Buffalo Sabres vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Saturday, March 15, 2003 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Saturday, March 15, 2003 at Philips Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 39-24.
Goals came from Ales Kotalik, Lubos Bartecko, Dany Heatley, Tim Connolly, Ilya Kovalchuk, Taylor Pyatt, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Marc Savard.
Pasi Nurminen made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Ales Kotalik (19)Tim Connolly (11), Miroslav Satan (39)1–010:09 BUF
2nd period
Lubos Bartecko (5)Dany Heatley (36), Chris Tamer (7)1–103:00 ATL
Dany Heatley (31)Unassisted1–208:19 ATL
Tim Connolly (11)Miroslav Satan (40)2–216:39 BUF · PPG
Ilya Kovalchuk (33)Pasi Nurminen (2)2–318:43 ATL
3rd period
Taylor Pyatt (10)Maxim Afinogenov (4)3–302:48 BUF
Vyacheslav Kozlov (20)Chris Tamer (8)3–415:58 ATL
Marc Savard (12)Unassisted3–519:53 ATL · EN
Team stats
BUFATL
39Shots on goal24
53%Faceoff %47%
1/5Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes10
7Hits15
10Blocked shots10
6Giveaways12
6Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 02:36
Jason Botterill · hooking obstruction2 min - 1st 12:17Alexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min
- 1st 14:43
Jeff Odgers · interference2 min - 1st 17:11Chris Taylor · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 00:45Miroslav Satan · tripping2 min
- 2nd 05:13Dany Heatley · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 15:57Garnet Exelby · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 19:07Garnet Exelby · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 05:17Marc Savard · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:47 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 11:48 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:01 |
| 16Chris TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:01 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 10:00 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:37 |
| 28Jason BotterillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 08:28 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 17:25 |
| 71Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 8 | 20:17 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:08 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:14 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 33Doug JanikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:46 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 26:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 59:58 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 18:53 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 21:37 |
| 9Marc SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:15 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20:45 |
| 23Lubos BarteckoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:09 |
| 3Mark HartiganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:00 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:54 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:50 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 37Dan SnyderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:19 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:59 |
| 29Kirill SafronovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:10 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pasi NurminenG | W | 39 | 36 | 3 | .923 | 60:00 |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |