🍁 Away Maple Leafs 16-13-1 before this game
0–1
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 8-18-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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ATL 0011

Maple Leafs at Thrashers

Thrashers beat Maple Leafs 1–0 on December 16, 2002.

🗓 Mon, Dec 16, 2002 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Brad Tapper
1 G
3 shots · 12:28 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 A
3 shots · 13:59 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Patrik Stefan
1 A
1 shots · 13:15 TOI · +1
4rd star 🐦 ATL
Pasi Nurminen
30 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order
3rd period
🐦 Brad Tapper Go-ahead 3rd · 16:18
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Patrik Stefan · beat Ed Belfour
0–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🍁TOR ATL🐦
30 Shots on goal 21
2 Hits 2
8 Penalty minutes 12
TOR shooting 0.0% (0/30) ATL shooting 4.8% (1/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🍁Maple Leafs
Ed Belfour
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 58:49 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Pasi Nurminen Shutout
30/30
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 16-13-1 (53% win rate, 30 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 8-18-3 (28% win rate, 29 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — tied after 2nd: 16-13-1 (53% win rate, 30 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 8-18-3 (28% win rate, 29 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🍁Maple Leafs
L1 Sundin · Reichel · Renberg 19:08
L2 Antropov · Fitzgerald · Tucker 16:08
L3 Domi · Mogilny · Hoglund 12:26
L4 Green · McCauley · Healey 9:00
D1 Svehla · Kaberle 24:54
D2 McCabe · Lumme 23:00
D3 Berg · Jackman 11:31
🐦Thrashers
L1 McEachern · Kozlov · Savard 16:51
L2 Herperger · Svartvadet · Rheaume 15:15
L3 Kovalchuk · Stefan · Vigier 13:15
L4 Cowan · Hrkac · Tapper 11:08
D1 Tjarnqvist · Weaver 22:33
D2 Sutton · Kaberle 20:58
D3 Tremblay · Tamer 15:49

⚔️ Last meetings

Thrashers lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 31, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🍁TOR
3–3 (OT) · Thrashers won
Feb 11, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🍁TOR
4–5 · Maple Leafs won
Jan 30, 2002
🍁TOR @ 🐦ATL
6–0 · Maple Leafs won
Jan 15, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🍁TOR
3–2 · Thrashers won
Dec 28, 2001
🍁TOR @ 🐦ATL
4–5 · Thrashers won

❓ TOR vs ATL, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Thrashers on December 16, 2002?

Thrashers won 1–0.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Thrashers?

The final score was Maple Leafs 0, Thrashers 1.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Brad Tapper.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Ed Belfour made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 30 saves on 30 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Thrashers season series?

Thrashers 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
🍁Maple Leafs
Previous game · Dec 14
🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR
1–4 · TOR won
Next game · Dec 18
🍁TOR @ 🐆FLA
2–2 · TOR won
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Dec 14
🐦ATL @ 🎵STL
0–4 · STL won
Next game · Dec 18
🔔PHI @ 🐦ATL
3–1 · PHI won
Also on December 16, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 final
🦈SJS @ 🗽NYR
1–2 final
🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL
2–2 final
Maple Leafs season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule