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27/5/2002
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San Jose Sharks 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 34 - 13
PP: 0 of 12 (14 shots), Passing:103/109=94 %, Challenges:44/45=95 %
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:38/53=71 %, Challenges:26/32=78 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 803892 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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04:02 1-0 Patrick Marleau [9] (Joe Thornton)
09:08 1-1 Mark Popovic [2] (Joffrey Lupul)
10:18 2-1 Milan Michalek [8] (Craig Rivet)
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22:08 3-1 Grant Stevenson [3] (Patrick Marleau, Evgeny Nabokov)
25:27 4-1 Patrick Marleau [10] (Kyle McLaren)
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42:04 5-1 Curtis Brown [3] (Kyle McLaren, Éric Perrin)
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Penalty summary:
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01:31 Bobby Holik (2 min for tripping)
06:45 Steve Rucchin (2 min for diving)
11:22 Scott Mellanby (2 min for hooking)
11:57 Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
11:57 Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
15:28 Kyle McLaren (2 min for hooking)
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28:13 Garnet Exelby (2 min for diving)
30:52 Pascal Dupuis (2 min for hooking)
36:01 Bobby Holik (2 min for hooking)
39:05 Joffrey Lupul (2 min for roughing)
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42:45 Joe Thornton (2 min for hooking)
48:27 Jiri Slegr (2 min for elbowing)
49:02 Joe Thornton (2 min for roughing)
49:02 Steve Rucchin (2 min for roughing)
50:33 Boris Valabik (2 min for roughing)
50:33 Mike Grier (2 min for roughing)
51:03 Joffrey Lupul (2 min for boarding)
55:27 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for tripping)
56:11 Jiri Slegr (2 min for cross-checking)
59:48 Joffrey Lupul (2 min for tripping)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Riley Armstrong 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.20 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 20.30 7
R Milan Michalek 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 24.40 10
C Éric Perrin 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
C Grant Stevenson 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 10.00 8
C Patrick Marleau 2 1 5 4 0 1 0 3 22.20 10
L Curtis Brown 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.50 7
L Mike Grier 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5.50 6
L Bill Guerin 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 20.50 7
L Joe Thornton 0 1 3 4 0 1 4 3 21.30 10
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 25.10 8
D Craig Rivet 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 29.50 8
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 18.20 7
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 11.40 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 17.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 1 1 12 0 0 60.00 8
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Mellanby 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 7.20 6
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6.50 5
R Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 7
R Marian Hossa 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 21.30 7
C Darren Haydar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 9.20 5
C Joffrey Lupul 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 0 6.50 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 5.00 4
C Bobby Holik 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 22.50 7
L Krys Kolanos 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 7.20 7
L Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
L Steve Rucchin 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -2 21.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 -1 23.30 7
D Mark Popovic 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 7
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 21.00 6
D Jiri Slegr 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 -2 27.20 6
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.20 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 4 1 0 4 -2 29.00 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 27.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 29 0 0 60.00 5
G Michael Garnett 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Marleau
2nd star: Milan Michalek
3rd star: Grant Stevenson

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Patrick Marleau scored his 10th goal of the playoffs.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Joffrey Lupul notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Bobby Holik had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Mark Popovic finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Niclas Hävelid had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes: