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2009-10 regular season

Thrashers at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 1–0

Thrashers beat Sabres 4–2 at KeyBank Center on October 17, 2009.

ATL – BUF
27–42
Shots on goal
2/5–1/5
Power play
19–27
Hits
15–6
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
Ilya Kovalchuk
2 G
5 shots · 21:48 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Vyacheslav Kozlov
2 A
2 shots · 13:51 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Johan Hedberg
40 saves
0.952 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:47
Assists: Nik Antropov, Rich Peverley · beat Patrick Lalime
1–0
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk 1st · 09:48
Assists: Bryan Little, Nik Antropov · beat Patrick Lalime
2–0
2nd period
⚔️ Clarke MacArthur 2nd · 06:56
Assists: Tim Connolly, Jason Pominville · beat Johan Hedberg
2–1
🐦 Todd White PP 2nd · 07:53
Assists: Toby Enstrom, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Patrick Lalime
3–1
3rd period
⚔️ Drew Stafford PP 3rd · 16:26
Assists: Tim Connolly, Chris Butler · beat Johan Hedberg
3–2
🐦 Maxim Afinogenov 3rd · 16:43
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Johan Hedberg · beat Patrick Lalime
4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Peverley · Little 19:29
L2 Kane · Antropov · White 15:37
L3 Kozlov · Afinogenov · Armstrong 13:51
L4 Boulton · Reasoner · Thorburn 9:01
D1 Kubina · Hainsey 22:30
D2 Bogosian · Enstrom 20:04
D3 Schubert · Popovic 15:09
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Hecht · Pominville 19:46
L2 MacArthur · Roy · Gaustad 17:34
L3 Kennedy · Stafford · Grier 15:07
L4 Paille · Mair · Kaleta 8:45
D1 Butler · Montador 21:05
D2 Rivet · Lydman 19:56
D3 Myers · Tallinder 16:22

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL BUF⚔️
27 Shots on goal 42
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
19 Hits 27
15 Blocked shots 6
6 Takeaways 2
17 Giveaways 14
12 Penalty minutes 10
ATL shooting 14.8% (4/27) BUF shooting 4.8% (2/42)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Johan Hedberg
40/42
.952 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Patrick Lalime
23/27
.852 SV% · 4 GA · 59:21 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Ilya Kovalchuk · 1st 06:47 · 1–0 Ilya Kovalchuk · 1st 09:48 · 2–0 Clarke MacArthur · 2nd 06:56 · 2–1 Todd White · 2nd 07:53 · 3–1 Drew Stafford · 3rd 16:26 · 3–2 Maxim Afinogenov · 3rd 16:43 · 4–2
ATL BUF
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–1
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Thrashers lead the season series 1–0
Apr 12009 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 2–3 OT 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
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Who won Thrashers vs Sabres on October 17, 2009?

Thrashers won 4–2. The final score was Thrashers 4, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk (2), Maxim Afinogenov, Todd White.

Who scored for Sabres?

Clarke MacArthur, Drew Stafford.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 40 saves on 42 shots (.952 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeOct 16 🐦ATL @ 😈NJD 4–2 AfterOct 20 🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 16 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 3–6 AfterOct 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 5–2
Also on October 17
🗽NYR 4–1 🍁TOR 🏛️OTT 3–1 🇨🇦MTL 🌪️CAR 0–2 😈NJD 🦈SJS 4–1 🏝️NYI 🐯NSH 2–3 🦅WSH 🏔️COL 4–3 🐙DET 👑LAK 1–4 🧥CBJ ⚡TBL 1–4 🐧PIT
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