Sabres 2–5 Thrashers — Final Score & Stats (Jan 6, 2008)

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

Marian Hossa

2 G

9 shots · 21:10 TOI

2nd star 🐦 ATL

Colin Stuart

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 12:18 TOI

3rd star 🐦 ATL

Johan Hedberg

37 saves

0.949 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Thomas Vanek Go-ahead 1st · 06:10

Assists: Brian Campbell, Ales Kotalik · beat Johan Hedberg

1–0

🐦 Marian Hossa Tying 1st · 09:20

Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller

1–1

2nd period

🐦 Pascal Dupuis Go-ahead 2nd · 06:45

Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller

1–2

3rd period

🐦 Colin Stuart 3rd · 01:37

Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller

1–3

🐦 Marian Hossa 3rd · 05:14

Assists: Eric Perrin, Colin Stuart · beat Ryan Miller

1–4

⚔️ Clarke MacArthur 3rd · 09:34

Assists: Jason Pominville, Jochen Hecht · beat Johan Hedberg

2–4

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Empty net 3rd · 19:45

Assists: Todd White

2–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Connolly · Gaustad · Kotalik 22:07

L2 Vanek · Hecht · Pominville 19:42

L3 MacArthur · Ryan · Stafford 15:14

L4 Peters · Roy · Mair 6:35

D1 Spacek · Campbell 25:38

D2 Kalinin · Lydman 17:22

D3 Tallinder · Paetsch 14:18

🐦Thrashers

L1 Perrin · White · Hossa 17:42

L2 Kovalchuk · Recchi · Dupuis 16:04

L3 Stuart · Holik · Doell 12:18

L4 Kozlov · Larsen · Thorburn 9:03

D1 Enstrom · Havelid 23:34

D2 Klee · Zhitnik 19:51

D3 Exelby · Popovic 16:12

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF ATL🐦

39 Shots on goal 30

14 Hits 18

7 Blocked shots 11

7 Takeaways 21

9 Giveaways 12

2 Penalty minutes 10

BUF shooting 5.1% (2/39) ATL shooting 16.7% (5/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

25/29

.862 SV% · 4 GA · 58:26 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Johan Hedberg

37/39

.949 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 4-9-2 (27% win rate, 15 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — tied after 1st: 6-5-1 (50% win rate, 12 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-5-1 (25% win rate, 8 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1

Oct 112007 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 0–6 Mar 182007 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 3–4 OT Feb 62007 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 4–3 SO Dec 302006 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Oct 282006 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 5–4 SO

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Who won Sabres vs Thrashers on January 6, 2008?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Clarke MacArthur, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Marian Hossa (2), Colin Stuart, Ilya Kovalchuk, Pascal Dupuis.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 37 saves on 39 shots (.949 save percentage).

What is the Sabres vs Thrashers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeJan 4 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 5–3 AfterJan 8 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 1–2

🐦 Thrashers

BeforeJan 4 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 4–3 AfterJan 8 🔔PHI @ 🐦ATL 4–1

Also on January 6

🐙DET 3–1 🪶CHI

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