Atlanta Thrashers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 1, 2006 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 36-25.
Brad Larsen scored twice. Vyacheslav Kozlov, Niclas Havelid, Chris Drury and Maxim Afinogenov also scored.
Kari Lehtonen made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Vyacheslav Kozlov (19)Jaroslav Modry (27), Marc Savard (49)1–017:11 ATL · PPG
2nd period
Niclas Havelid (4)Marc Savard (50), Ilya Kovalchuk (36)2–001:48 ATL · PPG
Chris Drury (18)J-P Dumont (11), Daniel Brière (10)2–104:22 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Brad Larsen (4)Serge Aubin (13)3–102:46 ATL- Brad Larsen (5)Unassisted4–119:24 ATL · SHG · EN
Maxim Afinogenov (15)Derek Roy (22), Thomas Vanek (19)4–219:38 BUF · PPG
Team stats
ATLBUF
25Shots on goal36
43%Faceoff %57%
2/6Power play2/9
18Penalty minutes14
12Hits10
12Blocked shots10
8Giveaways13
2Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 02:02
Jim Slater · interference2 min - 1st 04:56Ronald Petrovicky · tripping2 min
- 1st 06:32
Thomas Vanek · holding2 min - 1st 10:48Scott Mellanby · hooking2 min
- 1st 11:11Serge Aubin · tripping2 min
- 1st 15:05Jay McKee · holding2 min
- 1st 16:14Toni Lydman · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 01:05Ales Kotalik · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 03:48Marc Savard · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:42Serge Aubin · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:28Thomas Vanek · interference2 min
- 2nd 14:53Jaroslav Modry · holding2 min
- 3rd 12:12Toni Lydman · interference2 min
- 3rd 16:20Shane Hnidy · holding2 min
- 3rd 16:45J-P Dumont · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:04Andy Sutton · high sticking2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 9Marc SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:01 |
| 10Serge AubinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:13 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:54 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:09 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:49 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:37 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 |
| 14Rico FataL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:11 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:39 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:47 |
| 26Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:34 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:23 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18:49 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 17:33 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:07 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:40 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 18:14 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:59 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:57 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:29 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 59:22 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |