🌪️ Away Hurricanes 13-12-8 before this game

3–2

Final / OT

🐦 Home Thrashers 9-19-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
CAR	0	0	2	1	3
ATL	1	1	0	0	2

Hurricanes at Thrashers

Hurricanes beat Thrashers 3–2 in overtime on December 20, 2002.

🗓 Fri, Dec 20, 2002 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌪️ CAR

Jeff O'Neill

1 G, 1 A

8 shots · 18:25 TOI · +2

2nd star 🌪️ CAR

Ron Francis

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 21:26 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐦 ATL

Vyacheslav Kozlov

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 20:59 TOI

4rd star 🌪️ CAR

Kevin Weekes

32 saves

0.941 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:28

Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Yannick Tremblay · beat Kevin Weekes

0–1

2nd period

🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov SH 2nd · 17:37

Assists: Marc Savard · beat Kevin Weekes

0–2

3rd period

🌪️ Ron Francis 3rd · 13:46

Assists: Jeff O'Neill, Sami Kapanen · beat Byron Dafoe

1–2

🌪️ Jeff O'Neill Tying 3rd · 19:06

Assists: Ron Francis, Erik Cole · beat Byron Dafoe

2–2

Overtime

🌪️ Aaron Ward Go-ahead OT · 03:52

Assists: Tomas Malec, Bates Battaglia · beat Byron Dafoe

3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR ATL🐦

40 Shots on goal 34

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

4 Hits 3

17 Penalty minutes 15

CAR shooting 7.5% (3/40) ATL shooting 5.9% (2/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Kevin Weekes

32/34

.941 SV% · 2 GA · 63:35 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Byron Dafoe

37/40

.925 SV% · 3 GA · 63:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Brind'Amour · Francis · Kapanen 21:26

L2 Cole · Hlavac · O'Neill 18:25

L3 Battaglia · Svoboda · Adams 15:14

L4 Daniels · Adams · Boulerice 5:04

D1 Hill · Wallin 23:21

D2 Wesley · Tanabe 21:09

D3 Ward · Malec 17:24

🐦Thrashers

L1 Kozlov · McEachern · Kovalchuk 19:56

L2 Herperger · Stefan · Savard 19:07

L3 Cowan · Rheaume · Vigier 13:56

L4 Hrkac · Tapper · Odgers 6:38

D1 Kaberle · Tjarnqvist 28:18

D2 Weaver · Sutton 21:19

D3 Tremblay · Tamer 14:33

⚔️ Last meetings

Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Hurricanes won

Apr 7, 2002

🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR

1–1 (OT) · Thrashers won

Dec 21, 2001

🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR

4–5 (OT) · Hurricanes won

Oct 20, 2001

🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR

1–2 (OT) · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs ATL, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Thrashers on December 20, 2002?

Hurricanes won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Thrashers?

The final score was Hurricanes 3, Thrashers 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Aaron Ward, Jeff O'Neill, Ron Francis.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Kevin Weekes made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 37 saves on 40 shots (.925 save percentage).

What is the Hurricanes vs Thrashers season series?

Hurricanes 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

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Dec 18

🐦Thrashers

Previous game · Dec 18

Also on December 20, 2002

Hurricanes season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule