Atlanta Thrashers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, March 19, 2011 · HSBC Arena

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Atlanta Thrashers 8-2 on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at HSBC Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Sabres 31-28.

Rob Niedermayer scored twice. Jason Pominville, Chris Thorburn, Mark Mancari, Alexander Burmistrov, Nathan Gerbe, Tyler Ennis, Brad Boyes and Tim Connolly also scored.

Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ondrej Pavelec stopped 8 of 11.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	1	1	0	2	31
BUF	3	2	3	8	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jason Pominville (1)Tim Connolly (1), Tyler Myers (1)0–100:24 BUF
Chris Thorburn (1)Unassisted1–108:06 ATL
Mark Mancari (1)Tyler Myers (2), Nathan Gerbe (1)1–211:56 BUF · PPG
Rob Niedermayer (1)Chris Butler (1), Mike Weber (1)1–315:09 BUF

2nd period

Alexander Burmistrov (1)Anthony Stewart (1), Ron Hainsey (1)2–304:44 ATL
Nathan Gerbe (1)Mark Mancari (1), Mike Weber (2)2–411:11 BUF
Tyler Ennis (1)Unassisted2–513:01 BUF

3rd period

Brad Boyes (1)Mark Mancari (2), Andrej Sekera (1)2–603:27 BUF · PPG
Rob Niedermayer (2)Tyler Myers (3), Mike Grier (1)2–716:52 BUF
Tim Connolly (1)Jason Pominville (1), Thomas Vanek (1)2–817:20 BUF · PPG

Team stats

ATLBUF

31Shots on goal28

41%Faceoff %59%

0/4Power play3/7

30Penalty minutes14

19Hits14

7Blocked shots10

13Giveaways12

2Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 07:02Jordan Leopold · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
1st 08:53Anthony Stewart · holding2 min
1st 09:52Andrew Ladd · high sticking double minor4 min
1st 18:12Zach Bogosian · tripping2 min
1st 19:34Thomas Vanek · hooking2 min
2nd 19:46Mark Mancari · hooking2 min
3rd 01:55Radek Dvorak · tripping2 min
3rd 05:24Evander Kane · roughing2 min
3rd 05:24Nathan Gerbe · slashing2 min
3rd 07:00Blake Wheeler · hooking2 min
3rd 07:26Thomas Vanek · tripping2 min
3rd 16:35Tyler Ennis · roughing2 min
3rd 16:35Evander Kane · roughing2 min
3rd 16:35Tyler Ennis · slashing2 min
3rd 16:35Evander Kane · roughing2 min
3rd 16:52Rob Schremp · roughing2 min
3rd 16:52Dustin Byfuglien · misconduct10 min
3rd 19:40Steve Montador · hooking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

8Alexander BurmistrovC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	38	10:40
22Anthony StewartR	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	–	10:38
27Chris ThorburnR	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	20	13:41
6Ron HainseyD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	17:35
9Evander KaneL	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	6	–	14:47
10Bryan LittleR	0	0	0	-3	3	0	0	0	50	17:01
13Rob SchrempC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	43	14:25
14Tim StapletonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	13:31
16Andrew LaddL	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	4	–	18:16
20Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	50	14:50
26Blake WheelerR	0	0	0	-3	2	1	1	2	–	16:09
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	09:34
80Nik AntropovC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	50	14:28
4Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	2	–	23:23
5Mark StuartD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	13:19
29Johnny OduyaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:33
33Dustin ByfuglienD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	10	–	23:15
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	–	20:51

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Ondrej PavelecG	L	11	8	3	.727	20:00
50Chris MasonG		17	12	5	.706	40:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Mark MancariR	1	2	3	+1	2	1	0	2	–	13:22
57Tyler MyersD	0	3	3	+3	0	1	1	0	–	23:35
19Tim ConnollyC	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	42	15:12
20Rob NiedermayerC	2	0	2	+1	2	0	0	0	100	13:33
29Jason PominvilleR	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	17:35
42Nathan GerbeC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	2	–	12:42
6Mike WeberD	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	0	–	19:10
22Brad BoyesR	1	0	1	+1	4	2	1	0	69	17:25
25Mike GrierR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	13:26
26Thomas VanekL	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	4	–	16:37
63Tyler EnnisC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	4	–	11:02
34Chris ButlerD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	18:19
44Andrej SekeraD	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0	–	20:17
8Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	42	10:41
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	67	17:05
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	76	16:00
3Jordan LeopoldD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	21:34
4Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	2	–	14:19

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jhonas EnrothG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Ryan MillerG	W	31	29	2	.935	59:46