30/3/2010
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Buffalo Sabres 2 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 17 - 22
PP: 0 of 5 (4 shots), Passing:63/74=85 %, Challenges:21/37=55 %
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:68/88=77 %, Challenges:47/60=77 %
Attendance: 8006 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 378684 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:59 0-1
Maxim Afinogenov [18] (Colby Armstrong, Ron Hainsey)PP
12:43 1-1
Jason Pominville [20] (Chris Campoli)
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34:23 2-1
Thomas Vanek [28] (Chris Campoli)
38:31 2-2
Nik Antropov [22] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Brett Sterling)
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46:12 2-3
Ilya Kovalchuk [43] (Nik Antropov, Rich Peverley)
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Penalty summary:
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03:12
Bryan Little (2 min for tripping)
08:46
Daniel Paillé (2 min for slashing)
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21:25
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
24:43
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for tripping)
29:06
Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
29:06
Noah Welch (5 min for fighting)
29:39
Paul Gaustad (2 min for slashing)
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49:29
Chris Thorburn (2 min for hooking)
52:07
Matt Pettinger (2 min for holding the stick)
59:37
Rich Peverley (2 min for holding the stick)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Mair 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.10 4
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.10 6
R Chris Neil 0 0 2 2 0 1 5 0 15.40 7
R Jason Pominville 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Nathan Gerbe 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Matt Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 4 0 4 2 0 18.50 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 20.00 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7.20 4
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 5
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 16.40 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 16.30 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 4
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 21.40 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 13.00 5
D Chris Campoli 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 1 27.20 8
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 -1 26.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 19 0 0 59.30 6
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 11.00 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 15.30 7
C Bryan Little 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 -1 17.50 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 16.30 8
C Jim Slater 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 11.00 6
C Rich Peverley 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 17.30 7
C Nik Antropov 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 21.00 9
C Evander Kane 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.40 5
L Brett Sterling 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 10.50 5
L Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 18.00 10
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 22.50 6
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 1 26.10 8
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 14.30 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 21.10 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 24.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G Ondrej Pavelec 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nik Antropov
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Pominville scored his 20th goal of the season.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Maxim Afinogenov finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Nik Antropov ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Brett Sterling finally ended his 12 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Chris Neil beat Noah Welch in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 3( 19) , Chicago Wolves 2( 19)
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1-0 ROC Derek Whitmore (Miika Lahti)
1-1 CHW Roman Voloshenko (Anthony Stewart, Angelo Esposito)
2-1 ROC Kai Kantola (Michal Kazatel, Marc-André Gragnani)
3-1 ROC Derek Couture (Felix Schütz)
3-2 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Grant Lewis)
Goalies: Jhonas Enroth - Peter Mannino