⚔️ Away Sabres 26-26-5 before this game
1–2
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 15-34-10 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BUF 0101
ATL 0112

Sabres at Thrashers

Thrashers beat Sabres 2–1 on February 26, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Feb 26, 2002 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 G
4 shots · 20:27 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Frantisek Kaberle
1 G
1 shots · 21:00 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Tim Connolly
1 G
2 shots · 18:37 TOI · -1
4rd star 🐦 ATL
Milan Hnilicka
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Tim Connolly Go-ahead 2nd · 08:15
Assists: Miroslav Satan · beat Milan Hnilicka
1–0
🐦 Frantisek Kaberle Tying 2nd · 19:59
Unassisted · beat Martin Biron
1–1
3rd period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead 3rd · 16:54
Unassisted · beat Martin Biron
1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF ATL🐦
34 Shots on goal 22
17 Hits 15
4 Blocked shots 11
3 Takeaways 4
6 Giveaways 14
6 Penalty minutes 6
BUF shooting 2.9% (1/34) ATL shooting 9.1% (2/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 59:09 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Milan Hnilicka
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 26-26-5 (46% win rate, 57 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 15-34-10 (25% win rate, 59 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 26-26-5 (46% win rate, 57 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 15-34-10 (25% win rate, 59 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Brown · Satan 18:37
L2 Barnes · Afinogenov · Dumont 17:20
L3 Pyatt · Gratton · Varada 14:45
L4 Boulton · Rasmussen · Ray 7:05
D1 Warrener · Zhitnik 21:36
D2 McKee · Smehlik 20:06
D3 Woolley · Kalinin 17:33
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Heatley · Rheaume 19:49
L2 Corkum · Svartvadet · Kallio 14:28
L3 Cowan · Stefan · Ferraro 12:53
L4 Bartecko · Hrkac · Odgers 10:29
D1 Slegr · Tremblay 24:07
D2 Kaberle · Tjarnqvist 20:54
D3 Reirden · Tamer 15:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Thrashers lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 19, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL
2–3 · Thrashers won
Nov 8, 2001
🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF
0–8 · Sabres won
Oct 4, 2001
🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF
2–1 · Thrashers won
Mar 30, 2001
🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF
0–4 · Sabres won
Mar 26, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL
4–0 · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs ATL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Thrashers on February 26, 2002?

Thrashers won 2–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Thrashers?

The final score was Sabres 1, Thrashers 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tim Connolly.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Frantisek Kaberle, Ilya Kovalchuk.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Milan Hnilicka made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

What is the Sabres vs Thrashers season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Feb 12
😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF
2–2 · NJD won
Next game · Mar 1
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
3–4 · BUF won
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Feb 12
🐦ATL @ 🎵STL
0–3 · STL won
Next game · Mar 1
🏝️NYI @ 🐦ATL
3–4 · ATL won
Also on February 26, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI
3–3 final
😈NJD @ 🗽NYR
4–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🔔PHI
4–5 final
🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH
3–4 final
👑LAK @ 🧥CBJ
5–1 final
🌪️CAR @ 🍁TOR
1–4 final
🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–2 final
🐙DET @ ⚡TBL
4–3 final
Sabres season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule