Buffalo Sabres vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Monday, March 20, 2006 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–0 on Monday, March 20, 2006 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Sabres 23–20.
Goals came from Ilya Kovalchuk, Peter Bondra, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Steve McCarthy and Jaroslav Modry.
Kari Lehtonen made 20 saves on 20 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Ilya Kovalchuk (43)Marc Savard (57), Ronald Petrovicky (11)0–115:47 ATL
Peter Bondra (17)Andy Sutton (13)0–219:31 ATL
2nd period
Vyacheslav Kozlov (20)Peter Bondra (17), Andy Sutton (14)0–307:57 ATL
Steve McCarthy (3)Vyacheslav Kozlov (36), Ilya Kovalchuk (41)0–411:53 ATL · 
Jaroslav Modry (7)Bobby Holik (12), Jim Slater (8)0–513:47 ATL ·
Team stats
BUFATL
2023
37%63%
0/62/10
3416
1619
1218
611
28
Penalties
- 2:15 into the first period
Ramzi Abid · tripping2 min - 5:34 into the first periodPeter Bondra · interference2 min
- 8:22 into the first periodSteve McCarthy · slashing2 min
- 10:14 into the first period
Ales Kotalik · tripping2 min - 11:38 into the first periodMartin Biron · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
- 13:26 into the first periodJim Slater · holding2 min
- 16:31 into the first periodIlya Kovalchuk · hooking2 min
- 16:38 into the first periodThomas Vanek · slashing2 min
- 4:41 into the second periodDaniel Brière · hooking2 min
- 11:32 into the second periodMarc Savard · roughing2 min
- 11:32 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · roughing2 min
- 11:32 into the second periodThomas Vanek · boarding2 min
- 12:08 into the second periodHenrik Tallinder · hooking2 min
- 17:32 into the second periodToni Lydman · slashing2 min
- 2:17 into the third periodAndrew Peters · holding2 min
- 2:17 into the third periodAndrew Peters · roughing2 min
- 2:17 into the third periodAndrew Peters · misconduct10 min
- 7:12 into the third periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
- 7:12 into the third periodMaxim Afinogenov · cross checking2 min
- 7:35 into the third periodMarc Savard · hooking2 min
- 8:32 into the third periodMartin Biron · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:01 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:33 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:12 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:22 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:15 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:40 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:28 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:33 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:27 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:56 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 23:34 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 9Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:22 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 26Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:51 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:29 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:12 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 21Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 24Ramzi AbidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:14 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:40 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:42 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:59 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | W | 20 | 0 | 1.000 |