Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 16, 2011 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Friday, December 16, 2011 at First Niagara Center. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 33-29.
Thomas Vanek scored twice. Joffrey Lupul, Drew Stafford, Dion Phaneuf, Tyler Ennis, Andrej Sekera, Nikolay Kulemin and Mikhail Grabovski also scored.
Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 24 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Joffrey Lupul (1)Phil Kessel (1)1–001:49 TOR
Drew Stafford (1)Thomas Vanek (1), Jason Pominville (1)1–104:11 BUF · PPG
Dion Phaneuf (1)Tyler Bozak (1), John-Michael Liles (1)2–109:03 TOR · PPG
Thomas Vanek (1)Zack Kassian (1)2–209:22 BUF
Tyler Ennis (1)Jason Pominville (2), Thomas Vanek (2)2–314:08 BUF · PPG
Andrej Sekera (1)Christian Ehrhoff (1), Tyler Ennis (1)2–418:01 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Nikolay Kulemin (1)Unassisted3–409:57 TOR- Thomas Vanek (2)Derek Roy (1)3–515:44 BUF
Mikhail Grabovski (1)Carl Gunnarsson (1), Joey Crabb (1)4–516:15 TOR
Team stats
TORBUF
33Shots on goal29
48%Faceoff %52%
1/2Power play3/6
23Penalty minutes4
20Hits21
13Blocked shots15
9Giveaways10
2Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 15:35
Matt Ellis · hooking2 min - 2nd 03:47
Carl Gunnarsson · holding2 min - 2nd 07:22Derek Roy · tripping2 min
- 2nd 12:57Clarke MacArthur · tripping2 min
- 2nd 13:09Philippe Dupuis · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:15Tyler Bozak · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 17:01Dion Phaneuf · boarding5 min
- 2nd 17:01Dion Phaneuf · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 19Joffrey LupulR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:38 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:23 |
| 42Tyler BozakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:49 |
| 46Joey CrabbR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:03 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:54 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 3Dion PhaneufD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 24John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:15 |
| 36Carl GunnarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:43 |
| 9Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 11Philippe DupuisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:40 |
| 12Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 16Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:19 |
| 20David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:35 |
| 39Matt FrattinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:41 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:12 |
| 4Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34James ReimerG | L | 29 | 24 | 5 | .828 | 58:44 |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Thomas VanekL | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19:16 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 | 18:03 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:51 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:17 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 54Zack KassianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:36 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:23 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:32 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:24 |
| 58Paul SzczechuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:20 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 17Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:16 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 81Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 60:00 |