🐧 Away Penguins 9-5-4 before this game
3–1
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 6-11-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 1023
ATL 0101

Penguins at Thrashers

Penguins beat Thrashers 3–1 on November 22, 2002.

🗓 Fri, Nov 22, 2002 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
2 A
4 shots · 23:45 TOI · -1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Wayne Primeau
1 G
2 shots · 18:57 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Alex Kovalev
1 G
2 shots · 23:41 TOI
4rd star 🐧 PIT
Johan Hedberg
36 saves
0.973 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Jan Hrdina PP Go-ahead 1st · 14:23
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Aleksey Morozov · beat Pasi Nurminen
1–0
2nd period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Tying 2nd · 13:15
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Yannick Tremblay · beat Johan Hedberg
1–1
3rd period
🐧 Alex Kovalev PP Go-ahead 3rd · 14:09
Assists: Dick Tarnstrom, Mario Lemieux · beat Pasi Nurminen
2–1
🐧 Wayne Primeau Empty net 3rd · 19:10
Unassisted
3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT ATL🐦
23 Shots on goal 37
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
2 Hits 3
11 Penalty minutes 13
PIT shooting 13.0% (3/23) ATL shooting 2.7% (1/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
36/37
.973 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Pasi Nurminen
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 59:17 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 9-5-4 (50% win rate, 18 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 6-11-1 (33% win rate, 18 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Straka · Kovalev 23:41
L2 Nieminen · Primeau · Hrdina 16:23
L3 Morozov · Daigle · Donovan 10:16
L4 Lacouture · McKenna · Manderville 9:09
D1 Bergevin · Tarnstrom 21:38
D2 Moran · Jonsson 19:36
D3 Laukkanen · Pushor 17:04
🐦Thrashers
L1 McEachern · Kozlov · Savard 21:04
L2 Kovalchuk · Heatley · Stefan 18:33
L3 Svartvadet · Rheaume · Hrkac 13:18
L4 Herperger · Cowan · Odgers 7:40
D1 Tjarnqvist · Tremblay 23:32
D2 Kaberle · Weaver 19:32
D3 Sutton · Tamer 14:46

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 16, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · Penguins won
Mar 18, 2002
🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL
4–2 · Penguins won
Jan 26, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT
2–3 (OT) · Penguins won
Dec 8, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT
3–6 · Penguins won
Oct 23, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL
4–2 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs ATL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Thrashers on November 22, 2002?

Penguins won 3–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Thrashers?

The final score was Penguins 3, Thrashers 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Alex Kovalev, Jan Hrdina, Wayne Primeau.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 36 saves on 37 shots (.973 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Thrashers season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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 · Nov 20
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · MTL won
Next game · Nov 23
🦈SJS @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Nov 19
🐆FLA @ 🐦ATL
3–4 · ATL won
Next game · Nov 23
🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH
3–6 · WSH won
Also on November 22, 2002
🧥CBJ @ ⚔️BUF
4–5 final
🐆FLA @ 🌵PHX
3–3 final
🐙DET @ 🐋VAN
1–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🦆ANA
4–0 final
Penguins season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule