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2008-09 regular season

Thrashers at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 3–0

Thrashers beat Sabres 4–3 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on March 14, 2009.

ATL – BUF
32–37
Shots on goal
1/6–0/3
Power play
23–17
Hits
20–8
Blocked shots
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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
Toby Enstrom
2 A
2 shots · 26:55 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 24:01 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Kari Lehtonen
34 saves
0.919 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov PP Go-ahead 1st · 19:34
Assists: Zach Bogosian, Toby Enstrom · beat Patrick Lalime
1–0
2nd period
⚔️ Daniel Paille Tying 2nd · 13:19
Assists: Derek Roy, Drew Stafford · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–1
⚔️ Derek Roy Go-ahead 2nd · 16:31
Unassisted · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–2
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov 2nd · 18:24
Assists: Thomas Vanek · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–3
3rd period
🐦 Marty Reasoner SH 3rd · 13:26
Assists: Colin Stuart · beat Patrick Lalime
2–3
🐦 Todd White Tying 3rd · 19:56
Assists: Ron Hainsey, Toby Enstrom · beat Patrick Lalime
3–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kozlov · Peverley · White 22:13
L2 Sterling · Little · Armstrong 20:23
L3 Stuart · Reasoner · Perrin 14:31
L4 Boulton · Slater · Thorburn 6:30
D1 Bogosian · Enstrom 27:44
D2 Hainsey · Salmela 21:47
D3 Valabik · Exelby 15:30
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Connolly · Pominville 20:49
L2 Moore · Hecht · Stafford 16:35
L3 Vanek · Paille · Afinogenov 14:46
L4 Gaustad · Mair · Kaleta 6:35
D1 Lydman · Spacek 24:40
D2 Tallinder · Sekera 22:20
D3 Rivet · Butler 16:16

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL BUF⚔️
32 Shots on goal 37
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
23 Hits 17
20 Blocked shots 8
1 Takeaways 9
12 Giveaways 13
26 Penalty minutes 12
ATL shooting 12.5% (4/32) BUF shooting 8.1% (3/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 63:56 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Patrick Lalime
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

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After 1st — 1–0
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-3-1 (71% win rate, 14 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-7 (46% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-9-1 (9% win rate, 11 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Thrashers lead the season series 3–0
Nov 72008 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 5–4 OT 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
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Who won Thrashers vs Sabres on March 14, 2009?

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

Who scored for Thrashers?

Marty Reasoner, Todd White, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

Who scored for Sabres?

Daniel Paille, Derek Roy, Maxim Afinogenov.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 34 saves on 37 shots (.919 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeMar 12 🐦ATL @ 🛢️EDM 4–3 AfterMar 16 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 1–5
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 12 🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 AfterMar 17 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–4
Also on March 14
🏝️NYI 1–2 🐻BOS 🗽NYR 2–4 🔔PHI 🐙DET 5–2 🎵STL 🏛️OTT 4–3 🐧PIT ⚡TBL 4–3 🐆FLA 🔥CGY 6–8 🍁TOR 😈NJD 3–1 🇨🇦MTL 🌪️CAR 4–5 🦅WSH
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