🌪️ Away Hurricanes 16-16-8 before this game

3–3

Final / OT

🐦 Home Thrashers 11-24-4 before this game

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

Hurricanes at Thrashers

Hurricanes beat Thrashers 3–3 in overtime on January 7, 2003.

🗓 Tue, Jan 7, 2003 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌪️ CAR

Rod Brind'Amour

1 G, 1 A

7 shots · 25:13 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐦 ATL

Dany Heatley

2 G

7 shots · 25:27 TOI

3rd star 🐦 ATL

Ilya Kovalchuk

1 G, 1 A

7 shots · 23:46 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐦 Dany Heatley Go-ahead 1st · 03:27

Assists: Shawn McEachern, Andy Sutton · beat Arturs Irbe

0–1

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk 1st · 16:05

Assists: Patrik Stefan · beat Arturs Irbe

0–2

2nd period

🌪️ Rod Brind'Amour 2nd · 01:04

Unassisted · beat Byron Dafoe

1–2

🌪️ Jeff O'Neill Tying 2nd · 13:28

Assists: Jeff Daniels, Niclas Wallin · beat Byron Dafoe

2–2

3rd period

🐦 Dany Heatley PP Go-ahead 3rd · 08:21

Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Yannick Tremblay · beat Arturs Irbe

2–3

🌪️ Sami Kapanen Tying 3rd · 10:56

Assists: Aaron Ward, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Byron Dafoe

3–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR ATL🐦

39 Shots on goal 31

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8

4 Hits 2

16 Penalty minutes 4

CAR shooting 7.7% (3/39) ATL shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Arturs Irbe

28/31

.903 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Byron Dafoe

36/39

.923 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 16-16-8 (40% win rate, 40 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 11-24-4 (28% win rate, 39 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Battaglia · Brind'Amour · Kapanen 19:23

L2 Hlavac · O'Neill · Francis 16:58

L3 Svoboda · Daniels · Adams 12:04

L4 Cole · Vasicek · Adams 9:52

D1 Wesley · Hill 28:56

D2 Ward · Wallin 23:32

D3 Malec · Halko 12:38

🐦Thrashers

L1 Heatley · Kovalchuk · Savard 24:13

L2 McEachern · Stefan · Vigier 18:58

L3 Bartecko · Rheaume · Tapper 15:57

L4 Cowan · Herperger · Odgers 5:18

D1 Tremblay · Kaberle 22:24

D2 Tjarnqvist · Weaver 21:11

D3 Sutton · Tamer 15:52

⚔️ Last meetings

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

3–2 (OT) · Hurricanes won

2–2 (OT) · Hurricanes won

Apr 7, 2002

🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR

1–1 (OT) · Thrashers won

❓ CAR vs ATL, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Thrashers on January 7, 2003?

Hurricanes won 3–3 in overtime.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Thrashers?

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

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Jeff O'Neill, Rod Brind'Amour, Sami Kapanen.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley (2), Ilya Kovalchuk.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 36 saves on 39 shots (.923 save percentage).

What is the Hurricanes vs Thrashers season series?

Hurricanes 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

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Jan 4

🐦Thrashers

Previous game · Jan 5

Also on January 7, 2003

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