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Buffalo Sabres at Atlanta Thrashers

Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at home.

Team Goals 2003-2004 record
Buffalo Sabres 1 37-34-7-4
at Atlanta Thrashers 4 33-37-8-4

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 0 1 0 1
Atlanta Thrashers 0 2 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 6 13 6 25
Atlanta Thrashers 8 8 7 23

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 02:37 Buffalo Sabres J-P Dumont (13) Daniel Brière (17), Rory Fitzpatrick (6) Even strength BUF 1, ATL 0
2nd 13:31 Atlanta Thrashers Vyacheslav Kozlov (18) Randy Robitaille (15), Ilya Kovalchuk (29) Power play BUF 1, ATL 1
2nd 18:00 Atlanta Thrashers Patrik Stefan (7) Unassisted Even strength BUF 1, ATL 2
3rd 03:11 Atlanta Thrashers Jean-Pierre Vigier (10) Ilya Kovalchuk (30), Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (1) Even strength BUF 1, ATL 3
3rd 16:32 Atlanta Thrashers Vyacheslav Kozlov (19) Daniel Tjarnqvist (8), Daniel Corso (1) Even strength BUF 1, ATL 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Atlanta Thrashers
Shots on goal 25 23
Power play 0 of 3 1 of 8
Penalty minutes 18 8
Hits 10 20
Blocked shots 6 17
Giveaways 3 19
Takeaways 6 9
Faceoffs won 36/60 (60%) 24/60 (40%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
12 A. Kotalik R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 14:49
16 C. Taylor C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 75% 08:41
17 J. Dumont R 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 16:15
22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 0 100% 08:14
23 C. Drury C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 53.3% 15:33
28 J. Botterill L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 13:52
37 C. Brown C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 57.9% 17:39
48 D. Brière C 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 61.5% 16:32
55 J. Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:17
61 M. Afinogenov R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0 0 11:20
76 A. Peters L 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 04:24
81 M. Satan R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 18:40
3 J. Patrick D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 19:25
8 R. Fitzpatrick D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:15
10 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 19:21
44 A. Zhitnik D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 0 0 26:50
45 D. Kalinin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 26:47
51 B. Campbell D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:02
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35 M. Noronen 23 19 4 .826 59:58 Loss

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player
11 J. Vigier R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 1 0 12:57
13 V. Kozlov L 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 0 1 24:41
14 B. Simon L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 02:09
16 J. Cowan L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 13:15
17 I. Kovalchuk L 0 2 2 +1 0 6 3 0 0 66.7% 28:40
19 S. McEachern L 0 0 0 +1 4 3 1 0 0 23:06
20 F. Lessard R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:41
26 R. Petrovicky R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15:11
27 P. Stefan C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 2 0 38.9% 19:27
28 R. Robitaille C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 47.1% 20:33
41 D. Corso C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 2 0 0 38.5% 11:45
49 Z. Blatny L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 10:06
2 G. Exelby D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 18:14
5 T. Kloucek D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 09:14
8 F. Kaberle D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 27:47
36 D. Tjarnqvist D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 3 0 19:30
38 Y. Tremblay D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 17:14
39 J. Grand-Pierre D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 5 1 0 16:01
Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31 P. Nurminen 25 24 1 .960 59:52 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:21 Atlanta Thrashers Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre Roughing 2
1st 03:21 Buffalo Sabres Andrew Peters Roughing 2
1st 10:11 Atlanta Thrashers Shawn McEachern Cross checking 2
1st 10:11 Atlanta Thrashers Shawn McEachern Cross checking 2
1st 14:25 Buffalo Sabres Daniel Brière Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 03:23 Buffalo Sabres Adam Mair Tripping 2
2nd 09:36 Buffalo Sabres Alexei Zhitnik Interference 2
2nd 12:32 Buffalo Sabres Henrik Tallinder Cross checking 2
2nd 15:02 Buffalo Sabres Curtis Brown Slashing 2
3rd 03:47 Buffalo Sabres Andrew Peters Boarding 2
3rd 07:26 Atlanta Thrashers Vyacheslav Kozlov High sticking 2
3rd 11:08 Buffalo Sabres Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 14:09 Buffalo Sabres Maxim Afinogenov Tripping 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Atlanta Thrashers head coach
Bob Hartley
Referees
Tom Kowal, Dean Warren
Linesmen
Stephane Provost, Michel Cormier
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Domenic Pittis, Eric Boulton, Jay McKee, Andy Delmore, Norman Milley, Taylor Pyatt, Milan Bartovic, Doug Janik, Ryan Miller, Derek Roy, Jason Pominville
Atlanta Thrashers scratches
Chris Tamer, Bill Lindsay, Brian Swanson, Serge Aubin, Marc Savard, Shawn Heins, Kamil Piros, Andy Sutton, Derek MacKenzie, Tommi Santala, Mike Weaver, Dany Heatley, Kurtis Foster, Ivan Majesky, Karl Stewart

2003-2004 season series

Matchup Status Details
Atlanta Thrashers 7 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Atlanta Thrashers 4 Final Game page
Atlanta Thrashers 2 at Buffalo Sabres 7 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Atlanta Thrashers 3 Final/OT Game page

Other NHL games on Jan 20

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 4 at New York Rangers 1 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Philadelphia Flyers 1 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 1 Final Game page
New York Islanders 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 0 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 0 at Edmonton Oilers 3 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 1 at Los Angeles Kings 4 Final Game page

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