⚔️ Away Sabres 26-33-11 before this game

3–5

Final

🐦 Home Thrashers 26-36-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	1	1	1	3
ATL	0	3	2	5

Sabres at Thrashers

Thrashers beat Sabres 5–3 on March 15, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Mar 15, 2003 · 18:00 CST 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐦 ATL

Dany Heatley

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 18:53 TOI · +3

2nd star 🐦 ATL

Chris Tamer

2 A

21:37 TOI · +2

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Tim Connolly

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 18:30 TOI

4rd star 🐦 ATL

Pasi Nurminen

36 saves

0.923 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Ales Kotalik Go-ahead 1st · 10:09

Assists: Tim Connolly, Miroslav Satan · beat Pasi Nurminen

1–0

2nd period

🐦 Lubos Bartecko Tying 2nd · 03:00

Assists: Dany Heatley, Chris Tamer · beat Martin Biron

1–1

🐦 Dany Heatley Go-ahead 2nd · 08:19

Unassisted · beat Martin Biron

1–2

⚔️ Tim Connolly PP Tying 2nd · 16:39

Assists: Miroslav Satan · beat Pasi Nurminen

2–2

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead 2nd · 18:43

Assists: Pasi Nurminen · beat Martin Biron

2–3

3rd period

⚔️ Taylor Pyatt Tying 3rd · 02:48

Assists: Maxim Afinogenov · beat Pasi Nurminen

3–3

🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov Go-ahead 3rd · 15:58

Assists: Chris Tamer · beat Martin Biron

3–4

🐦 Marc Savard Empty net 3rd · 19:53

Unassisted

3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF ATL🐦

39 Shots on goal 24

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

7 Hits 15

10 Blocked shots 10

6 Takeaways 5

6 Giveaways 12

8 Penalty minutes 10

BUF shooting 7.7% (3/39) ATL shooting 20.8% (5/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

19/23

.826 SV% · 4 GA · 59:58 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Pasi Nurminen

36/39

.923 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–3

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Hecht · Satan · Kotalik 18:48

L2 Connolly · Brière · Dumont 18:01

L3 Pyatt · Taylor · Afinogenov 12:01

L4 Botterill · Boulton · Mair 8:28

D1 Campbell · Zhitnik 24:56

D2 Warrener · Patrick 21:41

D3 Fitzpatrick · Janik 13:24

🐦Thrashers

L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · Heatley 19:15

L2 Stefan · Savard · Snyder 16:26

L3 Bartecko · Hrkac · Svartvadet 15:09

L4 Cowan · Hartigan · Odgers 7:00

D1 Tremblay · Tamer 24:40

D2 Tjarnqvist · Kaberle 19:34

D3 Exelby · Safronov 14:25

⚔️ Last meetings

Thrashers lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

Feb 17, 2003

⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL

3–4 (OT) · Thrashers won

❓ BUF vs ATL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Thrashers on March 15, 2003?

Thrashers won 5–3.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Thrashers?

The final score was Sabres 3, Thrashers 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Taylor Pyatt, Tim Connolly.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley, Ilya Kovalchuk, Lubos Bartecko, Marc Savard, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 19 saves on 23 shots (.826 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 36 saves on 39 shots (.923 save percentage).

What is the Sabres vs Thrashers season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 3–0 after 3 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 · Mar 14

🐦Thrashers

Previous game · Mar 13

Also on March 15, 2003

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