Buffalo Sabres 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 37 - 20
PP: 2 of 8 (13 shots), Passing:59/72=81 %, Challenges:41/46=87 %
PP: 0 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:66/83=79 %, Challenges:27/38=69 %
Attendance: 17696 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 837021 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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06:41 1-0
Thomas Vanek [8] (Teppo Numminen)
16:15 2-0
Daniel Brière [10] (Brian Boucher)PP
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37:29 2-1
Tomas Fleischmann [2] (Garnet Exelby, Scott Niedermayer)
39:01 3-1
Jochen Hecht [10] (Jason Pominville)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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03:46
Garnet Exelby (2 min for slashing)
14:54
Scott Niedermayer (2 min for cross-checking)
16:33
Greg de Vries (2 min for tripping)
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23:19
Scott Mellanby (2 min for tripping)
25:34
Jochen Hecht (2 min for hooking)
29:27
Marty Reasoner (2 min for slashing)
34:42
Scott Mellanby (2 min for tripping)
37:39
Scott Mellanby (2 min for tripping)
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47:16
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
51:13
Jochen Hecht (2 min for slashing)
53:43
Chris Drury (2 min for tripping)
56:07
Scott Mellanby (2 min for slashing)
58:24
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
59:19
Dmitri Kalinin (2 min for elbowing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
R Jason Pominville 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 5 0 1 0 4 0 19.50 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.40 6
C Chris Drury 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18.20 6
C Daniel Brière 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 7
L Brian Savage 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 11.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 5 2 0 1 4 -1 20.50 8
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 16.00 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.40 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 23.40 8
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 14.40 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 1 1 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Danny Battochio 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.50 6
R Scott Mellanby 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 11.40 7
R Petr Prucha 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
R Marian Hossa 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 21.00 7
C Bryan Little 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.50 6
C Tomas Fleischmann 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
C Kiel McLeod 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 6
L Todd Warriner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.50 6
L Marty Reasoner 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 14.40 6
L Serge Aubin 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 13.50 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Mark Popovic 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 25.30 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14.40 7
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 20.50 8
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 3 0 34 0 0 60.00 9
G Kari Lehtonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Brière
2nd star: Jochen Hecht
3rd star: Thomas Vanek
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Daniel Brière scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jochen Hecht scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Chris Drury had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Thomas Vanek finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Teppo Numminen finally ended his 11 game point drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Marian Hossa had his 9 game point streak snapped.
-Vyacheslav Kozlov had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 5( 29) , Chicago Wolves 3( 23)
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0-1 CHW Kyle Wanvig (Martin Cibak, Brian Sipotz)
1-1 ROC Michael Ryan (Frank Littlejohn, Brandon Smith)
2-1 ROC Nathan Paetsch (Marek Zagrapan)
3-1 ROC Dylan Hunter (Mark Mancari)
3-2 CHW Chad Painchaud (Brett Sterling)
3-3 CHW Darren Haydar (Tomas Surovy)
4-3 ROC Yuri Dobryshkin (Jonathan Lehun)
5-3 ROC Dylan Hunter (Mark Mancari)
Goalies: Martin Biron - Danny Turple