Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Monday, December 21, 2009 · Air Canada Centre
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in overtime on Monday, December 21, 2009 at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 36-30.
Goals came from Nathan Paetsch, Viktor Stalberg, Ian White, Jochen Hecht and Derek Roy.
Ryan Miller made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Jonas Gustavsson stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Nathan Paetsch (1)Matt Ellis (1), Steve Montador (1)1–006:11 BUF
2nd period
Viktor Stalberg (1)Tomas Kaberle (1)1–103:41 TOR
Ian White (1)Lee Stempniak (1), Nikolay Kulemin (1)1–217:20 TOR
3rd period
Jochen Hecht (1)Drew Stafford (1), Derek Roy (1)2–212:59 BUF
OT period
Derek Roy (1)Jochen Hecht (1), Steve Montador (2)3–203:35 BUF
Team stats
BUFTOR
30Shots on goal36
37%Faceoff %63%
0/1Power play0/0
0Penalty minutes2
21Hits31
18Blocked shots15
10Giveaways9
11Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 14:52
Viktor Stalberg · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:49 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:17 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:48 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:57 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:06 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:03 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:01 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:15 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:41 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 63:12 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 12Lee StempniakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:47 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 45Viktor StalbergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 13:22 |
| 7Ian WhiteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 25:03 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 9Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:47 |
| 14Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 18Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:50 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 19:59 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 4Jeff FingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 22Francois BeaucheminD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Vesa ToskalaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | O | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 63:35 |