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6/5/2007
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 29 - 29
BUF PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:89/107=83 %, Challenges:27/43=61 %
ATL PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:80/94=85 %, Challenges:23/37=60 %
Attendance: 18690 of 18690 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 584997 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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03:14 1-0 BUF Derek Roy [3] (Ales Kotalik)
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30:16 1-1 ATL Alexander Ovechkin [5] (Evgeny Malkin)
31:13 2-1 BUF Tim Connolly [3] (Thomas Vanek)
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44:15 3-1 BUF Dan Paillé [1] (Jason Pominville, Andrew Peters)
46:22 3-2 ATL Evgeny Malkin [6] (Ossi Väänänen, Niclas Hävelid)
56:59 3-3 ATL Tuomo Ruutu [4] (Ilya Kovalchuk)
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65:04 3-4 ATL Marek Zidlicky [2] (Marian Hossa, Ilya Kovalchuk)
Penalty summary:
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00:15 BUF Daniel Brière (2 min for hooking)
08:09 ATL Jon Sim (2 min for diving)
17:57 ATL Jon Sim (2 min for roughing)
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20:01 ATL Darren Haydar (2 min for hooking)
26:59 BUF Jason Pominville (2 min for hooking)
32:52 ATL Jean-Pierre Vigier (2 min for hooking)
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46:46 ATL Evgeny Malkin (2 min for roughing)
46:46 BUF Chris Drury (2 min for roughing)
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60:36 ATL Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
60:36 BUF Thomas Vanek (2 min for roughing)
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Pominville 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.30 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 18.50 6
R Daniel Brière 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 23.20 7
C Dan Paillé 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Derek Roy 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 7
C Chris Drury 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 19.30 6
C Tim Connolly 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 23.20 7
L Andrew Peters 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.30 6
L Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 16.20 6
L Erik Cole 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 21.30 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 4 1 2 1 2 0 22.30 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -2 18.20 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 2 4 3 3 0 1 31.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 14.10 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 29.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 25 0 0 65.00 6
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.00 5
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 -1 14.20 6
R Marian Hossa 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 -1 20.20 7
R Ilya Kovalchuk 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 3 18.30 9
C Jim Slater 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
C Loui Eriksson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 6
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 18.20 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 22.30 9
L Jon Sim 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 0 6.00 6
R Steve Downie 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 15.40 6
L Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 3 5 1 3 2 0 19.10 9
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 3 5 0 4 0 2 24.20 10
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 15.50 7
D Marek Zidlicky 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
D Ossi Väänänen 0 1 1 4 3 2 0 3 28.50 8
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 15.10 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -1 25.10 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 26.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 26 0 0 65.00 7
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Evgeny Malkin
3rd star: Tuomo Ruutu
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Dan Paillé finally ended his 34 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Marek Zidlicky ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes: