Sabres 5–2 Thrashers — Final Score & Stats (Jan 31, 2006)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

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1st star ⚔️ BUF

Ales Kotalik

1 G, 1 A

7 shots · 16:14 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Paul Gaustad

1 G

5 shots · 11:39 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Ryan Miller

35 saves

0.946 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Ales Kotalik Go-ahead 1st · 05:01

Assists: Dmitri Kalinin, Henrik Tallinder · beat Kari Lehtonen

1–0

🐦 Marian Hossa Tying 1st · 11:52

Assists: Andy Sutton, Patrik Stefan · beat Ryan Miller

1–1

🐦 Ronald Petrovicky Go-ahead 1st · 19:40

Assists: Peter Bondra, Serge Aubin · beat Ryan Miller

1–2

2nd period

⚔️ Thomas Vanek Tying 2nd · 04:01

Assists: Chris Drury · beat Kari Lehtonen

2–2

⚔️ Jason Pominville SH Go-ahead 2nd · 09:08

Unassisted · beat Kari Lehtonen

3–2

3rd period

⚔️ Paul Gaustad 3rd · 11:01

Assists: Ales Kotalik · beat Kari Lehtonen

4–2

⚔️ J-P Dumont 3rd · 17:20

Assists: Teppo Numminen, Derek Roy · beat Kari Lehtonen

5–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Drury · Hecht · Pominville 18:17

L2 Roy · Kotalik · Grier 15:51

L3 Vanek · Afinogenov · Dumont 14:42

L4 Pyatt · Peters · Gaustad 11:39

D1 Lydman · Tallinder 21:22

D2 Numminen · McKee 20:48

D3 Campbell · Kalinin 16:11

🐦Thrashers

L1 Kovalchuk · Savard · Hossa 22:27

L2 Kozlov · Mellanby · Bondra 16:16

L3 Stefan · Aubin · Petrovicky 13:20

L4 Larsen · Boulton · Vigier 8:36

D1 De Vries · Sutton 22:26

D2 Modry · Havelid 21:00

D3 Exelby · Hnidy 13:23

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF ATL🐦

35 Shots on goal 37

14 Hits 17

14 Blocked shots 14

2 Takeaways 15

12 Giveaways 25

19 Penalty minutes 13

BUF shooting 14.3% (5/35) ATL shooting 5.4% (2/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

35/37

.946 SV% · 2 GA · 59:05 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Kari Lehtonen

30/35

.857 SV% · 5 GA · 59:51 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-4-1 (38% win rate, 8 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-1-2 (70% win rate, 10 games)

After 2nd — 3–2

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 10-1-1 (83% win rate, 12 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-6-1 (22% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 2–0

Dec 302005 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Mar 172004 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 4–3 OT Feb 162004 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 2–7 Jan 202004 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 1–4 Nov 52003 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 7–4

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Who won Sabres vs Thrashers on January 31, 2006?

Sabres won 5–2. The final score was Sabres 5, Thrashers 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, J-P Dumont, Jason Pominville, Paul Gaustad, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Marian Hossa, Ronald Petrovicky.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 30 saves on 35 shots (.857 save percentage).

What is the Sabres vs Thrashers season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeJan 26 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 8–4 AfterFeb 2 🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF 2–4

🐦 Thrashers

BeforeJan 28 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 1–4 AfterFeb 3 🐦ATL @ 🐆FLA 2–5

Also on January 31

🦅WSH 3–5 🏝️NYI 🌪️CAR 8–2 🇨🇦MTL 🍁TOR 2–3 ⚡TBL 🌲MIN 2–3 🏔️COL 🐋VAN 7–4 🌵PHX

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