Buffalo Sabres vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Monday, November 19, 2001 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Monday, November 19, 2001 at Philips Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 32-25.
Goals came from Ilya Kovalchuk, Tomi Kallio, Eric Boulton, Tim Connolly and Tony Hrkac.
Milan Hnilicka made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Ilya Kovalchuk (9)Dany Heatley (10), David Harlock (1)0–109:42 ATL
Tomi Kallio (3)Tony Hrkac (6), Lubos Bartecko (2)0–212:41 ATL
3rd period
Eric Boulton (2)Rob Ray (1), Chris Gratton (5)1–202:55 BUF
Tim Connolly (3)Unassisted2–207:30 BUF
Tony Hrkac (4)Brian Pothier (4)2–307:46 ATL
Team stats
BUFATL
32Shots on goal25
53%Faceoff %47%
0/3Power play0/4
15Penalty minutes13
17Hits23
14Blocked shots13
11Giveaways8
6Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 13:01
Pascal Rheaume · fighting5 min - 1st 13:01
Denis Hamel · fighting5 min - 1st 13:47Chris Tamer · roughing2 min
- 1st 13:47Maxim Afinogenov · roughing2 min
- 1st 18:01Todd Reirden · closing hand on puck2 min
- 2nd 10:47Vyacheslav Kozlov · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 10:47Vyacheslav Kozlov · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 14:40Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 18:32Alexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min
- 2nd 20:00Lubos Bartecko · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 04:38Rob Ray · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:30 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:48 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:11 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 15:26 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:45 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:05 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:52 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 18:47 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:33 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:34 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 26:08 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 59:04 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 12Tony HrkacC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:24 |
| 14Tomi KallioR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 11:05 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:46 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 18Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 3Brian PothierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 6David HarlockD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 9Hnat DomenichelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:57 |
| 19Brad TapperR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:29 |
| 22Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 26Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 27Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 29Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:57 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:52 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:00 |
| 28Todd ReirdenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |