Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Thursday, December 29, 2005 · Air Canada Centre
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday, December 29, 2005 at Air Canada Centre. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 30-28.
Goals came from Alexei Ponikarovsky, Bryan McCabe, Tim Connolly, Henrik Tallinder, Darcy Tucker and Jason Pominville.
Ed Belfour made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Alexei Ponikarovsky (10)Matt Stajan (8)0–114:00 TOR · SHG
Bryan McCabe (14)Tie Domi (7), Clarke Wilm (2)0–215:47 TOR
Tim Connolly (8)Thomas Vanek (16), Ales Kotalik (12)1–217:14 BUF
2nd period
Henrik Tallinder (3)Tim Connolly (22)2–204:37 BUF · SHG
Darcy Tucker (16)Kyle Wellwood (14), Tomas Kaberle (26)2–305:55 TOR · PPG
3rd period
Jason Pominville (4)Brian Campbell (15), Tim Connolly (23)3–308:07 BUF · PPG
Team stats
BUFTOR
30Shots on goal28
42%Faceoff %58%
1/4Power play1/5
12Penalty minutes10
17Hits25
15Blocked shots23
8Giveaways10
8Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 02:09
Derek Roy · high sticking2 min - 1st 12:44
Alexander Khavanov · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 17:58Maxim Afinogenov · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:58Bench · delaying game bench2 min
- 1st 17:58Bryan McCabe · diving2 min
- 2nd 00:36Henrik Tallinder · interference2 min
- 2nd 04:23Derek Roy · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:41Brian Campbell · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:18Matt Stajan · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:23Ken Klee · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:46Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 20:28 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:16 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:20 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:56 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:03 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:35 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:30 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:43 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:16 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 25:01 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | O | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 64:53 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 14Matt StajanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:41 |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:36 |
| 39Clarke WilmC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 42Kyle WellwoodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 29:47 |
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 28:03 |
| 3Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:03 |
| 13Mats SundinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:05 |
| 18Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:15 |
| 53John PohlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:35 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:46 |
| 8Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 22Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:22 |
| 25Alexander KhavanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 44Staffan KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 65:00 |
| 32Mikael TellqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |