Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Thursday, January 26, 2006 · Air Canada Centre
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 8-4 on Thursday, January 26, 2006 at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 37-32.
Alexander Steen scored twice and Thomas Vanek scored twice. Jochen Hecht, Derek Roy, Brian Campbell, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Jason Pominville, Alexander Khavanov, Chris Drury and Jay McKee also scored.
Ryan Miller made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Mikael Tellqvist stopped 12 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Steen (12)Kyle Wellwood (19), Mats Sundin (22)0–104:08 TOR · PPG
Jochen Hecht (13)Paul Gaustad (10), Maxim Afinogenov (22)1–112:38 BUF
Derek Roy (5)Maxim Afinogenov (23), Jay McKee (8)2–118:12 BUF
2nd period
Brian Campbell (8)Chris Drury (23), Jason Pominville (8)3–103:11 BUF · PPG
Thomas Vanek (14)Unassisted4–103:21 BUF- Alexander Steen (13)Kyle Wellwood (20), Tomas Kaberle (34)4–208:04 TOR · PPG
Alexei Ponikarovsky (12)Nik Antropov (8), Ken Klee (11)4–313:17 TOR
Jason Pominville (10)Unassisted5–313:56 BUF
Alexander Khavanov (4)Chad Kilger (8), Mats Sundin (23)5–416:20 TOR · SHG
3rd period
Chris Drury (17)Ales Kotalik (18), Brian Campbell (19)6–406:18 BUF · PPG- Thomas Vanek (15)Jochen Hecht (14), Rory Fitzpatrick (3)7–412:47 BUF · PPG
Jay McKee (4)Unassisted8–419:59 BUF · SHG · EN
Team stats
BUFTOR
32Shots on goal37
44%Faceoff %56%
3/8Power play2/8
18Penalty minutes18
18Hits27
15Blocked shots8
12Giveaways11
7Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 01:22
Ken Klee · hooking2 min - 1st 03:24
Paul Gaustad · hooking2 min - 1st 08:40Chad Kilger · holding2 min
- 1st 10:21Maxim Afinogenov · slashing2 min
- 1st 13:03Ed Belfour · roughing2 min
- 1st 14:27Ales Kotalik · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:34Tie Domi · roughing2 min
- 2nd 05:14Jochen Hecht · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 05:14Chad Kilger · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:26Rory Fitzpatrick · tripping2 min
- 2nd 07:35Mike Grier · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 10:17Rory Fitzpatrick · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 15:54Clarke Wilm · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:49Alexander Steen · tripping2 min
- 3rd 05:11Chad Kilger · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 06:03Maxim Afinogenov · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:18Ken Klee · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:36Henrik Tallinder · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:53 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11:52 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:01 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:23 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:57 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:53 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:37 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:12 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:09 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:01 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 23:38 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 37 | 33 | 4 | .892 | 59:44 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 10Alexander SteenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 21:07 |
| 13Mats SundinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 | 22:04 |
| 42Kyle WellwoodC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 20:45 |
| 18Chad KilgerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:01 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:11 |
| 80Nik AntropovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 30:23 |
| 22Ken KleeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:24 |
| 25Alexander KhavanovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:22 |
| 3Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:46 |
| 14Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:29 |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 39Clarke WilmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:20 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 24:47 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:22 |
| 8Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:25 |
| 44Staffan KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 56Andy WozniewskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 20:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 23:21 | |
| 32Mikael TellqvistG | L | 15 | 12 | 3 | .800 | 35:15 |