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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Thrashers

🗓 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 1–0

Thrashers beat Sabres 3–2 in a shootout on October 18, 2008.

BUF – ATL
30–37
Shots on goal
1/6–0/6
Power play
10–10
Hits
17–14
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Todd White
2 A
1 shots · 17:36 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 21:32 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 G
5 shots · 22:18 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead 1st · 01:35
Assists: Todd White · beat Patrick Lalime
0–1
🐦 Bryan Little 1st · 17:12
Assists: Todd White · beat Patrick Lalime
0–2
2nd period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP 2nd · 17:00
Assists: Jason Pominville, Ales Kotalik · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–2
3rd period
⚔️ Jason Pominville Tying 3rd · 16:52
Unassisted · beat Kari Lehtonen
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 24:14
L2 MacArthur · Paille · Afinogenov 16:40
L3 Mair · Kotalik · Stafford 13:48
L4 Ellis · Peters · Kaleta 3:45
D1 Sekera · Spacek 26:38
D2 Numminen · Lydman 22:19
D3 Rivet · Tallinder 15:57
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · White · Armstrong 18:28
L2 Little · Christensen · Reasoner 16:00
L3 Kozlov · Perrin · Slater 14:27
L4 Boulton · Williams · Thorburn 7:34
D1 Schneider · Enstrom 25:58
D2 Hainsey · Havelid 24:48
D3 Exelby · Bogosian 13:52

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF ATL🐦
30 Shots on goal 37
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
10 Hits 10
17 Blocked shots 14
14 Takeaways 23
4 Giveaways 11
19 Penalty minutes 19
BUF shooting 6.7% (2/30) ATL shooting 8.1% (3/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Patrick Lalime
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 64:56 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Thrashers lead the season series 1–0
Feb 12008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 4–5 SO Jan 182008 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 1–10 Jan 62008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 2–5 Oct 112007 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 0–6 Mar 182007 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 3–4 OT
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Who won Sabres vs Thrashers on October 18, 2008?

Thrashers won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Sabres 2, Thrashers 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Bryan Little, Ilya Kovalchuk.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

What is the Sabres vs Thrashers season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 17 🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF 2–5 AfterOct 21 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–3
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeOct 16 😈NJD @ 🐦ATL 1–0 AfterOct 21 🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL 2–3
Also on October 18
🏔️COL 5–4 ⭐DAL 🍁TOR 1–4 🐧PIT 😈NJD 4–3 🦅WSH 🏝️NYI 0–2 🐆FLA 🌵PHX 1–4 🇨🇦MTL 🐻BOS 4–2 🏛️OTT 🗽NYR 4–5 🐙DET 🌲MIN 1–0 ⚡TBL
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