Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Thursday, December 22, 2011 · Air Canada Centre
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Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Air Canada Centre. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 42-31.
Goals came from Jason Pominville, David Steckel, Phil Kessel, Derek Roy and Nazem Kadri.
James Reimer made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 28 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Jason Pominville (1)Thomas Vanek (1)1–011:49 BUF · PPG
David Steckel (1)Luke Schenn (1), Joey Crabb (1)1–115:52 TOR
Phil Kessel (1)Joffrey Lupul (1), Dion Phaneuf (1)1–216:54 TOR
3rd period
Derek Roy (1)Jason Pominville (1)2–201:29 BUF
Nazem Kadri (1)Clarke MacArthur (1)2–305:52 TOR
Team stats
BUFTOR
42Shots on goal31
44%Faceoff %56%
1/6Power play0/6
14Penalty minutes14
25Hits33
18Blocked shots16
10Giveaways16
13Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 05:18
Patrick Kaleta · hooking2 min - 1st 07:47
Darryl Boyce · interference2 min - 1st 07:51Thomas Vanek · hooking2 min
- 1st 11:56Brayden McNabb · roughing2 min
- 1st 11:56Dion Phaneuf · slashing2 min
- 1st 13:24Drew Stafford · interference2 min
- 2nd 01:45Phil Kessel · interference2 min
- 2nd 05:07Matt Frattin · holding2 min
- 2nd 09:44Nikolay Kulemin · interference2 min
- 2nd 10:37Tyler Bozak · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 12:16Patrick Kaleta · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:21Paul Gaustad · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 11:24Mike Weber · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:59Nazem Kadri · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 22:15 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 23:26 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:43 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:44 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 12:50 |
| 54Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:50 |
| 58Paul SzczechuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:30 |
| 71Derek WhitmoreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:54 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:08 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:31 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:22 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 20:59 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:07 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 20:41 |
| 81Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 58:50 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 16Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 19Joffrey LupulR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 20David SteckelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:57 |
| 43Nazem KadriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:43 |
| 46Joey CrabbR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 10 | 18:50 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 3Dion PhaneufD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 26:04 |
| 12Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:43 |
| 39Matt FrattinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:10 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:44 |
| 42Tyler BozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:27 |
| 47Darryl BoyceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:00 |
| 4Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 24John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 36Carl GunnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:50 |
| 59Keith AulieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34James ReimerG | W | 42 | 40 | 2 | .952 | 60:00 |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |