THRASHERS at SABRES

Shots
123OTT
THRASHERS 9 4 8 1 22
SABRES 10 10 12 0 32
Goals
123OTT
THRASHERS 1 2 1 1 5
SABRES 2 1 1 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, DUMONT 11 (HILL), 13:07
2. SABRES, BARNES 9 (NUMMINEN, BRUNETTE), 16:39
3. THRASHERS, HEATLEY 4 (STEFAN, LINDEN), 18:21

PENALTIES: J. STRUDWICK ATL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 01:07, F. LESSARD ATL (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:59, L. BARTECKO ATL (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:06

Period 2
4. SABRES, BARNES 10 (NUMMINEN, MCKEE), 02:54
5. THRASHERS, RHEAUME 6 (HEATLEY, BARTECKO) (SH), 05:05
6. THRASHERS, TJARNQVIST 2 (KALLIO, REIRDEN) (PP), 14:14

PENALTIES: T. KALLIO ATL (CHARGING, Minor) 03:45, F. LESSARD ATL (KICKING, Major) 08:11, T. PYATT BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major, Game Misconduct) 11:45 (Served by James Patrick), R. WARRENER BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 16:46

Period 3
7. THRASHERS, HEATLEY 5 (STEFAN, TAMER) (PP), 12:28
8. SABRES, PATRICK 2 (BARNES, DUMONT) (PP), 14:06

PENALTIES: Y. TREMBLAY ATL (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 08:05, J. KLEMM BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 08:05, A. SUTTON ATL (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:42, J. NOVOTNY BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 11:54, J. STRUDWICK ATL (HOOKING, Minor) 13:02

Overtime
9. THRASHERS, BARTECKO 11 (LINDEN), 00:13



Goalie Statistics

Milan Hnilicka (ATL), 28 saves out of 32 shots, W, 8-12-1
Martin Biron (BUF), 17 saves out of 22 shots, L, 12-9-1

Power Play Conversions

THRASHERS 2 for 3
SABRES 1 for 8

Game Stars

1 - Stu Barnes (BUF)
2 - Dany Heatley (ATL)
3 - Lubos Bartecko (ATL)

Player Statistics

THRASHERS

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
-------------------------------------------------
Francis Lessard       0  0  0  Even   7  2   4 16
Chris Tamer           0  1  1    -1   0  0   3 18
Frantisek Kaberle     0  0  0    -3   0  0   0 15
Tony Hrkac            0  0  0    -3   0  2   2 30
Tomi Kallio           0  1  1    +1   2  0   2 17
Jarkko Ruutu          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  2
Jason Strudwick       0  0  0    +1   4  0   2 17
Lubos Bartecko        1  1  2    +2   2  3   1 27
Andy Sutton           0  0  0  Even   2  0   0  7
Pascal Rheaume        1  0  1  Even   0  3   1 18
Todd Reirden          0  1  1    -1   0  0   0 15
Daniel Tjarnqvist     1  0  1  Even   0  2   1 14
Yannick Tremblay      0  0  0    +1   4  2   0 13
Kamil Piros           0  0  0    -1   0  0   2  5
Patrik Stefan         0  2  2    -1   0  2   0 18
Trevor Letowski       0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Trevor Linden         0  2  2    +2   0  1   1 24
Dany Heatley          2  1  3    -1   0  5   1 22
   
SABRES

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
-------------------------------------------------
Pat Verbeek           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 10
James Patrick         1  0  1    -1   0  2   0 14
Rhett Warrener        0  0  0  Even   2  1   3 20
Sean Hill             0  1  1  Even   0  1   2 22
Jon Klemm             0  0  0  Even   2  1   0 14
Jean-Pierre Dumont    1  1  2  Even   0  5   1 22
Taylor Pyatt          0  0  0    +1  15  0   0 13
Vaclav Varada         0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 13
Curtis Brown          0  0  0    -1   0  1   0  5
Stu Barnes            2  1  3  Even   0  5   2 28
Eric Weinrich         0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 18
Richard Zednik        0  0  0  Even   0  5   1 20
Jay McKee             0  1  1    +2   0  0   0 16
Teppo Numminen        0  2  2    +1   0  2   0 21
Miroslav Satan        0  0  0    +2   0  2   1 16
Norm Milley           0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  4
Andrew Brunette       0  1  1    +2   0  2   0 20
Jiri Novotny          0  0  0  Even   2  2   0 20
   

Financial

Attendance: 14193
Net Profit: $1'021'896.00

Game Notes

Taylor Pyatt ejected at 11:45 of the 2nd Period

Minor League Box Score

Chicago        4
Rochester      0
-------------------------------------
Mark Hartigan 10 (Mike Weaver, Carl Mallette)
Mark Hartigan 11 (Yuri Butsayev, Matt McRae)
Ruslan Zainullin 5 (unknown, Jeff Cowan)
Jeff Cowan 6 (Mark McRae, Simon Gamache)


-------------------------------------
Goalies
Chicago: Damian Rhodes
Rochester: Bob Essensa
-------------------------------------