Atlanta at New Jersey

Period 1
1. NEW JERSEY, RICCI 3 (SALO, KOIVU), 04:15
2. ATLANTA, CHIMERA 5 (STEFAN, LEDYARD), 04:58

PENALTIES: C. TAMER ATL (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 00:19, A. ZHAMNOV NJD (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 00:19

Period 2
3. ATLANTA, KOVALCHUK 7 (KNUBLE, CAMPBELL), 05:33
4. ATLANTA, HRKAC 4 (KOVALCHUK, TAMER), 12:21
5. ATLANTA, KNUBLE 2 (KOVALCHUK, TJARNQVIST), 12:46
6. ATLANTA, CHIMERA 6 (DONOVAN, STEFAN), 13:15
7. ATLANTA, CHIMERA 7 (REIRDEN, KARLSSON), 15:48

PENALTIES: M. KNUBLE ATL (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 07:15, A. ZHAMNOV NJD (BOARDING, Minor) 07:15, P. STEFAN ATL (HOOKING, Minor) 07:49, S. KOIVU NJD (BOARDING, Minor) 07:49, G. TITOV NJD (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:50, T. STEVENSON NJD (BOARDING, Minor) 17:19, M. KNUBLE ATL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 19:13 (Served by Ilya Kovalchuk), S. SALO NJD (ELBOWING, Minor) 19:13

Period 3
8. NEW JERSEY, ELIAS 15 (ZHAMNOV, SYKORA), 00:34
9. NEW JERSEY, BARON 2 (RONNING, GIONTA), 06:03

PENALTIES: S. DONOVAN ATL (ELBOWING, Minor) 03:28, C. JOHANSSON ATL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 16:24, C. TAMER ATL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 19:34

Goalie Statistics

Mike Vernon (ATL), 30 saves out of 33 shots, W, 2-13-4
Milan Hnilicka (NJD), 8 saves out of 9 shots
Martin Brodeur (NJD), 8 saves out of 13 shots, L, 10-12-1

Power Play Conversions

Atlanta 0 for 2
New Jersey 0 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Jason Chimera (ATL)
2 - Ilya Kovalchuk (ATL)
3 - Mike Knuble (ATL)

Player Statistics

Atlanta G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Andreas Karlsson 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 8 Dany Heatley 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 26 Grant Ledyard 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 13 Daniel Tjarnqvist 0 1 1 +3 0 0 1 15 Patrik Stefan 0 2 2 +1 2 0 2 12 Brian Campbell 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 17 Ilya Kovalchuk 1 2 3 +2 0 3 0 20 Chris Tamer 0 1 1 +4 6 2 4 21 Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 24 Mike Knuble 1 1 2 +3 16 1 4 9 Jason Chimera 3 0 3 +2 0 6 1 18 Per Svartvadet 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 4 Tomi Kallio 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17 Calle Johansson 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 21 Denis Arkhipov 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19 Shean Donovan 0 1 1 +1 2 1 1 22 Tony Hrkac 1 0 1 +3 0 2 0 18 Todd Reirden 0 1 1 Even 0 0 0 10

New Jersey G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Brian Gionta 0 1 1 Even 0 2 1 11 Alexei Zhamnov 0 1 1 -1 6 3 0 21 Colin White 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 22 Boris Mironov 0 0 0 -3 0 3 4 27 Sami Salo 0 1 1 Even 2 0 4 22 Mike Ricci 1 0 1 Even 0 1 2 15 Ken Daneyko 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 13 Cliff Ronning 0 1 1 Even 0 1 1 18 German Titov 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 7 Patrik Elias 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 20 Petr Sykora 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 20 Pierre Dagenais 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 0 Dave Andreychuk 0 0 0 Even 0 3 0 20 Brendan Witt 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 25 Saku Koivu 0 1 1 Even 2 3 2 21 Murray Baron 1 0 1 Even 0 2 0 11 Turner Stevenson 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 6 Shawn Horcoff 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17

Financial

Attendance: 10017
Net Profit: $601 020,00

Game Notes

Milan Hnilicka enters game at 13:15 of 2nd period
Mike Ricci injured at 19:13 of the 2nd Period
Mike Knuble ejected at 19:13 of the 2nd Period
Jason Chimera scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Orlando        1
Albany Riv     2
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Mikko Eloranta 6 (Ales Hemsky, Yves Sarault)

Jim Mckenzie 8 (unknown, Andreas Salomonsson)
Jim Mckenzie 9 (Ted Donato, Jody Hull)

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Goalies
Orlando: Rick Dipietro
Albany Riv: John Vanbiesbrouck
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