🐦 Away Thrashers 16-26-6 before this game
4–1
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 24-23-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
ATL 0224
NYR 0101

Thrashers at Rangers

Thrashers beat Rangers 4–1 at Madison Square Garden on January 25, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Jan 25, 2003 · 12:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Dany Heatley
3 G
6 shots · 25:11 TOI · +3
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Vyacheslav Kozlov
3 A
3 shots · 22:18 TOI · +3
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 G
2 shots · 17:09 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🐦 Dany Heatley Go-ahead 2nd · 00:28
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Marc Savard · beat Mike Dunham
1–0
🐦 Dany Heatley 2nd · 09:21
Assists: Andy Sutton, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Mike Dunham
2–0
🗽 Petr Nedved 2nd · 14:16
Assists: Joel Bouchard, Sandy McCarthy · beat Pasi Nurminen
2–1
3rd period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk 3rd · 16:37
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Richard Smehlik · beat Mike Dunham
3–1
🐦 Dany Heatley Empty net 3rd · 19:23
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Patrik Stefan
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL NYR🗽
28 Shots on goal 24
0 Hits 3
8 Penalty minutes 14
ATL shooting 14.3% (4/28) NYR shooting 4.2% (1/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Pasi Nurminen
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Dunham
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 59:23 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 16-26-6 (33% win rate, 48 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 24-23-4 (47% win rate, 51 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Heatley · Kozlov · Hrkac 22:18
L2 Kovalchuk · Stefan · Farkas 17:09
L3 Svartvadet · Savard · Tapper 12:12
L4 Cowan · Snyder · Odgers 7:13
D1 Kaberle · Weaver 20:06
D2 Smehlik · Tremblay 19:18
D3 Sutton · Tamer 16:44
🗽Rangers
L1 Messier · Lindros · Nedved 20:58
L2 Holik · Lundmark · Samuelsson 18:39
L3 Fata · Donato · Barnaby 8:58
L4 Dwyer · McCarthy · Tripp 5:46
D1 Poti · Kasparaitis 22:08
D2 Bouchard · Malakhov 19:56
D3 Mironov · Cross 18:01

⚔️ Last meetings

Thrashers lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 28, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL
4–7 · Thrashers won
Mar 22, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🗽NYR
5–2 · Thrashers won
Feb 8, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL
2–1 · Rangers won
Nov 18, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🗽NYR
2–6 · Rangers won
Oct 19, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL
4–3 · Rangers won

❓ ATL vs NYR, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Rangers on January 25, 2003?

Thrashers won 4–1.

What was the final score of Thrashers vs Rangers?

The final score was Thrashers 4, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley (3), Ilya Kovalchuk.

Who scored for Rangers?

Petr Nedved.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Dunham made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Rangers 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
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Jan 23
🏛️OTT @ 🐦ATL
3–3 · OTT won
Next game · Jan 28
🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL
2–5 · ATL won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Jan 23
🗽NYR @ 🐯NSH
4–2 · NYR won
Next game · Jan 26
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–7 · WSH won
Also on January 25, 2003
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–1 final
🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT
3–5 final
🔔PHI @ 🐻BOS
0–1 final
🏔️COL @ 🍁TOR
3–0 final
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
3–4 final
🏝️NYI @ 🧥CBJ
1–4 final
🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA
2–3 final
⭐DAL @ 🎵STL
4–2 final
Thrashers season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule