Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Dec 16, 2011 · First Niagara Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

Toronto Maple Leafs

4 – 5

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 on Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at First Niagara Center. Thomas Vanek scored twice. Ryan Miller made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TOR	0	2	2	4	33
BUF	0	4	1	5	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	01:49	TOR	EV	Joffrey Lupul (1) · wrist	Phil Kessel (1)	1–0
2nd	04:11	BUF	PP	Drew Stafford (1) · wrist	Thomas Vanek (1), Jason Pominville (1)	1–1
2nd	09:03	TOR	PP	Dion Phaneuf (1) · slap	Tyler Bozak (1), John-Michael Liles (1)	2–1
2nd	09:22	BUF	EV	Thomas Vanek (1) · wrist	Zack Kassian (1)	2–2
2nd	14:08	BUF	PP	Tyler Ennis (1) · slap	Jason Pominville (2), Thomas Vanek (2)	2–3
2nd	18:01	BUF	PP	Andrej Sekera (1) · slap	Christian Ehrhoff (1), Tyler Ennis (1)	2–4
3rd	09:57	TOR	PP	Nikolay Kulemin (1) · wrist	Unassisted	3–4
3rd	15:44	BUF	EV	Thomas Vanek (2) · slap	Derek Roy (1)	3–5
3rd	16:15	TOR	EV	Mikhail Grabovski (1) · wrist	Carl Gunnarsson (1), Joey Crabb (1)	4–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	15:35	BUF	Matt Ellis	hooking	2
2nd	03:47	TOR	Carl Gunnarsson	holding	2
2nd	07:22	BUF	Derek Roy	tripping	2
2nd	12:57	TOR	Clarke MacArthur	tripping	2
2nd	13:09	TOR	Philippe Dupuis	high sticking	2
2nd	15:15	TOR	Tyler Bozak	holding the stick	2
2nd	17:01	TOR	Dion Phaneuf	boarding	5
2nd	17:01	TOR	Dion Phaneuf	game misconduct	10

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: TOR 2.78 · BUF 3.14 · xG% TOR 47.0

Toronto Maple Leafs

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
24	John-Michael Liles	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3		25:15	31
36	Carl Gunnarsson	D	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	1		22:43	31
42	Tyler Bozak	C	0	1	1	+1	2	2	4	1	52.6	21:49	24
81	Phil Kessel	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		20:54	21
19	Joffrey Lupul	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	0		18:38	18
41	Nikolay Kulemin	L	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	0	33.3	15:23	20
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	22.2	15:16	19
3	Dion Phaneuf	D	1	0	1	0	15	1	0	1		15:01	19
46	Joey Crabb	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	1		10:03	16
51	Jake Gardiner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		22:02	29
4	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		17:41	27
2	Luke Schenn	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1		17:12	27
12	Tim Connolly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	56.5	16:33	24
16	Clarke MacArthur	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0		13:19	18
9	Colby Armstrong	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		11:56	17
39	Matt Frattin	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:41	13
20	David Steckel	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50.0	8:35	15
11	Philippe Dupuis	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		6:40	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	James Reimer	L	29	24	5	.828	58:44

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Thomas Vanek	L	2	2	4	0	0	5	1	0		19:16	26
63	Tyler Ennis	R	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	1		18:51	23
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	2	2	-2	0	5	0	1	54.5	18:03	28
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		24:36	25
9	Derek Roy	C	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	0	33.3	20:17	26
21	Drew Stafford	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		20:13	27
44	Andrej Sekera	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		16:52	22
54	Zack Kassian	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0		15:22	20
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	64.0	20:32	28
3	Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4		20:20	25
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	4		19:21	22
24	Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		16:45	20
17	Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		14:16	16
72	Luke Adam	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	13:34	18
58	Paul Szczechura	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	44.4	13:26	22
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	100.0	9:24	15
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		8:23	11
81	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		6:48	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ryan Miller	W	33	29	4	.879	60:00