Buffalo Sabres vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Sunday, January 6, 2008 · Philips Arena

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2–5

Final

SOG 39–30

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Sunday, January 6, 2008 at Philips Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 39-30.

Marian Hossa scored twice. Thomas Vanek, Pascal Dupuis, Colin Stuart, Clarke MacArthur and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored.

Johan Hedberg made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 25 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	39
ATL	1	1	3	5	30

Scoring

1st period

Thomas Vanek (12)Brian Campbell (24), Ales Kotalik (10)1–006:10 BUF
Marian Hossa (15)Unassisted1–109:20 ATL

2nd period

Pascal Dupuis (8)Unassisted1–206:45 ATL

3rd period

Colin Stuart (2)Unassisted1–301:37 ATL
Marian Hossa (16)Eric Perrin (18), Colin Stuart (2)1–405:14 ATL
Clarke MacArthur (4)Jason Pominville (24), Jochen Hecht (10)2–409:34 BUF
Ilya Kovalchuk (34)Todd White (17)2–519:45 ATL · EN

Team stats

BUFATL

39Shots on goal30

37%Faceoff %63%

0/5Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes10

14Hits18

7Blocked shots11

9Giveaways12

7Takeaways21

Penalties

1st 14:09Garnet Exelby · interference2 min
2nd 00:11Henrik Tallinder · holding2 min
2nd 08:25Eric Perrin · hooking2 min
2nd 17:42Toby Enstrom · holding2 min
3rd 10:22Ken Klee · slashing2 min
3rd 16:29Todd White · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Ales KotalikR	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	0	67	20:55
26Thomas VanekL	1	0	1	-1	5	0	0	0	–	19:17
29Jason PominvilleR	0	1	1	-1	3	0	1	0	–	19:42
41Clarke MacArthurL	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	–	15:14
55Jochen HechtC	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	0	13	20:47
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	25:06
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	09:22
19Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	-1	4	2	1	0	41	22:36
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	15:17
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	06:35
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	-3	0	4	1	0	53	22:07
37Michael RyanC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:31
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:35
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	16:19
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	26:10
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	2	–	14:50
38Nathan PaetschD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:47
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	18:24

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	L	29	25	4	.862	58:26
35Jocelyn ThibaultG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

18Marian HossaR	2	0	2	+2	9	0	0	0	–	21:10
49Colin StuartL	1	1	2	+3	2	0	0	0	–	12:18
9Pascal DupuisR	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	15:31
11Eric PerrinC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	2	75	17:42
12Todd WhiteC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	2	75	17:37
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	+1	7	0	0	0	–	17:07
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	+2	1	4	1	0	–	16:04
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:59
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	44	14:52
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	09:03
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	08:29
45Kevin DoellC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	71	10:54
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2	–	17:36
7Mark PopovicD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	2	0	–	14:48
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	1	2	–	20:06
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	23:16
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	–	23:52
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	19:36

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG	W	39	37	2	.949	60:00
32Kari LehtonenG		0	0	0	–	–