Buffalo Sabres vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Tuesday, January 20, 2004 · Philips Arena

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1–4

Final

SOG 25–23

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at Philips Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 25-23.

Vyacheslav Kozlov scored twice. J-P Dumont, Patrik Stefan and Jean-Pierre Vigier also scored.

Pasi Nurminen made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 19 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	0	1	25
ATL	0	2	2	4	23

Scoring

2nd period

J-P Dumont (13)Daniel Brière (17), Rory Fitzpatrick (6)1–002:37 BUF
Vyacheslav Kozlov (18)Randy Robitaille (15), Ilya Kovalchuk (29)1–113:31 ATL · PPG
Patrik Stefan (7)Unassisted1–218:00 ATL

3rd period

Jean-Pierre Vigier (10)Ilya Kovalchuk (30), Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (1)1–303:11 ATL
Vyacheslav Kozlov (19)Daniel Tjarnqvist (8), Daniel Corso (1)1–416:32 ATL

Team stats

BUFATL

25Shots on goal23

60%Faceoff %40%

0/3Power play1/8

18Penalty minutes8

10Hits20

6Blocked shots17

3Giveaways19

6Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 03:21Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre · roughing2 min
1st 03:21Andrew Peters · roughing2 min
1st 10:11Shawn McEachern · cross checking2 min
1st 10:11Shawn McEachern · cross checking2 min
1st 14:25Daniel Brière · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 03:23Adam Mair · tripping2 min
2nd 09:36Alexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
2nd 12:32Henrik Tallinder · cross checking2 min
2nd 15:02Curtis Brown · slashing2 min
3rd 03:47Andrew Peters · boarding2 min
3rd 07:26Vyacheslav Kozlov · high sticking2 min
3rd 11:08Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 14:09Maxim Afinogenov · tripping2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17J-P DumontR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	16:15
48Daniel BrièreC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	2	62	16:32
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:15
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	14:49
16Chris TaylorC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	75	08:41
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	100	08:14
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	53	15:33
28Jason BotterillL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	13:52
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	58	17:39
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:17
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	–	11:20
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	–	04:24
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	18:40
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	19:25
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	–	19:21
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	26:50
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	26:47
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:02

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG	L	23	19	4	.826	59:58
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	2	0	2	0	4	2	0	2	–	24:41
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	2	2	+1	6	3	0	0	67	28:40
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	12:57
27Patrik StefanC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	0	39	19:27
28Randy RobitailleC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	47	20:33
41Daniel CorsoC	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	38	11:45
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	3	0	–	19:30
39Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD	0	1	1	+1	1	5	1	2	–	16:01
14Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	02:09
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:15
19Shawn McEachernL	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	4	–	23:06
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:41
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:11
49Zdenek BlatnyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	10:06
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	–	18:14
5Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	09:14
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	–	27:47
38Yannick TremblayD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	17:14

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG	W	25	24	1	.960	59:52
34Byron DafoeG		0	0	0	–	–