🧥 Away Blue Jackets 28-36-7 before this game

2–3

Final

🐦 Home Thrashers 27-36-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CBJ	0	2	0	2
ATL	1	1	1	3

Blue Jackets at Thrashers

Thrashers beat Blue Jackets 3–2 on March 17, 2003.

🗓 Mon, Mar 17, 2003 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐦 ATL

Vyacheslav Kozlov

2 A

1 shots · 23:46 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐦 ATL

Ilya Kovalchuk

1 G

7 shots · 24:43 TOI · +2

3rd star 🐦 ATL

Dany Heatley

1 G

5 shots · 23:47 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead 1st · 12:50

Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Marc Denis

0–1

2nd period

🧥 Lasse Pirjeta Tying 2nd · 10:22

Assists: Rick Nash, Derrick Walser · beat Pasi Nurminen

1–1

🐦 Mark Hartigan Go-ahead 2nd · 13:21

Assists: Tony Hrkac, Per Svartvadet · beat Marc Denis

1–2

🧥 Geoff Sanderson PP Tying 2nd · 14:05

Assists: Ray Whitney, Andrew Cassels · beat Pasi Nurminen

2–2

3rd period

🐦 Dany Heatley Go-ahead 3rd · 19:47

Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Marc Denis

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🧥CBJ ATL🐦

29 Shots on goal 31

1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/8

14 Hits 11

7 Blocked shots 7

5 Takeaways 3

6 Giveaways 8

21 Penalty minutes 29

CBJ shooting 6.9% (2/29) ATL shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🧥Blue Jackets

Marc Denis

28/31

.903 SV% · 3 GA · 59:47 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Pasi Nurminen

27/29

.931 SV% · 2 GA · 59:39 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets: no games found in this situation this year.

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–2

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets — tied after 2nd: 28-36-7 (39% win rate, 71 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 27-36-7 (39% win rate, 70 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🧥Blue Jackets

L1 Whitney · Sanderson · Cassels 21:42

L2 Pirjeta · Wright · Pronger 15:17

L3 Nash · Nedorost · Vyborny 13:23

L4 Shelley · Davidson · Ling 7:06

D1 Spacek · Richardson 27:13

D2 Klesla · Lachance 18:24

D3 Walser · Allison 11:12

🐦Thrashers

L1 Kovalchuk · Heatley · Kozlov 23:47

L2 Savard · Hrkac · Stefan 15:55

L3 Bartecko · Svartvadet · Hartigan 10:27

L4 Cowan · Snyder · Odgers 7:03

D1 Tremblay · Tamer 23:42

D2 Kaberle · Tjarnqvist 19:38

D3 Exelby · Safronov 11:12

⚔️ Last meetings

Thrashers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Apr 12, 2002

🐦ATL @ 🧥CBJ

4–5 (OT) · Blue Jackets won

Mar 16, 2001

🧥CBJ @ 🐦ATL

3–0 · Blue Jackets won

Dec 2, 2000

🐦ATL @ 🧥CBJ

2–1 · Thrashers won

❓ CBJ vs ATL, answered

Who won Blue Jackets vs Thrashers on March 17, 2003?

Thrashers won 3–2.

What was the final score of Blue Jackets vs Thrashers?

The final score was Blue Jackets 2, Thrashers 3.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Geoff Sanderson, Lasse Pirjeta.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley, Ilya Kovalchuk, Mark Hartigan.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Marc Denis made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

What is the Blue Jackets vs Thrashers season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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

🧥Blue Jackets

Previous game · Mar 15

🐦Thrashers

Previous game · Mar 15

Also on March 17, 2003

Blue Jackets season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule