Atlanta Thrashers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, November 8, 2001 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Atlanta Thrashers 8-0 on Thursday, November 8, 2001 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 43-16.
Curtis Brown scored twice. Eric Boulton, Miroslav Satan, J-P Dumont, Stu Barnes, Chris Gratton and Maxim Afinogenov also scored.
Martin Biron made 16 saves on 16 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Eric Boulton (1)Denis Hamel (3), James Patrick (2)0–116:08 BUF
2nd period
Miroslav Satan (6)Richard Smehlik (1)0–200:36 BUF
J-P Dumont (4)Stu Barnes (5)0–312:01 BUF
3rd period
Curtis Brown (2)Vaclav Varada (5), Alexei Zhitnik (7)0–400:52 BUF · PPG
Stu Barnes (6)Miroslav Satan (5), J-P Dumont (5)0–501:14 BUF
Chris Gratton (3)Richard Smehlik (2)0–605:07 BUF- Curtis Brown (3)Vaclav Varada (6), Jason Woolley (3)0–712:13 BUF
Maxim Afinogenov (5)Vyacheslav Kozlov (1), Jay McKee (4)0–813:24 BUF
Team stats
ATLBUF
16Shots on goal43
52%Faceoff %48%
0/3Power play1/4
13Penalty minutes11
17Hits11
13Blocked shots8
20Giveaways11
3Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 03:09
Chris Tamer · slashing2 min - 1st 05:28
Jay McKee · holding2 min - 2nd 06:57Lubos Bartecko · slashing2 min
- 2nd 14:12Darcy Hordichuk · fighting5 min
- 2nd 14:12Eric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 3rd 00:15Brian Pothier · closing hand on puck2 min
- 3rd 06:28Erik Rasmussen · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 16:00Jason Woolley · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:26Bob Corkum · tripping2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 9Hnat DomenichelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 14Tomi KallioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:35 |
| 18Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 19Brad TapperR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 22Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 27Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 29Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:53 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 2Petr BuzekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:02 |
| 3Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 23:03 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:34 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:25 |
| 28Todd ReirdenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 21:26 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 23:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 14:53 | |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | L | 34 | 28 | 6 | .824 | 45:05 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 14:56 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:13 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 17:28 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 15:13 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 16:48 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 22:44 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 11:08 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:30 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 18:35 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:52 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 22:55 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |