🐦 Away Thrashers 32-38-9 before this game

3–4

Final

⚔️ Home Sabres 31-36-12 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
ATL	2	1	0	3
BUF	0	0	4	4

Thrashers at Sabres

Sabres beat Thrashers 4–3 at KeyBank Center on April 2, 2003.

🗓 Wed, Apr 2, 2003 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Tim Connolly

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 15:42 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Daniel Brière

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 19:02 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Miroslav Satan

2 A

3 shots · 20:11 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐦 Lubos Bartecko Go-ahead 1st · 10:49

Assists: Kamil Piros · beat Mika Noronen

1–0

🐦 Yannick Tremblay 1st · 11:12

Assists: Marc Savard, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Mika Noronen

2–0

2nd period

🐦 Dany Heatley PP 2nd · 06:32

Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Marc Savard · beat Mika Noronen

3–0

3rd period

⚔️ Dmitri Kalinin 3rd · 06:43

Assists: J-P Dumont, Daniel Brière · beat Pasi Nurminen

3–1

⚔️ Ales Kotalik 3rd · 12:56

Assists: Tim Connolly · beat Pasi Nurminen

3–2

⚔️ Daniel Brière PP Tying 3rd · 18:01

Assists: Miroslav Satan, J-P Dumont · beat Pasi Nurminen

3–3

⚔️ Tim Connolly PP Go-ahead 3rd · 19:06

Assists: Miroslav Satan, Alexei Zhitnik · beat Pasi Nurminen

3–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐦ATL BUF⚔️

23 Shots on goal 40

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

22 Hits 31

10 Blocked shots 5

2 Takeaways 3

11 Giveaways 9

32 Penalty minutes 30

ATL shooting 13.0% (3/23) BUF shooting 10.0% (4/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐦Thrashers

Pasi Nurminen

36/40

.900 SV% · 4 GA · 59:35 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Mika Noronen

20/23

.870 SV% · 3 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–0

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 · Savard 22:25

L2 Kozlov · Hrkac · Piros 17:02

L3 Bartecko · Svartvadet · Odgers 11:33

L4 Simon · Cowan · Lessard 7:04

D1 Tremblay · Kaberle 23:54

D2 Safronov · Exelby 17:51

D3 Dipenta · Foster 14:18

⚔️Sabres

L1 Hecht · Brière · Satan 20:11

L2 Taylor · Connolly · Dumont 16:14

L3 Pyatt · Kotalik · Afinogenov 13:50

L4 Boulton · Mair · Bartovic 8:17

D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 24:59

D2 Tallinder · McKee 17:10

D3 Warrener · Fitzpatrick 15:58

⚔️ Last meetings

Thrashers lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

3–4 (OT) · Thrashers won

❓ ATL vs BUF, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Sabres on April 2, 2003?

Sabres won 4–3.

What was the final score of Thrashers vs Sabres?

The final score was Thrashers 3, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley, Lubos Bartecko, Yannick Tremblay.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Daniel Brière, Dmitri Kalinin, Tim Connolly.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 36 saves on 40 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Mika Noronen made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 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 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

🐦Thrashers

Previous game · Mar 31

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 31

Also on April 2, 2003

Thrashers season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule