🌪️ Away Hurricanes 24-37-15 before this game

1–5

Final

🐦 Home Thrashers 29-38-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CAR	1	0	0	1
ATL	2	2	1	5

Hurricanes at Thrashers

Thrashers beat Hurricanes 5–1 on March 26, 2003.

🗓 Wed, Mar 26, 2003 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐦 ATL

Dany Heatley

2 G, 2 A

3 shots · 20:14 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐦 ATL

Marc Savard

3 A

21:06 TOI · +2

3rd star 🐦 ATL

Chris Tamer

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 21:55 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead 1st · 06:29

Assists: Lubos Bartecko, Chris Tamer · beat Kevin Weekes

0–1

🌪️ Ron Francis PP Tying 1st · 10:42

Assists: Sean Hill, Jeff O'Neill · beat Pasi Nurminen

1–1

🐦 Dany Heatley PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:31

Assists: Yannick Tremblay, Marc Savard · beat Kevin Weekes

1–2

2nd period

🐦 Jeff Cowan 2nd · 01:47

Assists: Marc Savard, Dany Heatley · beat Kevin Weekes

1–3

🐦 Dany Heatley PP 2nd · 18:20

Assists: Yannick Tremblay, Frantisek Kaberle · beat Kevin Weekes

1–4

3rd period

🐦 Chris Tamer 3rd · 13:45

Assists: Marc Savard, Dany Heatley · beat Kevin Weekes

1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR ATL🐦

30 Shots on goal 18

1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7

17 Hits 24

7 Blocked shots 9

5 Takeaways 4

4 Giveaways 5

14 Penalty minutes 14

CAR shooting 3.3% (1/30) ATL shooting 27.8% (5/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Kevin Weekes

13/18

.722 SV% · 5 GA · 59:57 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Pasi Nurminen

29/30

.967 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–4

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Francis · O'Neill · Vasicek 19:18

L2 Bayda · Zigomanis · Adams 17:20

L3 Defauw · Kurka · MacDonald 13:15

L4 Daniels · Watt 8:43

D1 Hill · Hedican 23:46

D2 St. Jacques · Ward 19:32

D3 Tanabe · Wallin 14:51

D4 Malec 5:57

🐦Thrashers

L1 Kozlov · Heatley · Savard 20:44

L2 Kovalchuk · Bartecko · Hrkac 17:48

L3 Svartvadet · Hartigan · Odgers 11:20

L4 Simon · Cowan · Lessard 7:51

D1 Tremblay · Tamer 25:18

D2 Kaberle · Exelby 17:28

D3 Safronov · Tjarnqvist 14:28

⚔️ Last meetings

Hurricanes lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →

Jan 7, 2003

🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL

3–3 (OT) · Hurricanes won

3–2 (OT) · Hurricanes won

2–2 (OT) · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs ATL, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Thrashers on March 26, 2003?

Thrashers won 5–1.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Thrashers?

The final score was Hurricanes 1, Thrashers 5.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Ron Francis.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley (2), Chris Tamer, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jeff Cowan.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Kevin Weekes made 13 saves on 18 shots (.722 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

What is the Hurricanes vs Thrashers season series?

Hurricanes lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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 · Mar 25

🐦Thrashers

Previous game · Mar 24

Also on March 26, 2003

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