Est - 1er tour - BUF / ATL

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11/4/2006
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 28 - 18
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:74/93=79 %, Challenges:41/56=71 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:58/67=86 %, Challenges:20/45=43 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:06 1-0 Ilya Kovalchuk [1] (Zdeno Chara, Patrick Marleau)
10:09 2-0 Alyn McCauley [1] (Zdeno Chara, Patrick Marleau)
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24:35 3-0 Alexander Radulov [1] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Alex Plante)
30:23 4-0 Ronald Petrovicky [1] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Zdeno Chara)
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44:37 4-1 Vyacheslav Kozlov [1] (Kyle Wanvig, Andy Sutton)PP
53:05 5-1 Antoine Vermette [1] (Alyn McCauley, Steve Bégin)
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Penalty summary:
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06:31 Vitaly Vishnevski (5 min for fighting)
06:31 Ronald Petrovicky (5 min for fighting)
15:06 Vyacheslav Kozlov (2 min for elbowing)
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36:57 Michal Handzus (2 min for roughing)
36:57 Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for roughing)
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44:07 Paul Gaustad (2 min for tripping)
44:42 Brent Nordin (2 min for hooking)
46:57 Ronald Petrovicky (2 min for elbowing)
53:18 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for tripping)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Radulov 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.30 8
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 12.20 6
R Alyn McCauley 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 16.30 8
R Ronald Petrovicky 1 0 3 2 2 0 7 2 20.50 8
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 10.20 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 0 4 2 0 11.30 6
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15.40 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 2 3 4 0 4 0 3 22.30 9
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8.30 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11.30 6
L Steve Bégin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 3 3 2 3 0 3 22.50 8
D Alex Plante 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 12.10 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 19.00 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 2 4 1 0 2 2 4 29.50 9
D Scott Hannan 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 0 13.50 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 15.30 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 29.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brent Nordin 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -1 7.40 5
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.20 4
R Kyle Wanvig 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 0 16.40 6
R Darren Haydar 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -3 18.10 5
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 10.50 5
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 12.50 4
C Michal Handzus 0 0 3 2 2 1 2 0 20.30 7
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 -3 21.00 5
L Max Gratchev 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 7.40 5
L Jon Sim 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 6
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 17.00 6
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -3 17.50 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 18.00 6
D Andy Sutton 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 0 18.50 8
D Boris Valabik 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 -3 29.20 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 4 1 3 5 0 15.00 8
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -4 23.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Glass 5 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Zdeno Chara
2nd star: Alyn McCauley
3rd star: Patrick Marleau

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Alexander Radulov finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Other notes:
-Vitaly Vishnevski beat Ronald Petrovicky in a fight.

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13/4/2006
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 32 - 19
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:69/92=75 %, Challenges:41/54=74 %
PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:60/74=81 %, Challenges:17/39=42 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:14 1-0 Ronald Petrovicky [2] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Patrick Marleau)
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21:11 2-0 Patrick Marleau [1] (Steve Bégin, Zdeno Chara)
28:55 3-0 Ronald Petrovicky [3] (Patrick Marleau, Ilya Kovalchuk)
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40:13 3-1 Darren Haydar [1] (Adrian Aucoin, Michal Handzus)
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Penalty summary:
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01:34 Michal Handzus (5 min for fighting)
01:34 Antoine Vermette (5 min for fighting)
02:38 Paul Gaustad (2 min for high-sticking)
04:46 Brian Campbell (2 min for high-sticking)
08:19 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for hooking)
16:25 Brent Nordin (2 min for tripping)
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35:18 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for slashing)
38:08 Steve Bégin (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:39 Paul Gaustad (2 min for hooking)
45:01 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for hooking)
49:46 Jon Sim (2 min for roughing)
49:46 Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for roughing)
56:44 Patrick Marleau (5 min for fighting)
56:44 Wayne Primeau (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.00 6
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 2 6 1 6 0 -1 17.40 8
R Alyn McCauley 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.00 6
R Ronald Petrovicky 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 18.30 10
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 9.00 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 0 12.00 5
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 19.30 6
C Patrick Marleau 1 2 3 3 0 3 5 3 19.30 10
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.00 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 11.00 7
L Steve Bégin 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 18.50 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 18.30 7
D Alex Plante 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.30 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 17.30 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 24.40 7
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 13.10 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 23.30 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 4 3 1 3 0 2 28.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brent Nordin 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 6.00 6
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.40 6
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 17.00 5
R Darren Haydar 1 0 5 0 5 0 0 -2 19.40 5
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 12.40 5
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 13.20 4
C Michal Handzus 0 1 1 6 0 6 5 1 25.00 9
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 -2 17.40 6
L Max Gratchev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
L Jon Sim 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 7.50 4
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 5
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 2 4 1 0 6 -3 20.10 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 20.50 5
D Boris Valabik 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -3 23.40 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 20.50 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 -2 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Glass 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ronald Petrovicky
2nd star: Patrick Marleau
3rd star: Ilya Kovalchuk

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Other notes:
-Michal Handzus beat Antoine Vermette in a fight.
-Patrick Marleau beat Wayne Primeau in a fight.

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15/4/2006
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Atlanta Thrashers 1 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 18 - 34
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:53/64=82 %, Challenges:15/35=41 %
PP: 0 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:89/105=84 %, Challenges:42/57=72 %
Attendance: 11546 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 569218 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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25:09 0-1 Patrick Marleau [2] (Zdeno Chara)
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46:33 0-2 Antoine Vermette [2] (Brian Campbell, Lubomir Visnovsky)
58:26 1-2 Brendan Shanahan [1] (Darren Haydar)
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Penalty summary:
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01:49 Michal Handzus (5 min for fighting)
01:49 Steve Bégin (5 min for fighting)
04:09 Rickard Wallin (2 min for high-sticking)
05:32 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for high-sticking)
18:49 Brent Nordin (2 min for high-sticking)
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21:51 Alex Plante (2 min for roughing)
25:14 Brent Nordin (2 min for tripping)
33:08 Rickard Wallin (2 min for hooking)
35:19 Andy Sutton (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:26 Patrick Marleau (5 min for fighting)
41:26 Wayne Primeau (5 min for fighting)
49:33 Zdeno Chara (5 min for fighting)
49:33 Kyle Wanvig (5 min for fighting)
51:03 Vyacheslav Kozlov (2 min for diving)
56:46 Zdeno Chara (5 min for fighting)
56:46 Kyle Wanvig (5 min for fighting)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brent Nordin 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 -1 8.30 6
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 10.30 5
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 2 3 0 0 10 0 12.10 6
R Darren Haydar 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 14.20 6
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 0 4 1 2 4 -1 17.00 6
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 10.00 4
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 18.10 5
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 1 4 3 0 5 1 20.20 6
L Max Gratchev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.00 6
L Jon Sim 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 4
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16.00 5
L Brendan Shanahan 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 21.10 8
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 19.00 7
D Andy Sutton 0 0 3 6 2 4 2 0 23.10 7
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 25.50 5
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 8 2 5 0 -1 17.00 8
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.10 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Glass 2 0 32 0 0 60.00 10
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 7
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 5 2 5 0 0 12.00 7
R Alyn McCauley 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 19.40 7
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 20.20 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.00 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 11.40 6
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
C Patrick Marleau 1 0 5 4 0 4 5 0 19.50 10
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 6.20 5
L James Sheppard 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 12.40 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 20.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 20.20 6
D Alex Plante 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13.20 6
D Brian Campbell 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 25.20 7
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.10 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 21.30 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 3 2 0 2 10 1 24.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Marleau
2nd star: Antoine Vermette
3rd star: Zdeno Chara

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Other notes:
-Michal Handzus fought Steve Bégin in a fight.
-Patrick Marleau beat Wayne Primeau in a fight.
-Zdeno Chara fought Kyle Wanvig in a fight.
-Zdeno Chara fought Kyle Wanvig in a fight.

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17/4/2006
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Atlanta Thrashers 2 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 24 - 28
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:64/74=86 %, Challenges:19/36=51 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:80/95=84 %, Challenges:28/44=62 %
Attendance: 11546 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 569218 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:35 0-1 Alyn McCauley [2] (Erik Johnson, Antoine Vermette)
04:13 0-2 Ilya Kovalchuk [2] (Zdeno Chara, Lubomir Visnovsky)
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26:29 1-2 Darren Haydar [2] (Brendan Shanahan, Wayne Primeau)
36:23 2-2 Adrian Aucoin [1] (Darren Haydar, Brendan Shanahan)
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51:07 2-3 Lubomir Visnovsky [1] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Antoine Vermette)
59:08 2-4 Ilya Kovalchuk [3] (Zdeno Chara) EN
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Penalty summary:
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01:15 Darren Haydar (5 min for fighting)
01:15 Ronald Petrovicky (5 min for fighting)
05:49 Brian Campbell (5 min for fighting)
05:49 Brendan Shanahan (5 min for fighting)
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24:47 James Sheppard (5 min for fighting)
24:47 Boris Valabik (5 min for fighting)
30:02 Ilya Kovalchuk (5 min for fighting)
30:02 Andy Sutton (5 min for fighting)
37:14 Andy Sutton (5 min for fighting)
37:14 Lubomir Visnovsky (5 min for fighting)
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42:03 Steve Bégin (2 min for boarding)
46:15 Patrick Marleau (5 min for fighting)
46:15 Wayne Primeau (5 min for fighting)
51:25 Boris Valabik (2 min for roughing)
51:25 Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
51:48 Wayne Primeau (5 min for fighting)
51:48 Ronald Petrovicky (5 min for fighting)
56:29 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for hooking)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brent Nordin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 9.20 5
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 5
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 -1 16.40 6
R Darren Haydar 1 1 3 0 1 0 5 1 17.20 7
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 11.20 4
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14.40 5
C Michal Handzus 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 18.40 6
C Wayne Primeau 0 1 1 2 2 0 10 1 17.20 6
L Max Gratchev 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 9.20 5
L Jon Sim 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 5
L Brendan Shanahan 0 2 2 3 0 0 7 1 16.20 8
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 5 3 5 0 0 19.50 7
D Andy Sutton 0 0 1 3 0 3 10 0 14.50 6
D Boris Valabik 0 0 1 5 2 3 7 -2 27.20 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.20 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -2 14.30 7
D Adrian Aucoin 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Glass 4 0 24 0 0 59.20 6
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 5.50 7
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 1 4 2 3 0 -1 14.20 7
R Alyn McCauley 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.20 8
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 1 17.10 7
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 8.10 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 14.40 5
C Antoine Vermette 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 18.50 8
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 1 18.20 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 5.50 6
L James Sheppard 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 -1 12.10 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 1 4 0 4 1 20.40 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 1 7 1 2 1 5 2 21.20 9
D Alex Plante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 23.40 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 1 1 4 0 0 0 5 2 22.30 8
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 16.30 6
D Erik Johnson 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 2 0 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Antoine Vermette
3rd star: Lubomir Visnovsky

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Adrian Aucoin finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Lubomir Visnovsky finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Darren Haydar fought Ronald Petrovicky in a fight.
-Brian Campbell beat Brendan Shanahan in a fight.
-Boris Valabik beat James Sheppard in a fight.
-Ilya Kovalchuk beat Andy Sutton in a fight.
-Andy Sutton beat Lubomir Visnovsky in a fight.
-Wayne Primeau beat Patrick Marleau in a fight.
-Wayne Primeau beat Ronald Petrovicky in a fight.