Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 in overtime on Monday, December 21, 2009 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team Goals 2009-2010 record
Buffalo Sabres 3 45-27-10
at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 30-38-14

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Total
Buffalo Sabres 13 8 6 3 30
Toronto Maple Leafs 13 9 12 2 36

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:11 Buffalo Sabres Nathan Paetsch (1) Matt Ellis (1), Steve Montador (1) Even strength BUF 1, TOR 0
2nd 03:41 Toronto Maple Leafs Viktor Stalberg (1) Tomas Kaberle (1) Even strength BUF 1, TOR 1
2nd 17:20 Toronto Maple Leafs Ian White (1) Lee Stempniak (1), Nikolay Kulemin (1) Even strength BUF 1, TOR 2
3rd 12:59 Buffalo Sabres Jochen Hecht (1) Drew Stafford (1), Derek Roy (1) Even strength BUF 2, TOR 2
OT 03:35 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy (1) Jochen Hecht (1), Steve Montador (2) Even strength BUF 3, TOR 2

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

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Stat Buffalo Sabres Toronto Maple Leafs
Shots on goal 30 36
Power play 0 of 1 0 of 0
Penalty minutes 0 2
Hits 21 31
Blocked shots 18 15
Giveaways 10 9
Takeaways 11 13
Faceoffs won 22/59 (37.3%) 37/59 (62.7%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 D. Roy C 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 41.2% 17:49
Number 13 T. Kennedy L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:30
Number 19 T. Connolly C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 100% 19:06
Number 21 D. Stafford R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 16:57
Number 22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 10:03
Number 25 M. Grier R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 18:54
Number 28 P. Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 71.4% 18:04
Number 29 J. Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 33.3% 17:01
Number 37 M. Ellis L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 0 25% 09:48
Number 41 C. MacArthur L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 16.7% 16:42
Number 55 J. Hecht C 1 1 2 +1 0 4 1 1 17:55
Number 4 S. Montador D 0 2 2 +2 0 2 0 1 21:17
Number 5 T. Lydman D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 2 21:15
Number 10 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 2 20:23
Number 38 N. Paetsch D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 09:57
Number 44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 4 3 19:41
Number 52 C. Rivet D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 20:23
Number 57 T. Myers D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 2 22:58
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 R. Miller 36 34 2 .944 63:12 Win

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 N. Hagman L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 16:47
Number 12 L. Stempniak R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 0 15:47
Number 14 M. Stajan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 58.8% 18:28
Number 18 W. Primeau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 78.6% 16:22
Number 21 J. Mayers R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 54.5% 09:38
Number 23 A. Ponikarovsky L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 1 13:50
Number 28 C. Orr R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 0 09:20
Number 41 N. Kulemin L 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 0 17:02
Number 45 V. Stalberg L 1 0 1 +1 2 5 1 0 13:22
Number 55 J. Blake L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 16:54
Number 81 P. Kessel R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 0 19:59
Number 84 M. Grabovski C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 71.4% 17:41
Number 2 L. Schenn D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 2 18:22
Number 4 J. Finger D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 17:50
Number 7 I. White D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 3 2 25:03
Number 8 M. Komisarek D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 20:54
Number 15 T. Kaberle D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 19:43
Number 22 F. Beauchemin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 25:18
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 50 J. Gustavsson 30 27 3 .900 63:35 OT loss

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 14:52 Toronto Maple Leafs Viktor Stalberg Tripping 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Ron Wilson
Referees
Dan Marouelli, Ian Walsh
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Steve Miller
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Thomas Vanek, Patrick Kaleta, Nathan Gerbe
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
Rickard Wallin, Garnet Exelby

2009-2010 season series

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