National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 5, Toronto 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, March 27, 2009
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Ryan Galloway
Attendance: 18620
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123T
Toronto 0123
Buffalo 2215
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:37 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (EV) Assists: Paul Gaustad , Patrick Kaleta
9:39 - Sabres Tim Connolly (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Henrik Tallinder
Penalties
13:48 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (2) Charging
2nd Period
Scoring
3:09 - Sabres Daniel Paille (EV) Assists: Dominic Moore , Jaroslav Spacek
3:30 - Sabres Tim Connolly (EV) Assists: Chris Butler , Jason Pominville
16:36 - Maple Leafs Boyd Devereaux (SH) Assists: Matt Stajan
Penalties
3:12 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (5) Fighting
 3:12 - Maple Leafs Jamal Mayers (5) Fighting
 4:55 - Sabres Jaroslav Spacek (2) Hooking
 15:21 - Sabres Dominic Moore (5) Fighting
 15:21 - Maple Leafs Luke Schenn (5) Fighting
 15:21 - Maple Leafs Luke Schenn (2) Holding the stick
 19:17 - Maple Leafs Brad May (2) Roughing
 19:17 - Maple Leafs Brad May (10) Misconduct
3rd Period
Scoring
7:47 - Maple Leafs Matt Stajan (EV) Assists: Boyd Devereaux , Jeffrey Hamilton
8:30 - Maple Leafs Nikolai Kulemin (PP) Assists: Mikhail Grabovski , Alexei Ponikarovsky
10:56 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (EV) Assists: Jochen Hecht , Henrik Tallinder
Penalties
4:43 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Interference
 5:15 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (5) Fighting
 5:15 - Maple Leafs Pavel Kubina (5) Fighting
 8:08 - Sabres Tim Connolly (2) Interference
 18:16 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Cross checking
Toronto Maple Leafs
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Justin Pogge G 0 0 0 0 0 34:32 26:10 4:22 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Curtis Joseph G 0 0 0 0 0 23:30 21:30 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 E 7 1 24 18:45 18:29 0:16 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Finger D 0 0 0 E 0 1 28 19:50 15:59 1:08 2:43 0 0 - - - - -
Ian White D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 32 25:22 21:14 2:51 1:17 0 0 - - - - -
Brad May LW 0 0 0 -1 12 1 10 6:05 6:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Lee Stempniak RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 23 21:27 16:35 4:52 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Stajan C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 21 16:31 13:29 1:26 1:36 0 0 - - 10 4 71
Jamal Mayers RW 0 0 0 E 5 2 15 10:18 8:07 0:00 2:11 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Boyd Devereaux C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 20 14:42 13:03 0:03 1:36 0 1 - - - - -
Alexei Ponikarovsky LW 0 1 1 -2 0 1 22 17:43 14:51 2:52 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ben Ondrus RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 8:37 6:26 0:00 2:11 0 0 - - 2 4 33
Anton Stralman D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 24 17:58 13:21 3:33 1:04 0 0 - - - - -
John Mitchell C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 22 18:12 13:18 4:41 0:13 0 0 - - 11 8 58
Phil Oreskovic D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 23 17:07 14:11 0:00 2:56 0 0 - - - - -
Nikolai Kulemin LW 1 0 1 -2 0 3 21 15:52 12:41 3:11 0:00 1 0 - - 1 0 100
Jeffrey Hamilton C 0 1 1 E 0 3 19 13:54 10:16 3:38 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Blake LW 0 0 0 -2 0 6 23 19:29 14:05 5:11 0:13 0 0 - - - - -
Pavel Kubina D 0 0 0 -4 5 1 21 17:44 12:34 5:10 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mikhail Grabovski C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 21 18:22 15:00 3:22 0:00 0 0 - - 10 6 62
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 59:55 47:49 4:00 8:06 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Lalime G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 +2 4 0 28 21:51 17:47 0:51 3:13 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 28 22:42 17:06 3:09 2:27 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 23 18:03 13:25 2:06 2:32 0 0 - - 5 10 33
Henrik Tallinder D 0 2 2 +2 0 1 28 21:46 16:39 0:06 5:01 0 0 - - - - -
Dominic Moore RW 0 1 1 E 5 3 21 14:36 10:35 0:00 4:01 0 0 - - 7 7 50
Tim Connolly C 2 0 2 +2 2 4 24 18:39 12:16 3:05 3:18 0 0 - - 5 5 50
Daniel Paille LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 14 9:50 9:46 0:00 0:04 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 15:27 12:15 3:09 0:03 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 14:02 13:11 0:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 1 1 2 +1 10 1 21 15:29 11:25 3:09 0:55 0 0 - - 6 15 29
Jason Pominville RW 0 2 2 +1 0 1 25 16:13 11:29 1:58 2:46 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Butler D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 17 13:59 12:28 0:00 1:31 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 1 1 +2 2 0 20 14:34 13:50 0:06 0:38 0 0 - - - - -
Clarke MacArthur LW 0 0 0 +2 0 2 19 12:41 11:56 0:45 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 19:18 17:47 0:00 1:31 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 20 17:39 14:25 0:45 2:29 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 23 14:59 13:04 0:00 1:55 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 10:11 10:11 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Toronto
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Justin Pogge 15 14 1 .933 0 34:32
Curtis Joseph L (5-9-0) 9 5 4 .556 0 23:30
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (34-18-6) 36 33 3 .917 0 59:55