL @ 🍁TOR

1–7 · Maple Leafs won

Jan 25, 2001

🍁TOR @ 🐦ATL

2–1 (OT) · Maple Leafs won

4–0 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs ATL, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Thrashers on December 28, 2001?

Thrashers won 5–4.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Thrashers?

The final score was Maple Leafs 4, Thrashers 5.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Bryan McCabe (2), Mats Sundin, Mikael Renberg.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley (2), Ilya Kovalchuk (2), Ray Ferraro.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Corey Schwab made 15 saves on 20 shots (.750 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Milan Hnilicka made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

What is the Maple Leafs vs Thrashers season series?

Thrashers 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

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 26

🐦Thrashers

Previous game · Dec 26

Also on December 28, 2001

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