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29/5/2002
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San Jose Sharks 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 34 - 16
PP: 1 of 10 (16 shots), Passing:95/108=87 %, Challenges:53/53=98 %
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:52/64=81 %, Challenges:19/37=50 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 807380 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:45 0-1 Bobby Holik [7] (Ilya Kovalchuk)
10:08 0-2 Vyacheslav Kozlov [7] (Bobby Holik)
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23:53 1-2 Craig Rivet [3] (Patrick Marleau)
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40:57 2-2 Joe Pavelski [5] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Matt Carle)PP
43:39 3-2 Milan Michalek [9] (Joe Thornton)
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Penalty summary:
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00:06 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for roughing)
07:57 Éric Perrin (2 min for boarding)
10:29 Scott Mellanby (2 min for high-sticking)
17:04 Éric Bélanger (2 min for high-sticking)
19:29 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for holding the stick)
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25:08 Vyacheslav Kozlov (2 min for roughing)
27:55 Darren Haydar (2 min for hooking)
30:08 Mike Grier (2 min for hooking)
34:24 Steve Bernier (2 min for tripping)
39:34 Steve Rucchin (2 min for slashing)
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45:44 Éric Bélanger (2 min for slashing)
49:53 Scott Mellanby (2 min for tripping)
55:17 Bobby Holik (2 min for high-sticking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Riley Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.30 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 11.40 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 14.50 7
R Milan Michalek 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 2 26.50 10
C Éric Perrin 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8.40 6
C Grant Stevenson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
C Joe Pavelski 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 16.10 8
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 21.50 8
L Curtis Brown 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
L Mike Grier 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 9.50 7
L Bill Guerin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 14.20 7
L Joe Thornton 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 22.50 8
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 7
D Matt Carle 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 -1 31.20 7
D Craig Rivet 1 0 2 4 0 4 0 2 29.00 9
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 14.30 8
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 11.00 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 2 5 0 4 0 2 24.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 2 0 14 0 0 60.00 6
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 0 1 1 0 4 0 7.00 6
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 9.40 5
R Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 8.50 5
R Marian Hossa 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 17.30 6
C Darren Haydar 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.00 6
C Joffrey Lupul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 4
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.30 5
C Bobby Holik 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 16.50 7
L Krys Kolanos 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.00 7
L Éric Bélanger 0 0 4 1 1 0 4 1 18.10 7
L Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 20.50 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 0 3 3 0 4 -1 19.50 6
D Mark Popovic 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 25.10 6
D Jiri Slegr 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 23.20 7
D Boris Valabik 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 27.40 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 17.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Michael Garnett 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Milan Michalek
2nd star: Craig Rivet
3rd star: Joe Pavelski

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Joe Thornton notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Craig Rivet finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Bobby Holik ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes: