Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres

Monday, February 16, 2004, 2:00 PM ET HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Atlanta Thrashers 7–2 on Monday, February 16, 2004 at home.

Final score, Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2003-2004 record
Atlanta Thrashers	2	33-37-8-4
at Buffalo Sabres	7	37-34-7-4

Goals by period

Goals by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	0	0	2	2
Buffalo Sabres	2	2	3	7

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	3	10	12	25
Buffalo Sabres	13	9	13	35

Scoring summary

Every goal, Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	14:16	Buffalo Sabres	Miroslav Satan (19)	Alexei Zhitnik (22), Daniel Brière (25)	Power play	ATL 0, BUF 1
1st	19:34	Buffalo Sabres	Daniel Brière (20)	Henrik Tallinder (5)	Even strength	ATL 0, BUF 2
2nd	05:44	Buffalo Sabres	Ales Kotalik (15)	Brian Campbell (5), J-P Dumont (25)	Even strength	ATL 0, BUF 3
2nd	12:45	Buffalo Sabres	Andy Delmore (2)	Dmitri Kalinin (18), Maxim Afinogenov (7)	Power play	ATL 0, BUF 4
3rd	00:53	Buffalo Sabres	Miroslav Satan (20)	Brian Campbell (6), Jochen Hecht (20)	Even strength	ATL 0, BUF 5
3rd	01:35	Atlanta Thrashers	Randy Robitaille (9)	Dany Heatley (3), Andy Sutton (8)	Power play	ATL 1, BUF 5
3rd	02:08	Buffalo Sabres	Miroslav Satan (21)	Daniel Brière (26), Jochen Hecht (21)	Even strength	ATL 1, BUF 6
3rd	09:17	Buffalo Sabres	Miroslav Satan (22)	Unassisted	Even strength	ATL 1, BUF 7
3rd	11:48	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (30)	Marc Savard (27), Shawn McEachern (28)	Power play	ATL 2, BUF 7

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

Team stats

Team stats, Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres
Stat	Atlanta Thrashers	Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal	25	35
Power play	2 of 11	2 of 7
Penalty minutes	55	63
Hits	27	13
Blocked shots	13	9
Giveaways	15	9
Takeaways	1	2
Faceoffs won	30/73 (41.1%)	43/73 (58.9%)

Box score

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Savard	C	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	47.8%	20:57
Number 10 S. Aubin	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	31.3%	14:45
Number 11 J. Vigier	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	0		13:25
Number 14 B. Simon	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	1	0		08:46
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	0	1	1	-2	2	3	1	0	0		18:14
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	0	0	0	-3	0	4	7	0	0		11:39
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	1	0	1	-2	2	4	0	1	1		28:24
Number 19 S. McEachern	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	60%	17:45
Number 20 F. Lessard	R	0	0	0	-1	7	1	0	0	0		07:03
Number 26 R. Petrovicky	R	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	0	100%	16:06
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	0	36.4%	14:18
Number 28 R. Robitaille	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	54.5%	12:42
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0		17:58
Number 5 T. Kloucek	D	0	0	0	-2	7	0	1	1	0		07:23
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		24:57
Number 23 I. Majesky	D	0	0	0	-1	15	1	1	1	0		14:20
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	0	1	1	-3	10	2	3	1	0		21:39
Number 39 J. Grand-Pierre	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	3	0		14:46

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Nurminen	16	13	3	.813	26:06	Loss
Number 34 B. Dafoe	19	15	4	.790	33:32

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	40%	10:59
Number 12 A. Kotalik	R	1	0	1	+2	0	3	1	0	0		13:58
Number 17 J. Dumont	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0		13:09
Number 22 A. Mair	C	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	0		07:41
Number 23 C. Drury	C	0	0	0	+1	7	1	1	0	0	54.5%	16:37
Number 24 T. Pyatt	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		16:29
Number 26 E. Boulton	L	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0		05:18
Number 37 C. Brown	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	63%	15:32
Number 48 D. Brière	C	1	2	3	+4	0	1	0	1	0	75%	18:53
Number 55 J. Hecht	C	0	2	2	+3	0	5	0	0	0	80%	19:35
Number 61 M. Afinogenov	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		12:26
Number 81 M. Satan	R	4	0	4	+3	2	6	0	0	1		14:35
Number 5 A. Delmore	D	1	0	1	+1	2	2	3	0	1		12:11
Number 10 H. Tallinder	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	2	0	0		23:06
Number 33 D. Janik	D	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	2	0		07:38
Number 44 A. Zhitnik	D	0	1	1	+1	4	2	0	2	0		27:59
Number 45 D. Kalinin	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	1	0		26:01
Number 51 B. Campbell	D	0	2	2	+4	4	4	0	1	0		17:41

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 M. Noronen	25	23	2	.920	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:52	Atlanta Thrashers	Patrik Stefan	Kneeing	2
1st	04:14	Buffalo Sabres	Brian Campbell	Hooking obstruction	2
1st	13:04	Atlanta Thrashers	Ronald Petrovicky	Elbowing	2
1st	14:16	Atlanta Thrashers	Ronald Petrovicky	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	17:54	Atlanta Thrashers	Jean-Pierre Vigier	Hooking obstruction	2
1st	18:29	Buffalo Sabres	Alexei Zhitnik	Hooking obstruction	2
2nd	00:33	Buffalo Sabres	Curtis Brown	High sticking	2
2nd	06:06	Buffalo Sabres	Doug Janik	Holding	2
2nd	09:22	Buffalo Sabres	Alexei Zhitnik	Interference	2
2nd	11:27	Atlanta Thrashers	Marc Savard	High sticking	2
2nd	13:29	Atlanta Thrashers	Francis Lessard	Roughing	2
2nd	13:29	Buffalo Sabres	Adam Mair	Roughing	2
2nd	17:54	Buffalo Sabres	Miroslav Satan	High sticking	2
3rd	01:26	Buffalo Sabres	Andy Delmore	Holding the stick	2
3rd	09:44	Atlanta Thrashers	Andy Sutton	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	09:44	Buffalo Sabres	Adam Mair	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	09:59	Atlanta Thrashers	Francis Lessard	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	09:59	Buffalo Sabres	Eric Boulton	Cross checking	2
3rd	09:59	Buffalo Sabres	Eric Boulton	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	11:07	Buffalo Sabres	Dmitri Kalinin	Hooking	2
3rd	12:25	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley	Roughing	2
3rd	12:25	Buffalo Sabres	Brian Campbell	Roughing	2
3rd	13:09	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk	Roughing	2
3rd	14:00	Atlanta Thrashers	Garnet Exelby	Roughing	2
3rd	15:19	Atlanta Thrashers	Tomas Kloucek	Slashing	2
3rd	15:19	Atlanta Thrashers	Tomas Kloucek	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	15:19	Buffalo Sabres	Chris Drury	Cross checking	2
3rd	15:19	Buffalo Sabres	Chris Drury	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	17:58	Atlanta Thrashers	Andy Sutton	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	17:58	Atlanta Thrashers	Ivan Majesky	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	17:58	Atlanta Thrashers	Ivan Majesky	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	17:58	Buffalo Sabres	Eric Boulton	Elbowing	2
3rd	17:58	Buffalo Sabres	Eric Boulton	Elbowing	2
3rd	17:58	Buffalo Sabres	Eric Boulton	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	17:58	Buffalo Sabres	Doug Janik	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	17:58	Buffalo Sabres	Doug Janik	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10

Game information

Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Bob Hartley
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Referees: Terry Gregson, Stephane Auger
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Michel Cormier
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Chris Tamer, Bill Lindsay, Brian Swanson, Frederic Cassivi, Daniel Tjarnqvist, Yannick Tremblay, Shawn Heins, Daniel Corso, Kamil Piros, Zdenek Blatny, Derek MacKenzie, Tommi Santala, Mike Weaver, Kurtis Foster, Karl Stewart
Buffalo Sabres scratches: James Patrick, Chris Taylor, Rory Fitzpatrick, Domenic Pittis, Jason Botterill, Jay McKee, Andrew Peters, Norman Milley, Milan Bartovic, Ryan Miller, Jason Pominville

2003-2004 season series

Every Atlanta Thrashers and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2003-2004 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Atlanta Thrashers 7 at Buffalo Sabres 4	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres, Wed, Nov 5, 2003
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Atlanta Thrashers 4	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Atlanta Thrashers, Tue, Jan 20, 2004
Atlanta Thrashers 2 at Buffalo Sabres 7	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres, Mon, Feb 16, 2004
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Atlanta Thrashers 3	Final/OT	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Atlanta Thrashers, Wed, Mar 17, 2004

Other NHL games on Feb 16

Other NHL games on Monday, February 16, 2004
Matchup	Status	Details
Los Angeles Kings 1 at New York Islanders 1	Final/OT	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at New York Islanders, Mon, Feb 16, 2004
Ottawa Senators 4 at New York Rangers 1	Final	Game page: Ottawa Senators at New York Rangers, Mon, Feb 16, 2004
Phoenix Coyotes 2 at St. Louis Blues 4	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at St. Louis Blues, Mon, Feb 16, 2004
Florida Panthers 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 3	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes, Mon, Feb 16, 2004
Nashville Predators 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4	Final	Game page: Nashville Predators at Columbus Blue Jackets, Mon, Feb 16, 2004
Toronto Maple Leafs 8 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins, Mon, Feb 16, 2004
Edmonton Oilers 1 at Detroit Red Wings 2	Final	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Detroit Red Wings, Mon, Feb 16, 2004
San Jose Sharks 5 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Philadelphia Flyers, Mon, Feb 16, 2004
Dallas Stars 1 at Anaheim Ducks 3	Final	Game page: Dallas Stars at Anaheim Ducks, Mon, Feb 16, 2004
Vancouver Canucks 1 at Colorado Avalanche 0	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche, Mon, Feb 16, 2004