Atlanta Thrashers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, April 2, 2003 · HSBC Arena

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3–4

Final

SOG 23–40

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 on Wednesday, April 2, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 40-23.

Goals came from Lubos Bartecko, Yannick Tremblay, Dany Heatley, Dmitri Kalinin, Ales Kotalik, Daniel Brière and Tim Connolly.

Mika Noronen made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Pasi Nurminen stopped 36 of 40.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	2	1	0	3	23
BUF	0	0	4	4	40

Scoring

1st period

Lubos Bartecko (7)Kamil Piros (1)1–010:49 ATL
Yannick Tremblay (8)Marc Savard (31), Vyacheslav Kozlov (45)2–011:12 ATL

2nd period

Dany Heatley (38)Vyacheslav Kozlov (46), Marc Savard (32)3–006:32 ATL · PPG

3rd period

Dmitri Kalinin (7)J-P Dumont (20), Daniel Brière (33)3–106:43 BUF
Ales Kotalik (20)Tim Connolly (13)3–212:56 BUF
Daniel Brière (23)Miroslav Satan (47), J-P Dumont (21)3–318:01 BUF · PPG
Tim Connolly (12)Miroslav Satan (48), Alexei Zhitnik (18)3–419:06 BUF · PPG

Team stats

ATLBUF

23Shots on goal40

43%Faceoff %57%

1/4Power play2/5

32Penalty minutes30

22Hits31

10Blocked shots5

11Giveaways9

2Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 00:13Francis Lessard · fighting5 min
1st 00:13Eric Boulton · fighting5 min
1st 16:44Tim Connolly · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 04:47Tim Connolly · high sticking2 min
2nd 08:12Daniel Brière · charging2 min
2nd 12:19Alexei Zhitnik · cross checking2 min
2nd 12:39Vyacheslav Kozlov · slashing2 min
2nd 13:32Dany Heatley · cross checking2 min
2nd 17:25Garnet Exelby · elbowing2 min
3rd 06:57Jeff Cowan · roughing2 min
3rd 06:57Jeff Cowan · misconduct10 min
3rd 06:57Benjamin Simon · fighting5 min
3rd 06:57Rory Fitzpatrick · roughing2 min
3rd 06:57Eric Boulton · misconduct10 min
3rd 06:57Adam Mair · fighting5 min
3rd 16:51Garnet Exelby · cross checking2 min
3rd 17:17Dany Heatley · high sticking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

9Marc SavardC	0	2	2	-1	3	0	0	0	58	23:25
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	2	2	-1	2	0	0	2	–	20:23
15Dany HeatleyL	1	0	1	-1	1	0	1	4	–	20:26
22Kamil PirosR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	22	17:02
23Lubos BarteckoL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	15:59
38Yannick TremblayD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	27:56
6Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	07:04
12Tony HrkacC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	16:48
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	–	05:49
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0	100	22:25
20Jeff OdgersR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	09:51
39Per SvartvadetC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	11:33
45Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	5	43	08:20
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	4	–	16:13
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	19:52
29Kirill SafronovD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	19:29
47Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	12:49
50Joe DipentaD	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	–	15:48

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG	L	40	36	4	.900	59:35
33Milan HnilickaG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17J-P DumontR	0	2	2	+1	3	3	0	0	–	16:14
18Tim ConnollyC	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	4	47	15:42
48Daniel BrièreC	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	2	56	19:02
81Miroslav SatanR	0	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	–	20:11
12Ales KotalikR	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	–	15:00
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	2	–	27:09
45Dmitri KalininD	1	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	–	22:49
15Milan BartovicR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100	08:17
16Chris TaylorC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	65	16:35
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	5	67	09:57
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	13:22
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15	–	06:49
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	–	13:50
71Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	–	21:04
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	–	16:24
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	2	–	15:32
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	17:10
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	–	17:10

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG	W	23	20	3	.870	59:58
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	00:00