Buffalo Sabres vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Tuesday, February 26, 2002 · Philips Arena

BuffaloSabresAway

1–2

Final

SOG 34–22

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at Philips Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 34-22.

Goals came from Tim Connolly, Frantisek Kaberle and Ilya Kovalchuk.

Milan Hnilicka made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 20 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	0	1	34
ATL	0	1	1	2	22

Scoring

2nd period

Tim Connolly (10)Miroslav Satan (25)1–008:15 BUF
Frantisek Kaberle (4)Unassisted1–119:59 ATL

3rd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (28)Unassisted1–216:54 ATL

Team stats

BUFATL

34Shots on goal22

56%Faceoff %44%

0/2Power play0/2

6Penalty minutes6

17Hits15

4Blocked shots11

6Giveaways14

3Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 05:48Ray Ferraro · holding2 min
1st 10:57Chris Tamer · roughing2 min
1st 16:14Taylor Pyatt · tripping2 min
2nd 08:15Richard Smehlik · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 08:54Jiri Slegr · diving2 min
2nd 08:54Stu Barnes · interference obstruction2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

18Tim ConnollyC	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	30	18:37
81Miroslav SatanR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	20:55
9Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	25	11:05
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	17:07
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	14:47
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	14:45
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:05
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:23
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	54	18:13
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	67	17:20
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	100	17:49
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	71	14:18
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	21:38
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	17:36
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	19:39
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	21:33
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	17:30
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	20:34

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Bob EssensaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	22	20	2	.909	59:09

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	1	0	–	20:27
8Frantisek KaberleD	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	21:00
12Tony HrkacC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	56	10:54
13Patrik StefanC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50	13:48
14Tomi KallioR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:28
15Dany HeatleyL	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	–	19:49
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:16
18Lubos BarteckoL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	10:07
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	10:29
21Ray FerraroC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50	12:53
26Pascal RheaumeC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	33	18:10
27Bob CorkumC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	43	18:08
39Per SvartvadetC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	14:01
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	14:49
28Todd ReirdenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	15:31
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	20:48
38Yannick TremblayD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	–	23:43
71Jiri SlegrD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2	–	24:31

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Milan HnilickaG	W	34	33	1	.971	60:00