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19/11/2006
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 34 - 31
PP: 2 of 11 (21 shots), Passing:66/74=89 %, Challenges:30/38=76 %
PP: 2 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:67/83=80 %, Challenges:40/46=85 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:05 0-1
Éric Bélanger [6] (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Nathan Horton)PP
13:03 0-2
Steve McCarthy [2] (Alexei Zhitnik, Éric Bélanger)PP
17:35 1-2
Daniel Brière [8] (Tomas Holmström)PP
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23:04 1-3
Marian Hossa [13] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Jim Slater)
29:51 2-3
Jochen Hecht [7] (Dmitri Kalinin, Dainius Zubrus)SH
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42:02 2-4
Ilya Kovalchuk [13] (Marian Hossa, Andy Sutton)
46:19 3-4
Michael Nylander [8] (Jochen Hecht, Chris Drury)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:03
Jochen Hecht (2 min for high-sticking)
07:08
Brian Campbell (2 min for hooking)
09:54
Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for hooking)
12:44
Mikko Koivu (2 min for tripping)
16:22
Steve Rucchin (2 min for hooking)
18:15
Mikko Koivu (2 min for hooking)
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20:17
Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for high-sticking)
26:53
Scott Mellanby (2 min for tripping)
29:25
Derek Roy (2 min for hooking)
31:47
Jean-Pierre Vigier (2 min for hooking)
33:44
Scott Mellanby (2 min for high-sticking)
38:09
Olli Jokinen (2 min for holding the stick)
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43:18
Vyacheslav Kozlov (2 min for boarding)
45:42
Scott Mellanby (2 min for cross-checking)
48:46
Marian Hossa (2 min for holding the stick)
51:36
Henrik Tallinder (2 min for boarding)
54:11
Jean-Pierre Vigier (2 min for holding the stick)
56:32
Dmitri Kalinin (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 8.00 5
R Dainius Zubrus 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
C Michael Nylander 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 20.10 8
C Derek Roy 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5.50 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7.40 5
C Chris Drury 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
C Daniel Brière 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 -2 19.00 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 9.50 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 4
L Jochen Hecht 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 20.10 8
L Tomas Holmström 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -2 22.20 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 15.40 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.10 5
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 29.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 18.20 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 6.30 6
R Scott Mellanby 0 0 1 3 0 1 6 0 16.10 7
R Nathan Horton 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 13.40 6
R Marian Hossa 1 1 5 4 0 1 2 1 20.50 10
C Bryan Little 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 5
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 12.40 8
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 21.40 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 1 20.50 7
C Jim Slater 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 6.00 6
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 10.30 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 5 0 0 0 4 1 17.00 9
D Steve McCarthy 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 8
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -1 24.00 7
D Andy Sutton 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 25.00 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
D Greg de Vries 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Ondrej Pavelec 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Hossa
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Éric Bélanger
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Chris Drury notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Nathan Horton notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Éric Bélanger ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Olli Jokinen had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Andy Sutton ended his 6 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 27) , Chicago Wolves 1( 14)
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0-1 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Steve Martins)
1-1 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Patrick Kaleta)
2-1 ROC Graham Belak (Peter Tsimikalis)
Goalies: Danny Battochio - Michael Garnett