🐦 Away Thrashers 4-7-2
5–4
Final / OT
⚔️ Home Sabres 8-2-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🐦 ATL 12115
⚔️ BUF 22004

Thrashers at Sabres

Thrashers beat Sabres 5–4 in overtime at KeyBank Center on November 7, 2008.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Bryan Little
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 15:14 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Vyacheslav Kozlov
3 A
2 shots · 15:24 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Jason Williams
2 G
7 shots · 18:11 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Jason Williams Go-ahead 1st · 04:12
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Erik Christensen · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
⚔️ Clarke MacArthur Tying 1st · 08:15
Assists: Henrik Tallinder · beat Johan Hedberg
1–1
⚔️ Ales Kotalik PP Go-ahead 1st · 18:40
Assists: Derek Roy, Tim Connolly · beat Johan Hedberg
1–2
2nd period
🐦 Bryan Little Tying 2nd · 03:58
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Toby Enstrom · beat Ryan Miller
2–2
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov Go-ahead 2nd · 07:30
Assists: Teppo Numminen · beat Johan Hedberg
2–3
🐦 Bryan Little Tying 2nd · 15:02
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Niclas Havelid · beat Ryan Miller
3–3
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP Go-ahead 2nd · 15:52
Assists: Tim Connolly, Derek Roy · beat Johan Hedberg
3–4
3rd period
🐦 Todd White PP Tying 3rd · 08:00
Assists: Bryan Little, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Ryan Miller
4–4
Overtime
🐦 Jason Williams PP Go-ahead OT · 00:48
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Ron Hainsey · beat Ryan Miller
5–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Williams · Christensen 18:11
L2 Kozlov · Little · Reasoner 15:14
L3 White · Perrin · Armstrong 13:33
L4 Boulton · Slater · Thorburn 11:18
D1 Hainsey · Havelid 26:00
D2 Exelby · Enstrom 22:18
D3 Valabik · Oystrick 12:24
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 18:44
L2 Connolly · Gaustad · Kotalik 15:33
L3 Paille · Hecht · Afinogenov 14:08
L4 MacArthur · Mair · Kaleta 11:12
D1 Spacek · Numminen 21:13
D2 Sekera · Lydman 20:02
D3 Rivet · Tallinder 18:18

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL BUF⚔️
26 Shots on goal 32
2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
16 Hits 16
10 Blocked shots 9
0 Takeaways 6
8 Giveaways 11
8 Penalty minutes 8
ATL shooting 19.2% (5/26) BUF shooting 12.5% (4/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Johan Hedberg
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 60:48 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
21/26
.808 SV% · 5 GA · 60:46 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 3–4
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Thrashers lead the season series 2–0
Oct 182008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 2–3 SO 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
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Who won Thrashers vs Sabres on November 7, 2008?

Thrashers won 5–4 in overtime. The final score was Thrashers 5, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Bryan Little (2), Jason Williams (2), Todd White.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Clarke MacArthur, Maxim Afinogenov, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 21 saves on 26 shots (.808 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?

Thrashers lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeNov 6 🏝️NYI @ 🐦ATL 3–4 AfterNov 9 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 5–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 3 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 2–0 AfterNov 8 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3
Also on November 7
🏛️OTT 1–2 🌪️CAR 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 🧥CBJ ⭐DAL 5–2 🦆ANA
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