Buffalo Sabres vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Tuesday, January 31, 2006 · Philips Arena

BuffaloSabresAway

5–2

Final

SOG 35–37

AtlantaThrashersNow the Winnipeg JetsHome

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-2 on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Sabres 37-35.

Goals came from Ales Kotalik, Marian Hossa, Ronald Petrovicky, Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville, Paul Gaustad and J-P Dumont.

Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 30 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	2	5	35
ATL	2	0	0	2	37

Scoring

1st period

Ales Kotalik (20)Dmitri Kalinin (11), Henrik Tallinder (7)1–005:01 BUF
Marian Hossa (27)Andy Sutton (9), Patrik Stefan (11)1–111:52 ATL
Ronald Petrovicky (7)Peter Bondra (16), Serge Aubin (12)1–219:40 ATL

2nd period

Thomas Vanek (16)Chris Drury (24)2–204:01 BUF
Jason Pominville (11)Unassisted3–209:08 BUF · SHG

3rd period

Paul Gaustad (7)Ales Kotalik (19)4–211:01 BUF
J-P Dumont (7)Teppo Numminen (27), Derek Roy (17)5–217:20 BUF

Team stats

BUFATL

35Shots on goal37

50%Faceoff %50%

0/2Power play0/5

19Penalty minutes13

14Hits17

14Blocked shots14

12Giveaways25

2Takeaways15

Penalties

1st 05:40Eric Boulton · fighting5 min
1st 05:40Andrew Peters · fighting5 min
1st 06:45Toni Lydman · tripping2 min
1st 08:55Henrik Tallinder · cross checking2 min
2nd 04:34Henrik Tallinder · interference2 min
2nd 07:45Maxim Afinogenov · high sticking2 min
2nd 07:45Maxim Afinogenov · high sticking2 min
3rd 02:26Vyacheslav Kozlov · interference2 min
3rd 04:37Niclas Havelid · holding2 min
3rd 13:12Eric Boulton · holding2 min
3rd 13:12Thomas Vanek · holding2 min
3rd 15:08Ilya Kovalchuk · illegal stick2 min
3rd 15:08Jay McKee · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Ales KotalikR	1	1	2	+2	7	1	0	0	–	16:14
9Derek RoyC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	54	15:29
17J-P DumontR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	11:50
23Chris DruryC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	63	19:04
26Thomas VanekL	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	2	–	15:26
28Paul GaustadC	1	0	1	0	5	3	3	0	27	11:39
29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	–	16:19
10Henrik TallinderD	0	1	1	+4	1	0	0	4	–	21:16
27Teppo NumminenD	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	–	21:14
45Dmitri KalininD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	–	15:14
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:43
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	15:51
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	+2	3	0	0	0	53	18:17
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	–	14:42
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	04:33
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	4	2	–	21:27
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	17:08
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	2	–	20:21

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	37	35	2	.946	59:05
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

10Serge AubinC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	43	11:55
12Peter BondraR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:45
18Marian HossaR	1	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	–	23:34
26Ronald PetrovickyR	1	0	1	-1	2	3	0	0	–	13:24
27Patrik StefanC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	40	13:20
25Andy SuttonD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	–	21:06
9Marc SavardC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	58	22:27
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50	11:30
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	-3	4	1	0	2	40	16:52
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	-2	7	1	0	2	50	22:17
19Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	16:16
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50	08:36
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	–	05:30
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	14:43
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	–	23:47
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	-2	3	1	4	2	–	20:55
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:03
44Jaroslav ModryD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	–	21:06

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Mike DunhamG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	35	30	5	.857	59:51