Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

Friday, March 23, 2007, 8:00 PM ET HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 on Friday, March 23, 2007 at home.

Final score, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2006-2007 record
Toronto Maple Leafs	4	40-31-11
at Buffalo Sabres	5	53-22-7

Goals by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	1	1	2	4
Buffalo Sabres	1	0	4	5

Shots on goal by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	21	8	15	44
Buffalo Sabres	9	6	19	34

Scoring summary

Every goal, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:17	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek (36)	Dmitri Kalinin (19), Jason Pominville (29)	Power play	TOR 0, BUF 1
1st	18:55	Toronto Maple Leafs	Bryan McCabe (12)	Tomas Kaberle (41), Mats Sundin (41)	Power play	TOR 1, BUF 1
2nd	04:11	Toronto Maple Leafs	Matt Stajan (10)	Alexander Steen (19), Carlo Colaiacovo (8)	Even strength	TOR 2, BUF 1
3rd	00:59	Toronto Maple Leafs	Boyd Devereaux (5)	Matt Stajan (26)	Even strength	TOR 3, BUF 1
3rd	03:52	Toronto Maple Leafs	Boyd Devereaux (6)	Unassisted	Even strength	TOR 4, BUF 1
3rd	05:27	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek (37)	Derek Roy (38), Jason Pominville (30)	Power play	TOR 4, BUF 2
3rd	09:18	Buffalo Sabres	Daniel Brière (31)	Brian Campbell (41), Chris Drury (27)	Even strength	TOR 4, BUF 3
3rd	13:52	Buffalo Sabres	Jason Pominville (32)	Daniel Brière (58), Jochen Hecht (34)	Even strength	TOR 4, BUF 4
3rd	14:12	Buffalo Sabres	Drew Stafford (12)	Thomas Vanek (37), Derek Roy (39)	Even strength	TOR 4, BUF 5

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

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 10 A. Steen	L	0	1	1	+2	0	4	1	1	0		15:14
Number 13 M. Sundin	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	53.6%	23:24
Number 14 M. Stajan	C	1	1	2	+2	0	5	0	0	0	33.3%	14:57
Number 16 D. Tucker	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	0		14:58
Number 18 C. Kilger	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	1	0		13:42
Number 22 B. Devereaux	C	2	0	2	+3	0	6	0	0	0		13:02
Number 23 A. Ponikarovsky	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0		16:33
Number 33 B. Battaglia	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0		08:43
Number 42 K. Wellwood	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	75%	16:12
Number 80 N. Antropov	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		18:55
Number 92 J. O'Neill	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	40%	07:59
Number 94 Y. Perreault	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3%	07:38
Number 7 I. White	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0		13:41
Number 8 C. Colaiacovo	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	2	0		19:55
Number 15 T. Kaberle	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	0		21:49
Number 24 B. McCabe	D	1	0	1	+2	0	5	0	3	1		28:16
Number 25 H. Gill	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		15:14
Number 31 P. Kubina	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	1	0		20:39

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 A. Raycroft	34	29	5	.853	58:58	Loss

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	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	0	52.2%	17:58
Number 15 D. Zubrus	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	33.3%	21:11
Number 21 D. Stafford	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0	0		14:42
Number 22 A. Mair	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		03:00
Number 23 C. Drury	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	3	0	45.8%	20:22
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	2	1	3	+1	2	4	0	0	2		16:34
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	1	2	3	-1	0	4	0	2	0		22:09
Number 37 M. Ryan	C	0	0	0	-3	0	3	1	0	0		15:50
Number 41 C. MacArthur	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3%	03:44
Number 48 D. Brière	C	1	1	2	+2	0	7	0	0	0	70.6%	20:10
Number 55 J. Hecht	C	0	1	1	+1	2	6	0	0	0	33.3%	19:54
Number 76 A. Peters	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		00:17
Number 6 J. Spacek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	0		11:12
Number 10 H. Tallinder	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0		23:14
Number 27 T. Numminen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	0		20:19
Number 38 N. Paetsch	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		13:44
Number 45 D. Kalinin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	1	0		22:48
Number 51 B. Campbell	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0		25:19

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 R. Miller	44	40	4	.909	59:50	Win

Penalties, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:51	Toronto Maple Leafs	Alexei Ponikarovsky	Hooking	2
1st	05:29	Toronto Maple Leafs	Darcy Tucker	Interference goalkeeper	2
1st	06:28	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek	Tripping	2
1st	17:12	Buffalo Sabres	Jochen Hecht	High sticking	2
1st	18:42	Buffalo Sabres	Dainius Zubrus	Hooking	2
2nd	05:16	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nik Antropov	Hooking	2
2nd	06:03	Buffalo Sabres	Nathan Paetsch	Tripping	2
3rd	04:21	Toronto Maple Leafs	Pavel Kubina	Tripping	2
3rd	07:16	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ian White	Hooking	2

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach: Paul Maurice
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Paul Devorski
Linesmen: Derek Amell, David Brisebois
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches: Travis Green, Michael Peca, Wade Belak, Erik Westrum, John Pohl, Aleksander Suglobov, Jean-Francois Racine, Ben Ondrus, Jay Harrison, Kris Newbury, Jeremy Williams, Andy Wozniewski
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Toni Lydman, Maxim Afinogenov, Ales Kotalik, Tim Connolly, Paul Gaustad, Daniel Paille, Michael Funk, Andrej Sekera, Patrick Kaleta, Mark Mancari, Mike Card, Adam Dennis

Every Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2006-2007 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Buffalo Sabres 1	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Nov 4, 2006
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Buffalo Sabres 7	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Wed, Nov 22, 2006
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Jan 6, 2007
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Thu, Jan 11, 2007
Buffalo Sabres 6 at Toronto Maple Leafs 1	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Tue, Feb 27, 2007
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 1	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Mar 3, 2007
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Buffalo Sabres 5	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Fri, Mar 23, 2007
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Mar 24, 2007

Other NHL games on Friday, March 23, 2007
Matchup	Status	Details
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 1	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Chicago Blackhawks, Fri, Mar 23, 2007
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Edmonton Oilers 4	Final/SO	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers, Fri, Mar 23, 2007
Dallas Stars 2 at Anaheim Ducks 3	Final/OT	Game page: Dallas Stars at Anaheim Ducks, Fri, Mar 23, 2007