🛢️ Away Oilers 14-9-4 before this game
3–0
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 8-14-3 before this game
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Oilers at Thrashers

Oilers beat Thrashers 3–0 on December 8, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Dec 8, 2002 · 16:00 CST 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Oilers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🛢️ EDM
Jason Chimera
2 A
1 shots · 07:55 TOI · +1
2nd star 🛢️ EDM
Anson Carter
1 G
2 shots · 15:43 TOI
3rd star 🛢️ EDM
Jiri Dopita
1 G
2 shots · 13:07 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🛢️ Jiri Dopita Go-ahead 2nd · 03:19
Assists: Jason Chimera, Jason Smith · beat Byron Dafoe
1–0
3rd period
🛢️ Ethan Moreau 3rd · 02:29
Assists: Marty Reasoner · beat Byron Dafoe
2–0
🛢️ Anson Carter PP 3rd · 11:20
Assists: Mike York, Jason Chimera · beat Byron Dafoe
3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🛢️EDM ATL🐦
21 Shots on goal 15
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
1 Hits 4
33 Penalty minutes 19
EDM shooting 14.3% (3/21) ATL shooting 0.0% (0/15)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🛢️Oilers
Tommy Salo Shutout
15/15
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Byron Dafoe
18/21
.857 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 1st: 14-9-4 (52% win rate, 27 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 8-14-3 (32% win rate, 25 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Oilers
Oilers: no games found in this situation this year.
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🛢️Oilers
L1 York · Smyth · Marchant 19:21
L2 Reasoner · Dopita · Carter 13:53
L3 Moreau · Cleary · Hemsky 12:28
L4 Chimera · Horcoff · Comrie 7:55
D1 Niinimaa · Brewer 24:38
D2 Staios · Smith 20:00
D3 Pisa · Ferguson 15:06
🐦Thrashers
L1 Heatley · Kovalchuk · Kozlov 21:31
L2 McEachern · Stefan · Hrkac 17:50
L3 Herperger · Rheaume · Svartvadet 12:00
L4 Cowan · Hartigan · Odgers 8:14
D1 Tremblay · Kaberle 22:53
D2 Tjarnqvist · Weaver 18:27
D3 Smehlik · Sutton 13:35

⚔️ Last meetings

Oilers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Feb 5, 2002
🛢️EDM @ 🐦ATL
2–3 · Thrashers won
Oct 25, 2000
🐦ATL @ 🛢️EDM
3–1 · Thrashers won
Mar 13, 2000
🛢️EDM @ 🐦ATL
3–0 · Oilers won
Feb 25, 2000
🐦ATL @ 🛢️EDM
4–5 · Oilers won

❓ EDM vs ATL, answered

Who won Oilers vs Thrashers on December 8, 2002?

Oilers won 3–0.

What was the final score of Oilers vs Thrashers?

The final score was Oilers 3, Thrashers 0.

Who scored for Oilers?

Anson Carter, Ethan Moreau, Jiri Dopita.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 15 saves on 15 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 save percentage).

What is the Oilers vs Thrashers season series?

Oilers 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
🛢️Oilers
Previous game · Dec 7
🛢️EDM @ 🐆FLA
4–0 · EDM won
Next game · Dec 11
🌪️CAR @ 🛢️EDM
1–4 · EDM won
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Dec 6
🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH
6–7 · WSH won
Next game · Dec 11
🐦ATL @ 🌵PHX
2–4 · PHX won
Also on December 8, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR
4–1 final
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
3–4 final
⚡TBL @ 🪶CHI
1–3 final
🐯NSH @ 🦆ANA
0–3 final
Oilers season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule