Atlanta Thrashers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, December 30, 2006 · HSBC Arena

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–1 on Saturday, December 30, 2006 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 32–30.

Thomas Vanek scored twice. Daniel Brière, Jason Pominville and Glen Metropolit also scored.

Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 28 of 31.

Goals
ATL	0	0	1	1	30
BUF	1	1	2	4	32

Scoring

1st period

Daniel Brière (15)Thomas Vanek (19), Maxim Afinogenov (24)0–106:44 BUF

2nd period

Jason Pominville (18)Daniel Brière (31), Dmitri Kalinin (11)0–216:45 BUF

3rd period

Glen Metropolit (7)Jim Slater (9)1–202:41 ATL
Thomas Vanek (21)Maxim Afinogenov (25), Toni Lydman (9)1–316:53 BUF ·
Thomas Vanek (22)Derek Roy (18), Dmitri Kalinin (12)1–418:13 BUF ·

Team stats

ATLBUF

3032

52%48%

0/41/5

1210

1712

1015

717

33

Penalties

0:41 into the first periodDmitri Kalinin · hooking2 min
3:10 into the first periodDaniel Brière · hooking2 min
8:48 into the first periodBrad Larsen · boarding2 min
15:27 into the first periodBrian Campbell · interference2 min
7:46 into the second periodBraydon Coburn · interference2 min
17:02 into the second periodThomas Vanek · hooking2 min
19:20 into the second periodShane Hnidy · roughing2 min
19:20 into the second periodPaul Gaustad · roughing2 min
4:10 into the third periodMarian Hossa · hooking2 min
8:19 into the third periodSteve McCarthy · holding2 min
14:58 into the third periodNiko Kapanen · holding2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

9Glen MetropolitC	1	0	1	−1	1	1	0	0	–	08:53
23Jim SlaterC	0	1	1	−1	1	2	1	0	57	10:23
10Jason KrogC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	54	14:39
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	14:31
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	33	20:36
14Jon SimL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:46
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	61	18:30
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	18:21
18Marian HossaR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	2	–	19:25
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	13:50
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	05:51
39Niko KapanenC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	60	10:22
3Vitaly VishnevskiD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	2	0	–	20:42
4Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	12:55
5Steve McCarthyD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	2	–	15:18
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	2	0	–	25:43
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	25:58
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	18:01

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	31	28	3	.903	59:55

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

26Thomas VanekL	2	1	3	+2	8	0	0	2	–	16:16
48Daniel BrièreC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	2	50	22:39
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	2	2	+2	1	1	0	0	–	15:04
45Dmitri KalininD	0	2	2	+3	1	0	5	2	–	16:44
9Derek RoyC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	36	16:30
29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	19:19
5Toni LydmanD	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	–	22:01
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	13:54
13Jiri NovotnyC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	67	10:25
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	06:34
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	04:52
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	52	16:48
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	–	12:41
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	19:45
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	2	0	–	14:28
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	23:27
27Teppo NumminenD	0	0	0	+3	2	0	2	0	–	19:18
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	–	19:15

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	W	30	29	1	.967	60:00
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–