Buffalo Sabres 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 21 - 29
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:85/102=83 %, Challenges:28/40=68 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:73/86=84 %, Challenges:21/41=50 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:28 1-0
Jared Cowen [1] (Bobby Sanguinetti, Joe Thornton)
02:43 1-1
Carl Söderberg [2] (T.J. Hensick)
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20:16 2-1
Shane O'Brien [1] (Jared Cowen, Tim Connolly)
26:06 2-2
Kyle Calder [3] (Derek Roy, Pavel Datsyuk)
35:11 2-3
Jakub Kindl [1] (Kyle Calder, Derek Roy)
35:56 3-3
Ales Hemsky [3] (Anton Myllari)
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46:53 4-3
Jason Spezza [2] (Ronald Petrovicky, Joe Thornton)
56:51 5-3
Joe Thornton [3] (Ronald Petrovicky, Jason Spezza)
58:14 6-3
Ladislav Nagy [1] (Ales Hemsky, Anton Myllari)
59:41 6-4
T.J. Hensick [2] (Michal Rozsival)
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Penalty summary:
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18:46
Jason Spezza (5 min for fighting)
18:46
Stefan Ruzicka (5 min for fighting)
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37:55
Nikita Nikiforovich (2 min for tripping)
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43:39
Shane O'Brien (5 min for fighting)
43:39
Stefan Ruzicka (5 min for fighting)
50:58
Nikita Nikiforovich (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Filatov 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 -1 7.40 5
R Kyle Beach 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 14.40 7
R Ales Hemsky 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 3 17.20 8
R Jason Spezza 1 1 4 1 0 1 5 1 20.20 9
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 7.40 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 17.30 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 17.10 7
C Joe Thornton 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 17.40 8
L Chad Kilger 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 7.40 4
C Nikita Nikiforovich 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 -1 13.20 5
L Ladislav Nagy 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 17.10 7
L Ronald Petrovicky 0 2 4 2 1 2 0 2 17.40 9
D Kimmo Puurunen 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -1 15.40 6
D Jared Cowen 1 1 1 4 0 2 0 3 20.00 9
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 26.20 7
D Shane O'Brien 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 12.50 8
D Anton Myllari 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 21.30 9
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 23.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
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 2 0 1 0 0 -1 8.50 4
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 14.30 5
R Kyle Calder 1 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 18.30 8
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 -2 18.10 6
C Jared Aulin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 8.50 4
C Carl Söderberg 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 15.50 8
C Logan MacMillan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 5
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
L Steve Ott 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 8.50 5
R T.J. Hensick 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 15.50 7
L Derek Roy 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Pavel Datsyuk 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -2 16.50 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 18.50 8
D Jakub Kindl 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
D Merlin Allen 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 -3 22.40 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 24.20 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 2 4 2 3 0 0 19.40 8
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -3 20.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 6 0 15 0 0 60.00 4
G Scott Darling 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Thornton
2nd star: Ales Hemsky
3rd star: Jason Spezza
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jared Cowen finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Henrik Zetterberg had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Jakub Kindl ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Jason Spezza beat Stefan Ruzicka in a fight.
-Shane O'Brien fought Stefan Ruzicka in a fight.