Buffalo Sabres vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Saturday, October 18, 2008 · Philips Arena

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2–3

30–37

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in a shootout on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Sabres 37–30.

Goals came from Ilya Kovalchuk, Bryan Little, Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville.

Kari Lehtonen made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Patrick Lalime stopped 35 of 37.

Goals
BUF	0	1	1	0	0	2	30
ATL	2	0	0	0	0	3	37

Scoring

1st period

Ilya Kovalchuk (2)Todd White (3)0–101:35 ATL
Bryan Little (4)Todd White (4)0–217:12 ATL

2nd period

Thomas Vanek (7)Jason Pominville (4), Ales Kotalik (3)1–217:00 BUF ·

3rd period

Jason Pominville (2)Unassisted2–216:52 BUF

Team stats

BUFATL

3037

40%60%

1/60/6

1919

1010

1714

411

1423

Penalties

4:07 into the first periodColby Armstrong · slashing2 min
4:07 into the first periodHenrik Tallinder · cross checking2 min
7:39 into the first periodChris Thorburn · fighting5 min
7:39 into the first periodAndrew Peters · boarding2 min
7:39 into the first periodPatrick Kaleta · fighting5 min
9:26 into the first periodClarke MacArthur · roughing2 min
12:22 into the first periodAdam Mair · cross checking2 min
4:02 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · roughing2 min
6:56 into the second periodTeppo Numminen · hooking2 min
10:18 into the second periodEric Boulton · tripping2 min
15:15 into the second periodEric Boulton · interference2 min
16:07 into the second periodEric Perrin · hooking2 min
19:39 into the second periodThomas Vanek · interference2 min
9:10 into the third periodNiclas Havelid · high sticking double minor4 min
12:34 into the third periodThomas Vanek · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

29Jason PominvilleR	1	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	–	21:32
12Ales KotalikR	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	75	14:50
26Thomas VanekL	1	0	1	−1	7	0	1	4	–	24:14
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	45	26:36
20Daniel PailleL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:40
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	13:48
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	38	11:19
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	–	03:42
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	06:46
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	2	40	18:08
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:51
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	03:45
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	−1	0	3	3	0	–	20:40
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	–	26:34
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	–	15:11
27Teppo NumminenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	23:58
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	26:43
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	16:43

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG		0	0	0	–	–
40Patrick LalimeG	O	37	35	2	.946	65:00

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

12Todd WhiteC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	1	0	64	17:36
10Bryan LittleC	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	33	16:57
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	+2	5	0	0	0	–	22:18
9Erik ChristensenC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	90	16:00
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	100	14:27
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:46
14Jason WilliamsC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	11:43
19Marty ReasonerC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	62	15:55
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	18:28
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	42	13:41
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	–	06:39
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	4	–	07:34
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	15:17
4Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:27
6Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	–	25:31
18Mathieu SchneiderD	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	2	–	26:07
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	4	–	24:04
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	25:49

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	W	30	28	2	.933	64:56