Sabres 0–5 Thrashers — Final Score & Stats (Mar 20, 2006)

The game

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

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐦 ATL

Ilya Kovalchuk

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 23:34 TOI

2nd star 🐦 ATL

Vyacheslav Kozlov

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 20:56 TOI

3rd star 🐦 ATL

Peter Bondra

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 17:39 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead 1st · 15:47

Assists: Marc Savard, Ronald Petrovicky · beat Martin Biron

0–1

🐦 Peter Bondra 1st · 19:31

Assists: Andy Sutton · beat Martin Biron

0–2

2nd period

🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov 2nd · 07:57

Assists: Peter Bondra, Andy Sutton · beat Martin Biron

0–3

🐦 Steve McCarthy PP 2nd · 11:53

Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Martin Biron

0–4

🐦 Jaroslav Modry PP 2nd · 13:47

Assists: Bobby Holik, Jim Slater · beat Martin Biron

0–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Brière · Drury · Roy 18:42

L2 Pyatt · Kotalik · Grier 16:33

L3 Dumont · Afinogenov · Pominville 12:40

L4 Vanek · Peters · Gaustad 10:12

D1 Lydman · Tallinder 20:41

D2 Numminen · McKee 19:03

D3 Campbell · Kalinin 15:10

🐦Thrashers

L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · Savard 20:56

L2 Larsen · Holik · Bondra 17:21

L3 MacKenzie · Mellanby · Petrovicky 12:29

L4 Abid · Boulton · Slater 8:14

D1 Modry · Havelid 21:06

D2 McCarthy · Sutton 17:38

D3 Hnidy · De Vries 14:42

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF ATL🐦

20 Shots on goal 23

0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/10

16 Hits 19

12 Blocked shots 18

2 Takeaways 8

6 Giveaways 11

34 Penalty minutes 16

BUF shooting 0.0% (0/20) ATL shooting 21.7% (5/23)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

18/23

.783 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Kari Lehtonen Shutout

20/20

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 3-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

After 2nd — 0–5

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 5 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — leading by 5 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2

Mar 12006 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Jan 312006 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 5–2 Dec 302005 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Mar 172004 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 4–3 OT Feb 162004 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 2–7

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Who won Sabres vs Thrashers on March 20, 2006?

Thrashers won 5–0. The final score was Sabres 0, Thrashers 5.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk, Jaroslav Modry, Peter Bondra, Steve McCarthy, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 18 saves on 23 shots (.783 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 20 saves on 20 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

What is the Sabres vs Thrashers season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeMar 18 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–4 AfterMar 22 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 4–3

🐦 Thrashers

BeforeMar 18 🔔PHI @ 🐦ATL 4–2 AfterMar 21 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 5–4

Also on March 20

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