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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Thrashers

🗓 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 4–0

Thrashers beat Sabres 3–2 in overtime on April 1, 2009.

BUF – ATL
32–30
Shots on goal
2/6–0/3
Power play
12–19
Hits
10–15
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

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
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 24:49 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
2 G
7 shots · 18:40 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Johan Hedberg
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:01
Assists: Jason Pominville, Derek Roy · beat Johan Hedberg
1–0
🐦 Zach Bogosian Tying 1st · 08:36
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Bryan Little · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
2nd period
🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov Go-ahead 2nd · 10:26
Assists: Ron Hainsey, Colby Armstrong · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP Tying 2nd · 13:56
Assists: Derek Roy, Jaroslav Spacek · beat Johan Hedberg
2–2
Overtime
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead OT · 04:30
Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Connolly · Pominville 23:36
L2 Vanek · MacArthur · Hecht 15:53
L3 Moore · Gaustad · Stafford 14:27
L4 Paille · Mair · Kaleta 7:32
D1 Lydman · Spacek 23:57
D2 Rivet · Tallinder 21:59
D3 Butler · Numminen 15:42
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · White · Little 19:22
L2 Peverley · Slater · Perrin 15:13
L3 Kozlov · Reasoner · Armstrong 13:51
L4 Stuart · Boulton · Thorburn 11:03
D1 Enstrom · Hainsey 26:12
D2 Exelby · Bogosian 22:50
D3 Oystrick · Salmela 12:52

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF ATL🐦
32 Shots on goal 30
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
12 Hits 19
10 Blocked shots 15
12 Takeaways 17
4 Giveaways 10
6 Penalty minutes 12
BUF shooting 6.2% (2/32) ATL shooting 10.0% (3/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 64:30 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Johan Hedberg
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 64:10 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 7-9-3 (37% win rate, 19 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 9-9-4 (41% win rate, 22 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 6-8 (43% win rate, 14 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 5-8-3 (31% win rate, 16 games)

Last meetings

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Thrashers lead the season series 4–0
Mar 142009 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 SO 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
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Who won Sabres vs Thrashers on April 1, 2009?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Thomas Vanek (2).

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Zach Bogosian.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

What is the Sabres vs Thrashers season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 28 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3 AfterApr 3 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 5–4
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeMar 28 🏛️OTT @ 🐦ATL 3–6 AfterApr 3 🐦ATL @ 🐆FLA 3–1
Also on April 1
🏝️NYI 3–5 🦅WSH 🔔PHI 2–3 🍁TOR 😈NJD 1–6 🐧PIT 🎵STL 1–3 🪶CHI 🌵PHX 3–0 🏔️COL
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