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Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres

HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–4 on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 on the road.

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

Goals by period

Team Total
Atlanta Thrashers 1 3 3 7
Buffalo Sabres 2 1 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Atlanta Thrashers 7 10 5 22
Buffalo Sabres 9 12 11 32

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:34 Atlanta Thrashers Ilya Kovalchuk (12) Randy Robitaille (6), Shawn McEachern (7) Even strength ATL 1, BUF 0
1st 09:29 Buffalo Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (1) Adam Mair (3), Taylor Pyatt (1) Even strength ATL 1, BUF 1
1st 17:58 Buffalo Sabres J-P Dumont (3) Taylor Pyatt (2), Adam Mair (4) Even strength ATL 1, BUF 2
2nd 04:21 Buffalo Sabres Curtis Brown (2) Miroslav Satan (4) Power play ATL 1, BUF 3
2nd 15:32 Atlanta Thrashers Jean-Pierre Vigier (2) Serge Aubin (4), Patrik Stefan (3) Even strength ATL 2, BUF 3
2nd 18:31 Atlanta Thrashers Ivan Majesky (1) Jeff Cowan (4), Simon Gamache (1) Even strength ATL 3, BUF 3
2nd 18:55 Atlanta Thrashers Randy Robitaille (2) Shawn McEachern (8), Ilya Kovalchuk (7) Even strength ATL 4, BUF 3
3rd 05:41 Atlanta Thrashers Yannick Tremblay (1) Randy Robitaille (7), Shawn McEachern (9) Power play ATL 5, BUF 3
3rd 10:50 Atlanta Thrashers Patrik Stefan (2) Unassisted Shorthanded, Penalty shot ATL 6, BUF 3
3rd 12:58 Atlanta Thrashers Serge Aubin (2) Yannick Tremblay (6), Ilya Kovalchuk (8) Even strength ATL 7, BUF 3
3rd 14:31 Buffalo Sabres Daniel Brière (2) Taylor Pyatt (3), Chris Drury (9) Even strength ATL 7, BUF 4

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

Team stats

Stat Atlanta Thrashers Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 22 32
Power play 1 of 4 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 11 13
Hits 12 17
Blocked shots 13 6
Giveaways 10 11
Takeaways 4 2
Faceoffs won 35/68 (51.5%) 33/68 (48.5%)

Box score

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player
10 S. Aubin C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 44.4% 16:28
11 J. Vigier R 1 0 1 +1 4 3 2 0 0 100% 17:35
13 V. Kozlov L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20:16
16 J. Cowan L 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12:40
17 I. Kovalchuk L 1 2 3 +2 0 5 1 1 0 23:38
19 S. McEachern L 0 3 3 +1 0 1 0 0 0 19:30
20 F. Lessard R 0 0 0 -1 5 0 2 0 0 04:09
24 T. Santala C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 54.5% 11:48
26 R. Petrovicky R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 09:07
27 P. Stefan C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 0 3 0 47.4% 19:13
28 R. Robitaille C 1 2 3 +1 0 2 0 1 0 55.6% 17:00
41 S. Gamache L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 07:08
2 G. Exelby D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:08
4 C. Tamer D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 20:41
23 I. Majesky D 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% 12:27
25 A. Sutton D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 2 4 0 24:30
36 D. Tjarnqvist D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 22:31
38 Y. Tremblay D 1 1 2 +1 0 1 0 1 1 23:50
Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
31 P. Nurminen 32 28 4 .875 60:00 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
12 A. Kotalik R 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 0 0 12:41
16 C. Taylor C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 40% 16:32
17 J. Dumont R 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 17:38
22 A. Mair C 0 2 2 +1 2 0 3 0 0 33.3% 12:39
23 C. Drury C 0 1 1 +1 0 5 1 0 0 65% 17:37
24 T. Pyatt L 0 3 3 +3 0 3 0 0 0 19:31
28 J. Botterill L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 09:40
37 C. Brown C 1 0 1 -3 4 3 0 0 1 52.6% 16:24
48 D. Brière C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 0 0 0 17:39
61 M. Afinogenov R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 1 0 12:11
76 A. Peters L 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 0 0 05:41
81 M. Satan R 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 0 0 15:27
3 J. Patrick D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 20:54
8 R. Fitzpatrick D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 0 0 19:52
10 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 18:27
44 A. Zhitnik D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 23:16
51 B. Campbell D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 1 0 18:58
74 J. McKee D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 3 0 18:33
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35 M. Noronen 1 1 0 1.000 06:24
43 M. Biron 21 14 7 .667 53:20 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:28 Atlanta Thrashers Francis Lessard Fighting (major) 5
1st 08:28 Buffalo Sabres Andrew Peters Fighting (major) 5
2nd 03:00 Atlanta Thrashers Ronald Petrovicky Cross checking 2
2nd 09:00 Buffalo Sabres Jay McKee Interference 2
2nd 10:44 Buffalo Sabres Curtis Brown Hooking 2
2nd 12:53 Atlanta Thrashers Jean-Pierre Vigier Hooking 2
3rd 05:17 Buffalo Sabres Curtis Brown Hooking 2
3rd 06:22 Buffalo Sabres Adam Mair Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd 10:00 Atlanta Thrashers Jean-Pierre Vigier High sticking 2

Game information

Atlanta Thrashers head coach
Bob Hartley
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Stephane Auger, Tim Peel
Linesmen
Tony Sericolo, Mark Shewchyk
Atlanta Thrashers scratches
Bill Lindsay, Brian Swanson, Marc Savard, Shawn Heins, Kamil Piros, Frantisek Kaberle, Derek MacKenzie, Mike Weaver, Dany Heatley, Kurtis Foster, Karl Stewart
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Domenic Pittis, Eric Boulton, Jochen Hecht, Andy Delmore, Dmitri Kalinin, Norman Milley, Milan Bartovic, Doug Janik, Ryan Miller, Derek Roy, Jason Pominville

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 Nov 5

Matchup Status Details
San Jose Sharks 2 at New Jersey Devils 3 Final/OT Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Florida Panthers 2 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 4 at Nashville Predators 3 Final Game page

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