Sabres 3–4 Thrashers — Final Score & Stats (Mar 18, 2007)

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

Alexei Zhitnik

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · 27:48 TOI

2nd star 🐦 ATL

Keith Tkachuk

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 19:34 TOI

3rd star 🐦 ATL

Kari Lehtonen

35 saves

0.921 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:50

Assists: Alexei Zhitnik, Marian Hossa · beat Ryan Miller

0–1

⚔️ Drew Stafford Tying 1st · 06:11

Assists: Derek Roy, Thomas Vanek · beat Kari Lehtonen

1–1

🐦 Eric Belanger Go-ahead 1st · 15:36

Assists: Andy Sutton · beat Ryan Miller

1–2

2nd period

⚔️ Thomas Vanek Tying 2nd · 16:07

Assists: Teppo Numminen, Dmitri Kalinin · beat Kari Lehtonen

2–2

3rd period

🐦 Alexei Zhitnik PP Go-ahead 3rd · 07:45

Assists: Niclas Havelid, Keith Tkachuk · beat Ryan Miller

2–3

⚔️ Derek Roy Tying 3rd · 12:25

Assists: Henrik Tallinder, Brian Campbell · beat Kari Lehtonen

3–3

Overtime

🐦 Keith Tkachuk PP Go-ahead OT · 04:22

Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Alexei Zhitnik · beat Ryan Miller

3–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Brière · Drury · Hecht 21:03

L2 Zubrus · Roy · Pominville 19:33

L3 Vanek · Ryan · Stafford 14:57

L4 MacArthur · Peters · Mair 6:46

D1 Campbell · Kalinin 23:31

D2 Numminen · Tallinder 21:36

D3 Paetsch · Spacek 16:08

🐦Thrashers

L1 Tkachuk · Belanger · Hossa 20:13

L2 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · Dupuis 18:09

L3 Larsen · Holik · Vigier 11:32

L4 Sim · Boulton · Mellanby 10:05

D1 Zhitnik · Havelid 26:52

D2 Hnidy · Exelby 20:20

D3 De Vries · Sutton 16:42

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF ATL🐦

38 Shots on goal 31

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 3/5

12 Hits 20

7 Blocked shots 10

8 Takeaways 16

6 Giveaways 10

12 Penalty minutes 12

BUF shooting 7.9% (3/38) ATL shooting 12.9% (4/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

27/31

.871 SV% · 4 GA · 64:20 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Kari Lehtonen

35/38

.921 SV% · 3 GA · 64:22 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 8-1-2 (73% win rate, 11 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-4-3 (59% win rate, 17 games)

After 2nd — 2–2

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 7-4-3 (50% win rate, 14 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 10-1-4 (67% win rate, 15 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2

Feb 62007 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 4–3 SO Dec 302006 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Oct 282006 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 5–4 SO Mar 202006 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 0–5 Mar 12006 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 4–2

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Who won Sabres vs Thrashers on March 18, 2007?

Thrashers won 4–3 in overtime. The final score was Sabres 3, Thrashers 4.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Roy, Drew Stafford, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Alexei Zhitnik, Eric Belanger, Ilya Kovalchuk, Keith Tkachuk.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 35 saves on 38 shots (.921 save percentage).

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 16 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 3–2 AfterMar 21 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–5

🐦 Thrashers

BeforeMar 16 🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL 1–2 AfterMar 22 🦈SJS @ 🐦ATL 5–1

Also on March 18

⚡TBL 1–7 🦅WSH 🏛️OTT 3–4 🐧PIT 🦈SJS 3–4 🏔️COL 🌵PHX 4–5 ⭐DAL 👑LAK 5–3 🦆ANA

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