Atlanta Thrashers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, November 5, 2003 · HSBC Arena

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7–4

22–32

Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–4 on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 32–22.

Goals came from Ilya Kovalchuk, Maxim Afinogenov, J-P Dumont, Curtis Brown, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Ivan Majesky, Randy Robitaille, Yannick Tremblay, Patrik Stefan, Serge Aubin and Daniel Brière.

Pasi Nurminen made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 14 of 21.

Goals
ATL	1	3	3	7	22
BUF	2	1	1	4	32

Scoring

1st period

Ilya Kovalchuk (12)Randy Robitaille (6), Shawn McEachern (7)1–007:34 ATL
Maxim Afinogenov (1)Adam Mair (3), Taylor Pyatt (1)1–109:29 BUF
J-P Dumont (3)Taylor Pyatt (2), Adam Mair (4)1–217:58 BUF

2nd period

Curtis Brown (2)Miroslav Satan (4)1–304:21 BUF ·
Jean-Pierre Vigier (2)Serge Aubin (4), Patrik Stefan (3)2–315:32 ATL
Ivan Majesky (1)Jeff Cowan (4), Simon Gamache (1)3–318:31 ATL
Randy Robitaille (2)Shawn McEachern (8), Ilya Kovalchuk (7)4–318:55 ATL

3rd period

Yannick Tremblay (1)Randy Robitaille (7), Shawn McEachern (9)5–305:41 ATL ·
Patrik Stefan (2)Unassisted6–310:50 ATL ·
Serge Aubin (2)Yannick Tremblay (6), Ilya Kovalchuk (8)7–312:58 ATL
Daniel Brière (2)Taylor Pyatt (3), Chris Drury (9)7–414:31 BUF

Team stats

ATLBUF

2232

51%49%

1/41/3

1113

1217

136

1011

Penalties

8:28 into the first periodFrancis Lessard · fighting5 min
8:28 into the first periodAndrew Peters · fighting5 min
3:00 into the second periodRonald Petrovicky · cross checking2 min
9:00 into the second periodJay McKee · interference2 min
10:44 into the second periodCurtis Brown · hooking2 min
12:53 into the second periodJean-Pierre Vigier · hooking2 min
5:17 into the third periodCurtis Brown · hooking2 min
6:22 into the third periodAdam Mair · interference goalkeeper2 min
10:00 into the third periodJean-Pierre Vigier · high sticking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

17Ilya KovalchukL	1	2	3	+2	5	1	1	0	–	23:38
19Shawn McEachernL	0	3	3	+1	1	0	0	0	–	19:30
28Randy RobitailleC	1	2	3	+1	2	0	1	0	56	17:00
10Serge AubinC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	44	16:28
27Patrik StefanC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	3	0	47	19:13
38Yannick TremblayD	1	1	2	+1	1	0	1	0	–	23:50
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	4	100	17:35
16Jeff CowanL	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:40
41Simon GamacheL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	07:08
23Ivan MajeskyD	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	100	12:27
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:16
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	5	–	04:09
24Tommi SantalaC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	55	11:48
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	–	09:07
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:08
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	20:41
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	+2	3	2	4	0	–	24:30
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	22:31

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31Pasi NurminenG	W	32	28	4	.875	60:00
34Byron DafoeG		0	0	0	–	–

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

24Taylor PyattL	0	3	3	+3	3	0	0	0	–	19:31
22Adam MairC	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	2	33	12:39
17J-P DumontR	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	–	17:38
23Chris DruryC	0	1	1	+1	5	1	0	0	65	17:37
37Curtis BrownC	1	0	1	−3	3	0	0	4	53	16:24
48Daniel BrièreC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	17:39
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	12:11
81Miroslav SatanR	0	1	1	−3	1	0	0	0	–	15:27
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	−3	0	2	0	0	–	12:41
16Chris TaylorC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	40	16:32
28Jason BotterillL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	09:40
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	5	–	05:41
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	20:54
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	−3	1	0	0	0	–	19:52
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	18:27
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	23:16
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	–	18:58
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	3	2	–	18:33

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG		1	1	0	1.000	06:24
43Martin BironG	L	21	14	7	.667	53:20