Buffalo Sabres vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Friday, February 1, 2008 · Philips Arena
XM 205 · SPSO · MSG
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in a shootout on Friday, February 1, 2008 at Philips Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 33–29.
Goals came from Mark Recchi, Bobby Holik, Jochen Hecht, Jason Pominville, Daniel Paille, Jim Slater, Dmitri Kalinin and Toby Enstrom.
Johan Hedberg made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 7 of 9.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (10)Todd White (21), Toby Enstrom (28)0–105:58 ATL
Bobby Holik (10)Vyacheslav Kozlov (14)0–208:19 ATL
2nd period
Jochen Hecht (17)Jaroslav Spacek (13), Brian Campbell (30)1–207:55 BUF · 
Jason Pominville (13)Toni Lydman (14), Clarke MacArthur (6)2–209:16 BUF
Daniel Paille (11)Derek Roy (22), Henrik Tallinder (7)3–215:57 BUF
3rd period
Jim Slater (2)Eric Boulton (4), Chris Thorburn (5)3–302:25 ATL
Dmitri Kalinin (1)Derek Roy (23), Ales Kotalik (15)4–305:11 BUF · 
Toby Enstrom (4)Marian Hossa (25), Bobby Holik (12)4–419:42 ATL ·
Team stats
BUFATL
3329
34%66%
2/51/6
1614
1424
127
109
1317
Penalties
- 2:15 into the first period
Niclas Havelid · hooking2 min - 4:56 into the first periodEric Boulton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:56 into the first period
Andrew Peters · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 10:59 into the first periodJason Pominville · interference2 min
- 12:04 into the first periodMarian Hossa · interference2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodBobby Holik · slashing2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodKen Klee · roughing2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodAdam Mair · roughing2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodChris Thorburn · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:35 into the second periodAles Kotalik · tripping2 min
- 3:31 into the third periodEric Perrin · interference2 min
- 13:45 into the third periodToni Lydman · hooking2 min
- 19:03 into the third periodClarke MacArthur · hooking2 min
- 19:38 into the third periodToni Lydman · delaying game2 min
- 2:44 into overtimeHenrik Tallinder · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 22:23 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:45 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:57 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:10 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:31 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:08 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:22 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:21 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 27:46 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:19 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:53 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:28 |
| 37Michael RyanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:43 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:36 |
| 4Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 20 | 2 | .900 | |
| 35Jocelyn ThibaultG | O | 9 | 2 | .778 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 28:34 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:21 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:52 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:57 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25:40 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 06:40 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 06:32 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:55 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:24 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:28 |
| 21Brett SterlingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:21 |
| 49Colin StuartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:25 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:07 |
| 22Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:19 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:45 |
| 77Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | 0 | 0 | – |