| Olli Jokinen scored two goals and added an assist as Florida out scored Atlanta in a barn burner. Roberto Luongo had his best game of the pre-season in net only allowing 3 goals on 30 shots. "We had Calder and Booth out there tonight as Morrow and Olesz were each scratched before the game," Jacques Martin said after the game. This time in an apparent good mood the coach was only too happy to answer all of the questions the gather press core had for him. There was even a reporter from the Tampa Bay Window in the crowd asking if the coach thought that the latest predictions for Florida to finish 2nd in the division was a reality. "Of course it's a reality, it's not like we're the Bad News Bears up here!," Martin replied. "I think we have a real good shot at finishing anywhere but 6th again. Don't get me wrong, six is a good number, as in original six, six days of creation, etc. etc. but I damn sure don't want to finish the season in sixth place again. Get what I mean" No doubt about it, Martin was pumped up by this win. He was even talking to his goalies again after this one. It's amazing what one win will do for a team's confidence level. |
Florida Panthers at Atlanta Thrashers
DATE :
GOALS 1 2 3 OT F
Florida Panthers 0 2 3 0 5
Atlanta Thrashers 2 1 0 0 3
SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F
Florida Panthers 10 21 10 0 41
Atlanta Thrashers 11 7 12 0 30
G O A L S U M M A R Y
1. ATL. ILYA KOVALCHUK(1)( RANDY ROBITAILLE ) (PP) : 1st 11:36
2. ATL. JASON BLAKE(1)( ILYA KOVALCHUK, STEPHANE ROBIDAS ) (PP) : 1st 18:50
3. FLA. OLLI JOKINEN(1)( KRISTIAN HUSELIUS, NATHAN HORTON ): 2nd 1:33
4. FLA. NATHAN HORTON(1)( OLLI JOKINEN, KRISTIAN HUSELIUS ): 2nd 15:57
5. ATL. RANDY ROBITAILLE(1)( STEVE McCARTHY, ILYA KOVALCHUK ): 2nd 16:26
6. FLA. OLLI JOKINEN(2)( KRISTIAN HUSELIUS, NATHAN HORTON ): 3rd 6:46
7. FLA. GREGORY CAMPBELL(1)( JURAJ KOLNIK, JAY BOUWMEESTER ): 3rd 14:51
8. FLA. KYLE CALDER(1)( MATT CULLEN, STEPHEN WEISS ) (PP) : 3rd 16:40
P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y
1. FLA. STEPHEN WEISS - 2 Minutes: 1st 10:10
2. FLA. DAVID BOOTH - 2 Minutes: 1st 13:42
3. FLA. NATHAN HORTON - 2 Minutes: 1st 18:17
4. ATL. GARNET EXELBY - 2 Minutes: 2nd 8:33
5. FLA. MATT CULLEN - 2 Minutes: 3rd 7:55
6. ATL. BRAD LARSEN - 2 Minutes: 3rd 16:22
7. ATL. JIM SLATER - 2 Minutes: 3rd 19:15
I N J U R I E S
NONE
Player Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
OLLI JOKINEN 3 7 2 1 0 0 0 8-6 36 20:22 2 0 0 3
KRISTIAN HUSELIUS 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1-0 36 20:22 0 1 2 1
NATHAN HORTON 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 0-0 41 23:11 0 1 0 0
STEPHEN WEISS -1 6 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 25 14:41 1 0 1 0
KYLE CALDER -1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 25 14:41 0 0 1 1
JURAJ KOLNIK 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 21 12:42 0 0 0 0
NIKLAS HAGMAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 16 9:14 0 0 0 0
MATT CULLEN -1 3 0 1 2 0 0 5-2 25 14:41 1 1 0 0
JAY BOUWMEESTER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 44 24:17 4 1 0 0
TRAVIS MOEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 18 9:17 0 0 0 0
BOYD GORDON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-2 18 9:17 0 0 0 0
MIKE Van RYN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 22 13:12 0 0 0 0
ERIC BREWER 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 38 21:26 1 1 0 1
DAVID BOOTH 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 21 12:42 1 0 0 0
LADISLAV SMID 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 37 22:03 0 0 0 0
GREGORY CAMPBELL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3-1 21 12:42 1 0 0 0
LUKAS KRAJICEK 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 37 20:45 1 0 0 0
ANDERS ERIKSSON 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 32 17:59 1 0 0 0
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TOTAL 15 41 5 10 8 1 0 23-12 13 5 4 6
Player Stats For Atlanta Thrashers
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
ILYA KOVALCHUK -2 4 1 2 0 1 0 0-0 35 19:14 0 0 1 3
JASON BLAKE -2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1-0 35 19:14 2 0 2 3
RANDY ROBITAILLE -2 1 1 1 0 0 0 10-6 35 19:14 0 1 0 0
PASCAL DUPUIS -1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 29 16:50 1 0 2 2
SAMI KAPANEN -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 33 18:34 0 0 0 0
CURTIS BROWN -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-3 30 17:04 0 0 0 0
STEVE McCARTHY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 26 14:10 0 0 0 0
TONY AMONTE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 14:22 0 1 0 1
BRAD LARSEN 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1-0 25 15:06 1 0 0 0
J.P. VIGIER 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 13 7:41 0 0 0 1
PETR NEDVED 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 15 8:27 0 0 0 0
JIM SLATER 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 2-2 24 14:22 0 0 0 0
GARNET EXELBY -2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 35 20:57 0 0 0 0
CRAIG ADAMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 12 6:57 0 0 0 0
GREG de VRIES 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 20 11:29 1 0 0 0
ANDY SUTTON -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 44 24:44 2 2 0 0
AARON MILLER -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 38 21:57 0 0 0 0
STEPHANE ROBIDAS -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 47 26:25 0 1 0 0
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TOTAL -15 30 3 5 6 2 0 23-11 7 5 5 10
Goalie Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
PETER BUDAJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROBERTO LUONGO 60 30 3 0 6 6 105
Goalie Stats For Atlanta Thrashers
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
RICK DiPIETRO 60 41 5 0 8 3 105
MIKE SMITH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
POWER PLAY OPP GOALS
Florida Panthers 3 1
Atlanta Thrashers 4 2
STARS OF THE GAME
1st star - OLLI JOKINEN from Florida
2nd star - NATHAN HORTON from Florida
3rd star - KRISTIAN HUSELIUS from Florida
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