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2006-07 regular season

Thrashers at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Sabres beat Thrashers 4–1 at KeyBank Center on December 30, 2006.

ATL – BUF
30–32
Shots on goal
0/4–1/5
Power play
17–12
Hits
10–15
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
2 G, 1 A
8 shots · 16:16 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Daniel Brière
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 22:39 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Dmitri Kalinin
2 A
1 shots · 16:44 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Daniel Brière Go-ahead 1st · 06:44
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Kari Lehtonen
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Jason Pominville 2nd · 16:45
Assists: Daniel Brière, Dmitri Kalinin · beat Kari Lehtonen
0–2
3rd period
🐦 Glen Metropolit 3rd · 02:41
Assists: Jim Slater · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP 3rd · 16:53
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Toni Lydman · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–3
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Empty net 3rd · 18:13
Assists: Derek Roy, Dmitri Kalinin
1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kozlov · Holik · Hossa 19:25
L2 Kovalchuk · Krog · Vigier 14:39
L3 Larsen · Sim · Slater 12:46
L4 Boulton · Kapanen · Metropolit 8:53
D1 Havelid · De Vries 25:50
D2 Vishnevski · Hnidy 19:22
D3 McCarthy · Coburn 14:06
⚔️Sabres
L1 Brière · Hecht · Pominville 19:45
L2 Vanek · Drury · Roy 16:30
L3 Gaustad · Afinogenov · Kotalik 13:54
L4 Novotny · Mair · Stafford 6:34
D1 Tallinder · Lydman 22:44
D2 Numminen · Campbell 19:16
D3 Kalinin · Spacek 15:36

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL BUF⚔️
30 Shots on goal 32
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
17 Hits 12
10 Blocked shots 15
3 Takeaways 3
7 Giveaways 17
12 Penalty minutes 10
ATL shooting 3.3% (1/30) BUF shooting 12.5% (4/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 59:55 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 7-4-1 (58% win rate, 12 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-1 (89% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Oct 282006 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 5–4 SO Mar 202006 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 0–5 Mar 12006 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Jan 312006 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 5–2 Dec 302005 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 1–4
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Who won Thrashers vs Sabres on December 30, 2006?

Sabres won 4–1. The final score was Thrashers 1, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Glen Metropolit.

Who scored for Sabres?

Thomas Vanek (2), Daniel Brière, Jason Pominville.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 27 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 4–2 AfterJan 1 🐦ATL @ 🏛️OTT 3–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 28 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 AfterJan 1 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 1–3
Also on December 30
🏛️OTT 3–2 🍁TOR 😈NJD 2–0 🏝️NYI 🦅WSH 1–4 🗽NYR 🇨🇦MTL 1–3 ⚡TBL 🏔️COL 0–2 🎵STL 🐻BOS 0–5 🐯NSH 🦈SJS 0–8 🌵PHX 🐋VAN 6–2 🛢️EDM
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