🐦 Away Thrashers 10-21-4 before this game
3–2
Final / OT
🐧 Home Penguins 17-14-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
ATL 20013
PIT 01102

Thrashers at Penguins

Thrashers beat Penguins 3–2 in overtime at PPG Paints Arena on December 30, 2002.

🗓 Mon, Dec 30, 2002 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 17:24 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Milan Kraft
2 G
2 shots · 17:49 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Andy Sutton
1 G
1 shots · 23:57 TOI
4rd star 🐦 ATL
Pasi Nurminen
35 saves
0.946 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Andy Sutton SH Go-ahead 1st · 04:46
Assists: Per Svartvadet · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
1–0
🐦 Dany Heatley PP 1st · 17:39
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Patrik Stefan · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
2–0
2nd period
🐧 Milan Kraft 2nd · 09:51
Assists: Jan Hrdina, Andrew Ference · beat Pasi Nurminen
2–1
3rd period
🐧 Milan Kraft Tying 3rd · 14:07
Assists: Martin Straka, Michal Sivek · beat Pasi Nurminen
2–2
Overtime
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead OT · 04:40
Assists: Daniel Tjarnqvist · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL PIT🐧
26 Shots on goal 37
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7
1 Hits 2
14 Penalty minutes 6
ATL shooting 11.5% (3/26) PIT shooting 5.4% (2/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Pasi Nurminen
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 64:40 TOI
🐧Penguins
Jean-Sebastien Aubin
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 64:27 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–1
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Heatley · Kozlov · Savard 19:48
L2 McEachern · Kovalchuk · Hrkac 17:24
L3 Stefan · Vigier · Tapper 15:34
L4 Rheaume · Svartvadet · Odgers 8:14
D1 Tjarnqvist · Kaberle 24:31
D2 Weaver · Sutton 24:03
D3 Tremblay · Tamer 14:23
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Straka · Hrdina 26:20
L2 Kraft · Sivek · Kovalev 15:40
L3 Primeau · Manderville · Donovan 13:47
L4 Nieminen · Lacouture · McKenna 6:26
D1 Rozsival · Jonsson 21:16
D2 Bergevin · Ference 19:02
D3 Moran · Pushor 16:15

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 22, 2002
🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL
3–1 · Penguins won
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

❓ ATL vs PIT, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Penguins on December 30, 2002?

Thrashers won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Thrashers vs Penguins?

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

Who scored for Thrashers?

Andy Sutton, Dany Heatley, Ilya Kovalchuk.

Who scored for Penguins?

Milan Kraft (2).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Dec 28
🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL
1–0 · BOS won
Next game · Jan 2
🐦ATL @ 🏛️OTT
1–8 · OTT won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 28
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
Next game · Dec 31
🐧PIT @ 🧥CBJ
2–5 · CBJ won
Also on December 30, 2002
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
1–0 final
🐆FLA @ 🏝️NYI
1–2 final
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
3–4 final
🏛️OTT @ 🐯NSH
2–3 final
🛢️EDM @ 🌵PHX
3–4 final
🪶CHI @ 👑LAK
2–0 final
🔔PHI @ 🦈SJS
1–2 final
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