Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, March 27, 2009 · HSBC Arena

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3–5

Final

SOG 36–24

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Friday, March 27, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 36-24.

Tim Connolly scored twice. Jochen Hecht, Daniel Paille, Boyd Devereaux, Matt Stajan, Nikolay Kulemin and Paul Gaustad also scored.

Ryan Miller made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 5 of 9.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TOR	0	1	2	3	36
BUF	2	2	1	5	24

Scoring

1st period

Jochen Hecht (10)Paul Gaustad (17), Patrick Kaleta (5)0–100:37 BUF
Tim Connolly (15)Jason Pominville (40), Henrik Tallinder (10)0–209:39 BUF

2nd period

Daniel Paille (11)Dominic Moore (32), Jaroslav Spacek (29)0–303:09 BUF
Tim Connolly (16)Chris Butler (4), Jason Pominville (41)0–403:30 BUF
Boyd Devereaux (1)Matt Stajan (36)1–416:36 TOR · SHG

3rd period

Matt Stajan (15)Boyd Devereaux (3), Jeff Hamilton (3)2–407:47 TOR
Nikolay Kulemin (13)Mikhail Grabovski (25), Alexei Ponikarovsky (34)3–408:30 TOR · PPG
Paul Gaustad (10)Jochen Hecht (14), Henrik Tallinder (11)3–510:56 BUF

Team stats

TORBUF

36Shots on goal24

61%Faceoff %39%

1/5Power play0/2

29Penalty minutes25

17Hits14

9Blocked shots19

8Giveaways18

3Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 13:48Patrick Kaleta · charging2 min
2nd 03:12Paul Gaustad · fighting5 min
2nd 03:12Jamal Mayers · fighting5 min
2nd 04:55Jaroslav Spacek · hooking2 min
2nd 15:21Dominic Moore · fighting5 min
2nd 15:21Luke Schenn · holding the stick2 min
2nd 15:21Luke Schenn · fighting5 min
2nd 19:17Brad May · roughing2 min
2nd 19:17Brad May · misconduct10 min
3rd 04:43Toni Lydman · interference2 min
3rd 05:15Paul Gaustad · fighting5 min
3rd 05:15Pavel Kubina · fighting5 min
3rd 08:08Tim Connolly · interference2 min
3rd 18:16Toni Lydman · cross checking2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

14Matt StajanC	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	0	71	16:31
22Boyd DevereauxC	1	1	2	+2	3	2	0	0	–	14:42
23Alexei PonikarovskyL	0	1	1	-2	1	1	1	0	–	17:43
41Nikolay KuleminL	1	0	1	-2	3	1	0	0	100	15:52
51Jeff HamiltonC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	–	13:54
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	63	18:22
10Brad MayL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	12	–	06:05
12Lee StempniakR	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	–	21:27
21Jamal MayersR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	67	10:18
25Ben OndrusR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	33	08:37
39John MitchellC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	58	18:12
55Jason BlakeL	0	0	0	-2	6	2	0	0	–	19:29
2Luke SchennD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	–	18:45
4Jeff FingerD	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	–	19:50
7Ian WhiteD	0	0	0	-1	4	1	2	0	–	25:22
36Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	17:58
40Phil OreskovicD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:07
77Pavel KubinaD	0	0	0	-4	1	1	2	5	–	17:44

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Justin PoggeG		15	14	1	.933	34:32
31Curtis JosephG	L	9	5	4	.556	23:30

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

19Tim ConnollyC	2	0	2	+2	4	0	2	2	50	18:39
28Paul GaustadC	1	1	2	+1	1	3	0	10	29	15:29
29Jason PominvilleR	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	0	–	16:13
55Jochen HechtC	1	1	2	+1	2	1	1	0	100	14:59
10Henrik TallinderD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	2	0	–	21:46
17Dominic MooreC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	5	50	14:36
20Daniel PailleL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	09:50
36Patrick KaletaR	0	1	1	+2	0	4	1	2	–	14:34
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	2	–	22:42
34Chris ButlerD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	–	13:59
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	33	18:03
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	15:27
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:02
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	0	0	+2	2	1	0	0	–	12:41
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:11
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	4	4	–	21:51
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	19:18
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0	–	17:39

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	36	33	3	.917	59:55
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	–