Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, December 18, 2009 · HSBC Arena

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2–5

42–27

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 on Friday, December 18, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 42–27.

Goals came from Viktor Stalberg, Derek Roy, Toni Lydman, Mike Grier, Matt Ellis, Thomas Vanek and Lee Stempniak.

Ryan Miller made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Vesa Toskala stopped 6 of 10.

Goals
TOR	1	0	1	2	42
BUF	0	4	1	5	27

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Viktor Stalberg (1)Jamal Mayers (1), Colton Orr (1)1–003:06 TOR

2nd period

Derek Roy (1)Drew Stafford (1), Jochen Hecht (1)1–101:32 BUF
Toni Lydman (1)Craig Rivet (1)1–207:02 BUF
Mike Grier (1)Tim Kennedy (1)1–309:14 BUF
Matt Ellis (1)Tyler Myers (1)1–412:48 BUF

3rd period

Thomas Vanek (1)Mike Grier (1), Toni Lydman (1)1–511:09 BUF
Lee Stempniak (1)Nikolay Kulemin (1)2–519:40 TOR

Team stats

TORBUF

4227

47%53%

0/10/2

42

159

1111

1010

23

Penalties

9:43 into the first periodSteve Montador · hooking2 min
12:44 into the first periodTomas Kaberle · slashing2 min
15:55 into the first periodGarnet Exelby · delaying game2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

12Lee StempniakR	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	15:23
21Jamal MayersR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	43	11:40
28Colton OrrR	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	12:11
41Nikolay KuleminL	0	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	–	17:28
45Viktor StalbergL	1	0	1	+1	8	0	0	0	–	15:20
9Niklas HagmanL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	12:47
14Matt StajanC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	60	18:45
18Wayne PrimeauC	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	50	15:11
23Alexei PonikarovskyL	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	15:46
55Jason BlakeL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	12:36
81Phil KesselC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	–	16:13
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	43	13:00
2Luke SchennD	0	0	0	−2	2	1	0	0	–	18:33
3Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	−2	1	3	1	2	–	13:45
7Ian WhiteD	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	23:00
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	−1	5	1	1	0	–	19:37
15Tomas KaberleD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	–	22:12
22Francois BeaucheminD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	22:37

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
35Vesa ToskalaG	L	10	6	4	.600	32:44
50Jonas GustavssonG		17	16	1	.941	27:12

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

25Mike GrierR	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	0	–	15:44
5Toni LydmanD	1	1	2	+2	1	3	0	0	–	17:09
9Derek RoyC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	47	17:00
13Tim KennedyL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	50	12:48
21Drew StaffordR	0	1	1	−1	4	0	0	0	–	14:44
26Thomas VanekL	1	0	1	+2	3	0	1	0	–	15:34
37Matt EllisL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	10:44
55Jochen HechtC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	100	17:15
52Craig RivetD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	–	18:41
57Tyler MyersD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	22:24
19Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	–	16:47
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	10:53
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	80	19:36
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	50	13:59
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	33	15:19
4Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	19:18
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	19:03
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	21:02

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	W	42	40	2	.952	60:00
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	00:00