🐦 Away Thrashers
2–1
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
ATL 1012
BUF 0011

Thrashers at Sabres

Thrashers beat Sabres 2–1 at KeyBank Center on October 4, 2001.

🗓 Thu, Oct 4, 2001 · 18:00 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Frantisek Kaberle
1 G
3 shots · 20:44 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Shean Donovan
1 G
2 shots · 13:31 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Hnat Domenichelli
1 A
5 shots · 12:31 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Frantisek Kaberle Go-ahead 1st · 11:37
Assists: Dany Heatley
1–0
3rd period
🐦 Shean Donovan 3rd · 08:27
Assists: Hnat Domenichelli
2–0
⚔️ Jason Woolley PP 3rd · 19:43
Assists: Chris Gratton, Stu Barnes
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL BUF⚔️
20 Shots on goal 28
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
12 Hits 24
16 Blocked shots 7
4 Takeaways 3
9 Giveaways 12
21 Penalty minutes 11
ATL shooting 10.0% (2/20) BUF shooting 3.6% (1/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Milan Hnilicka
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 59:59 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
18/20
.900 SV% · 2 GA · 58:56 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–0
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Heatley · Hrkac 16:21
L2 Corkum · Stefan · Kallio 15:04
L3 Svartvadet · Piros · Donovan 13:38
L4 Domenichelli · Karlsson · Odgers 10:02
D1 Pothier · Kaberle 22:28
D2 Slegr · Buzek 19:34
D3 Tjarnqvist · Tamer 17:58
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Satan · Varada 19:05
L2 Kozlov · Barnes · Dumont 16:52
L3 Gratton · Brown · Afinogenov 14:18
L4 Hamel · Rasmussen · Ray 8:19
D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 21:55
D2 Woolley · Kalinin 18:52
D3 Warrener · McKee 15:56

⚔️ Last meetings

Thrashers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 30, 2001
🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF
0–4 · Sabres won
Mar 26, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL
4–0 · Sabres won
Feb 15, 2001
🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 · Sabres won
Feb 13, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL
4–5 · Thrashers won
Jan 4, 2000
🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF
5–4 · Thrashers won

❓ ATL vs BUF, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Sabres on October 4, 2001?

Thrashers won 2–1.

What was the final score of Thrashers vs Sabres?

The final score was Thrashers 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Frantisek Kaberle, Shean Donovan.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Woolley.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Milan Hnilicka made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Sabres season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Apr 6
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 · CAR won
Next game · Oct 6
🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS
3–4 · BOS won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · May 10
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
3–2 · PIT won
Next game · Oct 6
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 · BUF won
Also on October 4, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT
6–4 final
🐆FLA @ 🔔PHI
2–5 final
🎵STL @ 🧥CBJ
3–3 final
🦆ANA @ 🐻BOS
2–4 final
🪶CHI @ 🐋VAN
5–4 final
🐙DET @ 🦈SJS
4–3 final
🌵PHX @ 👑LAK
2–2 final
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