Atlanta Thrashers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 30, 2005 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-1 on Friday, December 30, 2005 at HSBC Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Sabres 35-29.
Goals came from Chris Drury, Thomas Vanek, Maxim Afinogenov, Marc Savard and Mike Grier.
Ryan Miller made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
2nd period
Chris Drury (14)Tim Connolly (24), Brian Campbell (16)0–100:51 BUF · PPG
Thomas Vanek (11)Ales Kotalik (13), Derek Roy (12)0–211:31 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Maxim Afinogenov (9)Derek Roy (13), Teppo Numminen (22)0–313:25 BUF
Marc Savard (17)Ilya Kovalchuk (26), Greg De Vries (16)1–313:54 ATL · SHG
Mike Grier (5)Chris Drury (16), Toni Lydman (9)1–414:53 BUF
Team stats
ATLBUF
35Shots on goal29
45%Faceoff %55%
0/8Power play2/7
16Penalty minutes18
9Hits12
15Blocked shots14
6Giveaways11
1Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 02:05
Teppo Numminen · holding the stick2 min - 1st 15:45Teppo Numminen · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:29
Patrik Stefan · interference2 min - 2nd 01:01Ronald Petrovicky · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:20Ales Kotalik · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:01Rory Fitzpatrick · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:57Rory Fitzpatrick · holding2 min
- 2nd 10:47Eric Boulton · charging2 min
- 2nd 13:10Derek Roy · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:46Bobby Holik · hooking2 min
- 3rd 01:44Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 11:50Toni Lydman · hooking2 min
- 3rd 12:37Bobby Holik · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:33Garnet Exelby · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:33Ales Kotalik · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:46Serge Aubin · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:33Marc Savard · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 9Marc SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 24:35 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 10Serge AubinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:39 |
| 11Jean-Pierre VigierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:22 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:23 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:24 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:54 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:30 |
| 26Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:16 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:25 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:29 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Kari LehtonenG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 59:59 |
| 35Michael GarnettG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:04 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:32 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:20 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:37 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:43 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:49 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:18 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:59 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:13 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:57 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:55 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 35 | 34 | 1 | .971 | 59:56 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |