Buffalo Sabres 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 23 - 25
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:95/109=87 %, Challenges:25/37=65 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:65/74=87 %, Challenges:22/40=53 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:29 0-1
Patrice Bergeron [1] (Pavel Datsyuk, Merlin Allen)
06:49 1-1
Ales Hemsky [1] (Tim Connolly, Jared Cowen)
09:58 2-1
Ronald Petrovicky [1] (Bobby Sanguinetti, Joe Thornton)
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31:46 3-1
Joe Thornton [1] (Jason Spezza, Ronald Petrovicky)
38:03 4-1
Joe Thornton [2] (Ales Hemsky)
39:49 5-1
Kyle Beach [1] (Tim Connolly, Joe Thornton)
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43:33 6-1
Ronald Petrovicky [2] (Joni Pitkänen, Jason Spezza)
51:48 6-2
Kyle Calder [1] (Logan MacMillan, Henrik Zetterberg)
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Penalty summary:
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23:08
Nikita Nikiforovich (2 min for cross-checking)
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41:59
Paul Gaustad (2 min for roughing)
41:59
Henrik Zetterberg (2 min for roughing)
55:23
Kyle Beach (5 min for fighting)
55:23
Stefan Ruzicka (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Filatov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.00 4
R Kyle Beach 1 0 1 1 2 1 5 0 12.30 7
R Ales Hemsky 1 1 3 3 3 1 0 2 19.30 8
R Jason Spezza 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 21.00 8
C James Sheppard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 12.00 7
C Tim Connolly 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 19.30 8
C Joe Thornton 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 3 21.30 10
L Chad Kilger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 4
C Nikita Nikiforovich 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -1 10.40 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 19.10 8
L Ronald Petrovicky 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 21.50 9
D Kimmo Puurunen 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 11.40 7
D Jared Cowen 0 1 0 7 0 4 0 2 25.10 10
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 23.10 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.40 6
D Anton Myllari 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 19.50 8
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 2 29.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Mark Guggenberger 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 6.40 4
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 14.30 6
R Kyle Calder 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 20.30 5
R Patrice Bergeron 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 18.20 6
C Jared Aulin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 4
C Carl Söderberg 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.20 7
C Logan MacMillan 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -2 21.30 7
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 -2 16.30 7
L Steve Ott 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 4
R T.J. Hensick 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 15.20 6
L Derek Roy 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 20.30 5
L Pavel Datsyuk 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.30 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
D Jakub Kindl 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -2 20.50 7
D Merlin Allen 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -2 21.40 5
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 18.50 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 -2 22.50 8
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 20.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 5 0 13 0 0 39.50 4
G Scott Darling 1 0 4 0 0 20.10 5
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Thornton
2nd star: Ronald Petrovicky
3rd star: Ales Hemsky
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Patrice Bergeron ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Merlin Allen ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Stefan Ruzicka beat Kyle Beach in a fight.