Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

Thursday, January 26, 2006, 7:30 PM ET Air Canada Centre, Toronto Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 8–4 on Thursday, January 26, 2006 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team	Goals	2005-2006 record
Buffalo Sabres	8	52-24-6
at Toronto Maple Leafs	4	41-33-8

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	2	3	3	8
Toronto Maple Leafs	1	3	0	4

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	9	13	10	32
Toronto Maple Leafs	14	17	6	37

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:08	Toronto Maple Leafs	Alexander Steen (12)	Kyle Wellwood (19), Mats Sundin (22)	Power play	BUF 0, TOR 1
1st	12:38	Buffalo Sabres	Jochen Hecht (13)	Paul Gaustad (10), Maxim Afinogenov (22)	Even strength	BUF 1, TOR 1
1st	18:12	Buffalo Sabres	Derek Roy (5)	Maxim Afinogenov (23), Jay McKee (8)	Even strength	BUF 2, TOR 1
2nd	03:11	Buffalo Sabres	Brian Campbell (8)	Chris Drury (23), Jason Pominville (8)	Power play	BUF 3, TOR 1
2nd	03:21	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek (14)	Unassisted	Even strength	BUF 4, TOR 1
2nd	08:04	Toronto Maple Leafs	Alexander Steen (13)	Kyle Wellwood (20), Tomas Kaberle (34)	Power play	BUF 4, TOR 2
2nd	13:17	Toronto Maple Leafs	Alexei Ponikarovsky (12)	Nik Antropov (8), Ken Klee (11)	Even strength	BUF 4, TOR 3
2nd	13:56	Buffalo Sabres	Jason Pominville (10)	Unassisted	Even strength	BUF 5, TOR 3
2nd	16:20	Toronto Maple Leafs	Alexander Khavanov (4)	Chad Kilger (8), Mats Sundin (23)	Shorthanded	BUF 5, TOR 4
3rd	06:18	Buffalo Sabres	Chris Drury (17)	Ales Kotalik (18), Brian Campbell (19)	Power play	BUF 6, TOR 4
3rd	12:47	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek (15)	Jochen Hecht (14), Rory Fitzpatrick (3)	Power play	BUF 7, TOR 4
3rd	19:59	Buffalo Sabres	Jay McKee (4)	Unassisted	Shorthanded, Empty net	BUF 8, TOR 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Roy	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	40%	14:57
Number 12 A. Kotalik	R	0	1	1	-1	2	3	3	0	0	50%	18:37
Number 17 J. Dumont	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:44
Number 20 D. Paille	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0		10:09
Number 23 C. Drury	C	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	2	1	48%	21:53
Number 25 M. Grier	R	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	1	0		16:20
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	1		11:52
Number 28 P. Gaustad	C	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	1	0	47.1%	15:19
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	1	1	2	+1	0	4	1	1	0		17:01
Number 55 J. Hecht	C	1	1	2	+1	2	2	1	0	0	40%	19:23
Number 61 M. Afinogenov	R	0	2	2	+1	4	3	1	0	0		13:57
Number 76 A. Peters	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		02:01
Number 5 T. Lydman	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	1	0		23:38
Number 8 R. Fitzpatrick	D	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0	0		07:12
Number 10 H. Tallinder	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	0		20:19
Number 45 D. Kalinin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		22:27
Number 51 B. Campbell	D	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	1		15:48
Number 74 J. McKee	D	1	1	2	+2	0	2	4	6	0		21:53

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 R. Miller	37	33	4	.892	59:44	Win

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 3 W. Belak	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		02:46
Number 10 A. Steen	L	2	0	2	-3	2	2	4	1	2		21:07
Number 13 M. Sundin	C	0	2	2	-1	0	6	5	1	0	54.5%	22:04
Number 14 M. Stajan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		05:29
Number 18 C. Kilger	L	0	1	1	0	6	2	1	0	0	100%	14:01
Number 23 A. Ponikarovsky	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	0		17:11
Number 28 T. Domi	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0		09:59
Number 39 C. Wilm	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	71.4%	05:20
Number 41 J. Allison	C	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	0	0	38.5%	24:47
Number 42 K. Wellwood	C	0	2	2	-2	0	4	1	0	0	66.7%	20:45
Number 80 N. Antropov	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0	0	50%	19:25
Number 92 J. O'Neill	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0		12:22
Number 8 A. Berg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		04:25
Number 15 T. Kaberle	D	0	1	1	-1	0	6	1	2	0		30:23
Number 22 K. Klee	D	0	1	1	+1	4	1	1	1	0		21:24
Number 25 A. Khavanov	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	1	0		22:22
Number 44 S. Kronwall	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		12:56
Number 56 A. Wozniewski	D	0	0	0	-4	0	0	3	0	0		20:03

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 20 E. Belfour	16	12	4	.750	23:21
Number 32 M. Tellqvist	15	12	3	.800	35:15	Loss

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:22	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ken Klee	Hooking	2
1st	03:24	Buffalo Sabres	Paul Gaustad	Hooking	2
1st	08:40	Toronto Maple Leafs	Chad Kilger	Holding	2
1st	10:21	Buffalo Sabres	Maxim Afinogenov	Slashing	2
1st	13:03	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ed Belfour	Roughing	2
1st	14:27	Buffalo Sabres	Ales Kotalik	Hooking	2
2nd	02:34	Toronto Maple Leafs	Tie Domi	Roughing	2
2nd	05:14	Buffalo Sabres	Jochen Hecht	Cross checking	2
2nd	05:14	Toronto Maple Leafs	Chad Kilger	Hooking	2
2nd	06:26	Buffalo Sabres	Rory Fitzpatrick	Tripping	2
2nd	07:35	Buffalo Sabres	Mike Grier	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	10:17	Buffalo Sabres	Rory Fitzpatrick	Cross checking	2
2nd	15:54	Toronto Maple Leafs	Clarke Wilm	Holding	2
3rd	04:49	Toronto Maple Leafs	Alexander Steen	Tripping	2
3rd	05:11	Toronto Maple Leafs	Chad Kilger	High sticking	2
3rd	06:03	Buffalo Sabres	Maxim Afinogenov	Roughing	2
3rd	12:18	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ken Klee	Hooking	2
3rd	18:36	Buffalo Sabres	Henrik Tallinder	Interference	2

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach: Pat Quinn
Referees: Craig Spada, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Angelo D'Amico
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Teppo Numminen, Daniel Brière, Mika Noronen, Adam Mair, Tim Connolly, Taylor Pyatt, Jeff Jillson, Michael Leighton, Jiri Novotny, Chris Thorburn, Nathan Paetsch
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches: Eric Lindros, Mariusz Czerkawski, Bryan McCabe, Darcy Tucker, Jean-Sebastien Aubin, John Pohl, Ben Ondrus, Carlo Colaiacovo, Brendan Bell, Jay Harrison, Ian White, Jeremy Williams

Every Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs game in the 2005-2006 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 at Buffalo Sabres 5	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Fri, Nov 11, 2005
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4	Final/SO	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Thu, Dec 29, 2005
Buffalo Sabres 8 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 at Buffalo Sabres 6	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Fri, Mar 3, 2006
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Thu, Mar 16, 2006
Buffalo Sabres 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 7	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Apr 1, 2006
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2	Final/SO	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Mon, Apr 3, 2006
Toronto Maple Leafs 0 at Buffalo Sabres 6	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Sun, Apr 16, 2006

Other NHL games on Thursday, January 26, 2006
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 2 at Boston Bruins 3	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at New York Islanders 4	Final/SO	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Islanders, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Carolina Hurricanes 5 at Atlanta Thrashers 1	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Montreal Canadiens 0 at Ottawa Senators 3	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
New Jersey Devils 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1	Final/OT	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Vancouver Canucks 1 at Detroit Red Wings 2	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Detroit Red Wings, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Phoenix Coyotes 5 at St. Louis Blues 3	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at St. Louis Blues, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Nashville Predators 1 at Minnesota Wild 5	Final	Game page: Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Calgary Flames 0 at Chicago Blackhawks 2	Final	Game page: Calgary Flames at Chicago Blackhawks, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Dallas Stars 3 at Colorado Avalanche 2	Final/SO	Game page: Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Edmonton Oilers 5 at Los Angeles Kings 3	Final	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Anaheim Ducks 2 at San Jose Sharks 0	Final	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at San Jose Sharks, Thu, Jan 26, 2006