Buffalo Sabres at Atlanta Thrashers

Wednesday, March 17, 2004, 7:30 PM ET Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	Goals	2003-2004 record
Buffalo Sabres	4	37-34-7-4
at Atlanta Thrashers	3	33-37-8-4

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Buffalo Sabres	1	0	2	1	4
Atlanta Thrashers	0	2	1	0	3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Buffalo Sabres	8	13	11	1	33
Atlanta Thrashers	7	11	5	0	23

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Atlanta Thrashers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	19:04	Buffalo Sabres	J-P Dumont (19)	Daniel Brière (33), Jochen Hecht (29)	Power play	BUF 1, ATL 0
2nd	03:12	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (38)	Shawn McEachern (36), Ronald Petrovicky (13)	Even strength	BUF 1, ATL 1
2nd	14:56	Atlanta Thrashers	Andy Sutton (4)	Daniel Tjarnqvist (15)	Power play	BUF 1, ATL 2
3rd	00:37	Atlanta Thrashers	Andy Sutton (5)	Dany Heatley (12), Shawn McEachern (37)	Power play	BUF 1, ATL 3
3rd	12:23	Buffalo Sabres	Adam Mair (5)	Mike Grier (15), Maxim Afinogenov (12)	Power play	BUF 2, ATL 3
3rd	13:47	Buffalo Sabres	Jochen Hecht (12)	Milan Bartovic (4), Henrik Tallinder (8)	Even strength	BUF 3, ATL 3
OT	00:15	Buffalo Sabres	Derek Roy (7)	Dmitri Kalinin (22), James Patrick (6)	Even strength	BUF 4, ATL 3

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

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Atlanta Thrashers
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Atlanta Thrashers
Shots on goal	33	23
Power play	2 of 9	2 of 6
Penalty minutes	53	72
Hits	15	26
Blocked shots	4	8
Giveaways	7	11
Takeaways	2	5
Faceoffs won	42/72 (58.3%)	30/72 (41.7%)

Box score

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	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	0	0	70.8%	22:34
Number 15 M. Bartovic	R	0	1	1	+1	4	3	0	0	0		14:03
Number 17 J. Dumont	R	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	1		23:16
Number 22 A. Mair	C	1	0	1	0	5	3	2	0	1	47.1%	08:08
Number 24 T. Pyatt	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		03:05
Number 25 M. Grier	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0	100%	19:07
Number 26 E. Boulton	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0		03:47
Number 48 D. Brière	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	0	53.3%	19:16
Number 55 J. Hecht	C	1	1	2	+1	2	3	0	1	0	53.8%	25:40
Number 61 M. Afinogenov	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		15:01
Number 76 A. Peters	L	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0		04:06
Number 81 M. Satan	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		26:18
Number 3 J. Patrick	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	0		20:04
Number 4 B. Brown	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	3	1	0		10:47
Number 10 H. Tallinder	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0		19:11
Number 34 J. Jillson	D	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0		08:43
Number 45 D. Kalinin	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	0		31:08
Number 74 J. McKee	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0		16:24

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 43 M. Biron	23	20	3	.870	58:43	Win

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 10 S. Aubin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	66.7%	10:23
Number 11 J. Vigier	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0		14:54
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0		18:51
Number 14 B. Simon	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	57.1%	07:34
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0		15:59
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	1	0	1	+1	4	4	2	0	0	33.3%	17:41
Number 19 S. McEachern	L	0	2	2	-1	0	1	0	1	0	50%	23:01
Number 20 F. Lessard	R	0	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0		02:53
Number 26 R. Petrovicky	R	0	1	1	+1	7	1	2	0	0	100%	12:10
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	2	0	36.4%	23:24
Number 28 R. Robitaille	C	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	50%	13:23
Number 39 K. Brennan	L	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0		02:01
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		26:32
Number 5 T. Kloucek	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		06:23
Number 6 S. Heins	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		12:28
Number 23 I. Majesky	D	0	0	0	-1	5	1	4	0	0		18:34
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	2	0	2	-1	2	2	3	3	2		26:15
Number 36 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		29:05

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Nurminen	33	29	4	.879	59:18	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Atlanta Thrashers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:54	Atlanta Thrashers	Kip Brennan	Fighting (major)	5
1st	02:54	Buffalo Sabres	Andrew Peters	Fighting (major)	5
1st	02:58	Atlanta Thrashers	Francis Lessard	Fighting (major)	5
1st	02:58	Buffalo Sabres	Eric Boulton	Fighting (major)	5
1st	04:29	Buffalo Sabres	Jochen Hecht	Cross checking	2
1st	09:00	Atlanta Thrashers	Vyacheslav Kozlov	Roughing	2
1st	11:02	Atlanta Thrashers	Pasi Nurminen	Slashing	2
1st	14:01	Buffalo Sabres	Jay McKee	Holding	2
1st	17:06	Atlanta Thrashers	Andy Sutton	Cross checking	2
2nd	01:03	Buffalo Sabres	Jay McKee	Holding	2
2nd	09:23	Atlanta Thrashers	Randy Robitaille	Tripping	2
2nd	12:28	Atlanta Thrashers	Randy Robitaille	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	12:28	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk	High sticking	2
2nd	12:28	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk	Roughing	2
2nd	12:28	Atlanta Thrashers	Ivan Majesky	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	12:28	Buffalo Sabres	Adam Mair	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	12:28	Buffalo Sabres	Milan Bartovic	Cross checking	2
2nd	12:28	Buffalo Sabres	Milan Bartovic	Roughing	2
2nd	14:29	Buffalo Sabres	Martin Biron	Tripping	2
2nd	15:16	Atlanta Thrashers	Kip Brennan	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	15:16	Buffalo Sabres	Brad Brown	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	17:44	Atlanta Thrashers	Shawn Heins	Cross checking	2
2nd	18:23	Buffalo Sabres	J-P Dumont	Boarding	2
2nd	19:18	Buffalo Sabres	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
3rd	01:40	Atlanta Thrashers	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
3rd	01:40	Atlanta Thrashers	Ronald Petrovicky	Clipping	2
3rd	01:40	Atlanta Thrashers	Ronald Petrovicky	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	01:40	Buffalo Sabres	Jeff Jillson	Instigator	2
3rd	01:40	Buffalo Sabres	Jeff Jillson	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	01:40	Buffalo Sabres	Jeff Jillson	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	05:38	Atlanta Thrashers	Francis Lessard	Instigator	2
3rd	05:38	Atlanta Thrashers	Francis Lessard	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	05:38	Atlanta Thrashers	Francis Lessard	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	05:38	Atlanta Thrashers	Francis Lessard	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Bob Hartley
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Dean Warren
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jonny Murray
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Chris Taylor, Alexei Zhitnik, Rory Fitzpatrick, Domenic Pittis, Jason Botterill, Chris Drury, Andy Delmore, Brian Campbell, Norman Milley, Ales Kotalik, Doug Janik, Ryan Miller, Jason Pominville
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Byron Dafoe, Chris Tamer, Bill Lindsay, Brian Swanson, Frederic Cassivi, Brad Larsen, Marc Savard, Yannick Tremblay, Daniel Corso, Kamil Piros, Zdenek Blatny, Frantisek Kaberle, Derek MacKenzie, Tommi Santala, Mike Weaver, Kurtis Foster, Karl Stewart

2003-2004 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Atlanta Thrashers 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 Mar 17

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Matchup	Status	Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at New Jersey Devils 6	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils, Wed, Mar 17, 2004
New York Islanders 4 at Florida Panthers 6	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Florida Panthers, Wed, Mar 17, 2004
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 2	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Chicago Blackhawks, Wed, Mar 17, 2004
St. Louis Blues 1 at Anaheim Ducks 1	Final/OT	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Anaheim Ducks, Wed, Mar 17, 2004