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31/5/2002
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Atlanta Thrashers 2 , San Jose Sharks 4
Shots: 17 - 32
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:44/58=75 %, Challenges:18/31=56 %
PP: 1 of 11 (20 shots), Passing:86/101=85 %, Challenges:37/39=92 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 894371 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:56 0-1 Christian Ehrhoff [3] (Marc-Édouard Vlasic, Joe Pavelski)PP
09:28 0-2 Patrick Marleau [11] (Steve Bernier, Craig Rivet)SH
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23:18 0-3 Milan Michalek [10] (Patrick Marleau, Matt Carle)
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41:58 1-3 Bobby Holik [8] (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Jiri Slegr)PP
42:41 2-3 Krys Kolanos [1] (Darren Haydar)
52:06 2-4 Patrick Marleau [12] (Milan Michalek, Joe Thornton)
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Penalty summary:
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02:11 Kris Draper (2 min for elbowing)
03:29 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for slashing)
08:01 Milan Michalek (2 min for cross-checking)
14:37 Pascal Dupuis (2 min for tripping)
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21:06 Greg de Vries (2 min for tripping)
23:25 Scott Mellanby (2 min for tripping)
30:15 Niclas Hävelid (2 min for elbowing)
34:08 Bobby Holik (2 min for elbowing)
38:18 Mike Grier (2 min for hooking)
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41:08 Éric Perrin (2 min for holding the stick)
44:21 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for hooking)
47:22 Patrick Marleau (2 min for slashing)
49:55 Jean-Pierre Vigier (2 min for holding the stick)
52:15 Jean-Pierre Vigier (2 min for elbowing)
58:07 Greg de Vries (2 min for hooking)
58:24 Steve Bernier (2 min for roughing)
58:24 Andy Sutton (2 min for roughing)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 8.30 7
R Scott Mellanby 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12.20 6
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.50 5
R Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -1 11.00 5
C Darren Haydar 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
C Joffrey Lupul 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17.50 4
C Bobby Holik 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 -1 19.20 8
L Krys Kolanos 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 8.30 7
L Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
L Steve Rucchin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 20.10 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 -3 20.40 7
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 25.00 6
D Jiri Slegr 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 9.40 6
D Greg de Vries 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 -1 24.40 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 11.00 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 1 5 3 2 2 -1 27.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 28 0 0 60.00 6
G Michael Garnett 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Riley Armstrong 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 6
R Steve Bernier 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 1 12.20 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
R Milan Michalek 1 1 3 7 1 2 2 1 25.20 10
C Éric Perrin 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5.40 7
C Grant Stevenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 22.20 7
C Patrick Marleau 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 20.50 10
L Curtis Brown 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6.20 7
L Mike Grier 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.20 6
L Bill Guerin 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
L Joe Thornton 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 21.30 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
D Matt Carle 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 24.10 8
D Craig Rivet 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 2 30.10 9
D Christian Ehrhoff 1 0 3 4 0 4 0 0 17.30 10
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.40 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Krys Kolanos finally ended his 30 game goal drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Milan Michalek scored his 10th goal of the playoffs.
-Milan Michalek notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.

Other notes: