🐧 Away Penguins 17-15-6 before this game

4–1

Final

🐦 Home Thrashers 11-22-4 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	0	1	3	4
ATL	1	0	0	1

Penguins at Thrashers

Penguins beat Thrashers 4–1 on January 3, 2003.

🗓 Fri, Jan 3, 2003 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Dick Tarnstrom

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 23:53 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Shean Donovan

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 10:21 TOI · +2

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Mario Lemieux

2 A

2 shots · 22:31 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐦 Marc Savard PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:22

Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Andy Sutton · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin

0–1

2nd period

🐧 Martin Straka Tying 2nd · 04:33

Assists: Mario Lemieux, Dick Tarnstrom · beat Pasi Nurminen

1–1

3rd period

🐧 Steve McKenna Go-ahead 3rd · 02:41

Assists: Shean Donovan, Kent Manderville · beat Pasi Nurminen

2–1

🐧 Dick Tarnstrom 3rd · 05:18

Assists: Alex Kovalev, Mario Lemieux · beat Pasi Nurminen

3–1

🐧 Shean Donovan Empty net 3rd · 19:32

Assists: Kent Manderville, Wayne Primeau

4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT ATL🐦

28 Shots on goal 24

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/1

2 Hits 3

6 Penalty minutes 14

PIT shooting 14.3% (4/28) ATL shooting 4.2% (1/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Jean-Sebastien Aubin

23/24

.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Pasi Nurminen

24/27

.889 SV% · 3 GA · 59:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

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: 17-15-6 (45% win rate, 38 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 11-22-4 (30% win rate, 37 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Hrdina · Lemieux · Kovalev 23:04

L2 Straka · Kraft · Sivek 15:57

L3 Nieminen · Primeau · Donovan 10:49

L4 Lacouture · McKenna · Manderville 10:08

D1 Tarnstrom · Rozsival 22:38

D2 Jonsson · Moran 18:06

D3 Bergevin · Pushor 15:32

🐦Thrashers

L1 Heatley · Kovalchuk · Stefan 19:12

L2 McEachern · Savard · Hrkac 18:18

L3 Herperger · Tapper · Vigier 12:35

L4 Cowan · Rheaume · Svartvadet 7:02

D1 Kaberle · Sutton 22:24

D2 Tjarnqvist · Weaver 19:50

D3 Tremblay · Tamer 16:30

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

Dec 30, 2002

🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT

3–2 (OT) · Thrashers won

2–3 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs ATL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Thrashers on January 3, 2003?

Penguins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Thrashers?

The final score was Penguins 4, Thrashers 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Dick Tarnstrom, Martin Straka, Shean Donovan, Steve McKenna.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Marc Savard.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Thrashers season series?

Penguins lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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 · Dec 31

🐦Thrashers

Previous game · Jan 2

Also on January 3, 2003

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