GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: TORONTO (6-10) at BUFFALO (6-8)

NHL: TORONTO at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TORONTO 0 1 1
BUFFALO 0 0 0 END OF THE 2ND

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: TOR - BRYAN MCCABE 3 (MATS SUNDIN) 19:24

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TOR 4 11 15
BUF 15 9 24

GOALIES: TOR - ANDREW RAYCROFT
BUF - RYAN MILLER</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BUFFALO

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Toronto 0 1 --1
Buffalo 0 0 --0
------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: P Gaustad, Buf (goalie interference), 5:54;
T Kaberle, Tor (), 15:08; T Kaberle, Tor (roughing), 17:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Bryan Mccabe 3 (Mats Sundin),
19:24. Penalties: P Kubina, Tor (delay of game), 9:21.

Shots on goal:
----------------------------------
Toronto 4 11 --15
Buffalo 15 9 --24
----------------------------------

Goalies : Toronto, Andrew Raycroft (24 shots, 24 saves). Buffalo, Ryan
Miller (15 shots, 14 saves). Referees: Dan Marouelli, Don Koharski.
Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Brian Murphy.</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 1
BUFFALO 0 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 2
BUFFALO 0
3RD PRD: TOR - MATS SUNDIN 9 (TOMAS KABERLE, ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY) 2:54</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 2
BUFFALO 0 11:30 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 2
BUFFALO 0 8:06 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 3
BUFFALO 0
3RD PRD: TOR - BOYD DEVEREAUX 2 (MATT STAJAN) 19:01</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 3
BUFFALO 0 0:14 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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Toronto 0 1 2 --3
Buffalo 0 0 0 --0
------------------------------------

Shots on goal:
---------------------------------------
Toronto 4 11 8 --23
Buffalo 15 9 6 --30
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Goalies : Toronto, Andrew Raycroft (30 shots, 30 saves). Buffalo, Ryan
Miller (23 shots, 20 saves). Referees: Dan Marouelli, Don Koharski.
Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Brian Murphy.</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
TORONTO 3
BUFFALO 0</div>

 

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<div class="pre">------------------------------------
Toronto 0 1 2 --3
Buffalo 0 0 0 --0
------------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: P Gaustad, Buf (goalie interference), 5:54;
T Kaberle, Tor (), 15:08; T Kaberle, Tor (roughing), 17:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Bryan Mccabe 3 (Mats Sundin),
19:24. Penalties: P Kubina, Tor (delay of game), 9:21.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 9 (Tomas Kaberle,
Alexei Ponikarovsky), 2:54. 3, Toronto, Boyd Devereaux 2 (Matt
Stajan), 19:01. Penalties: Bench, Buf (too many men served by T
Vanek), 6:41; Bench, Tor (too many men served by A Wozniewski), 9:20;
T Kaberle, Tor (tripping), 11:54.

Shots on goal:
---------------------------------------
Toronto 4 11 8 --23
Buffalo 15 9 6 --30
---------------------------------------

Power-play Conversions: Toronto - 0 of 2, Buffalo - 0 of 5. Goalies :
Toronto, Andrew Raycroft (30 shots, 30 saves; record: 2-1-2). Buffalo,
Ryan Miller (23 shots, 20 saves; record: 5-7-1). A: 18,690. Referees:
Dan Marouelli, Don Koharski. Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Brian Murphy.</div>

 

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TORONTO 0 1 2 --3
BUFFALO 0 0 0 --0
-----------------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: P Gaustad, Buf (goalie interference), 5:54;
T Kaberle, Tor (), 15:08; T Kaberle, Tor (roughing), 17:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Bryan Mccabe 3 (Mats Sundin),
19:24. Penalties: P Kubina, Tor (delay of game), 9:21.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 9 (Tomas Kaberle,
Alexei Ponikarovsky), 2:54. 3, Toronto, Boyd Devereaux 2 (Matt
Stajan), 19:01. Penalties: Bench, Buf (too many men served by T
Vanek), 6:41; Bench, Tor (too many men served by A Wozniewski), 9:20;
T Kaberle, Tor (tripping), 11:54.

Shots on goal:
----------------------------------------
TORONTO 4 11 8 --23
BUFFALO 15 9 6 --30
----------------------------------------

Power-play Conversions: TOR - 0 of 2, BUF - 0 of 5. Goalies : Toronto,
Andrew Raycroft (30 shots, 30 saves; record: 2-1-2). Buffalo, Ryan
Miller (23 shots, 20 saves; record: 5-7-1). A: 18,690. Referees: Dan
Marouelli, Don Koharski. Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Brian Murphy.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

TORONTO BUFFALO
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
A Steen 0 0 +1 1 H Tallinder 0 0 -1 1
M Sundin 1 1 +2 3 A Kotalik 0 0 even 4
M Stajan 0 1 +1 1 D Paille 0 0 even 1
T Kaberle 0 1 +1 3 D Stafford 0 0 even 3
D Tucker 0 0 even 0 T Vanek 0 0 even 4
C Kilger 0 0 even 0 P Gaustad 0 0 -2 1
B Devereaux 1 0 +1 2 J Pominville 0 0 -1 2
A Ponikarovsky 0 1 +2 3 M Ryan 0 0 even 3
B McCabe 1 0 +2 1 N Paetsch 0 0 -1 2
H Gill 0 0 even 0 C MacArthur 0 0 -3 0
P Kubina 0 0 +1 2 A Sekera 0 0 even 0
K Wellwood 0 0 even 1 T Lydman 0 0 -1 0
J Blake 0 0 +2 4 B Campbell 0 0 -1 1
A Wozniewski 0 0 +2 0 J Hecht 0 0 even 0
I White 0 0 even 0 J Spacek 0 0 -2 2
N Antropov 0 0 even 1 M Afinogenov 0 0 -2 3
M Bell 0 0 even 0 A Peters 0 0 even 0
J Tlusty 0 0 even 1 D Roy 0 0 -1 3
W Belak HEALTHY T Connolly ABDOMINAL
B Battaglia HEALTHY A Mair ANKLE INJURY
J Pohl HEALTHY N Pratt GROIN</div>

 

BUFFALO, New York (Ticker) -- It has become evident the BuffaloSabres sorely miss the offensive abilities of Daniel Briere andChris Drury.


Mats Sundin had a goal and an assist and Andrew Raycroft stoppedall 30 shots he faced as the Toronto Maple Leafs blanked theSabres, 3-0, on Friday in a battle of Northeast Division rivals.

It marked the third time this season - and second in three games- Buffalo has been shut out. With co-captains Briere and Drury- who both left as free agents over the summer - leading theoffense, the Sabres went the entire 2006-07 campaign withoutbeing blanked.


Sundin set up the Toronto's first goal with just 36 secondsremaining in the second period.


On a faceoff in the offensive zone, the captain won the draw,sending the puck back to Bryan McCabe. The defenseman one-timeda shot that deflected off the stick of Paul Gaustad and beatgoaltender Ryan Miller to the glove side to give the Maple Leafsa lead they would not relinquish.


McCabe returned to the lineup after missing the previous sixgames with a groin strain.


Sundin doubled Toronto's advantage just 2:54 into the thirdperiod.


With Toronto breaking out on a 3-on-2, Sundin joined the rush bystreaking up the middle of the ice. Defenseman Tomas Kaberlefed the Swede, who skated in and snapped a shot that Miller wasunable to handle cleanly.


Conversely, Raycroft recorded his sixth career shutout - andfirst this season - by stopping 15 shots in the first period,nine in the second and six in the third.


Buffalo had back-to-back power plays late in the first periodbut could not get anything past Raycroft.


During one man advantage, the netminder denied JasonPominville's shot from the point, but the rebound dribbledperilously out in the open. However, Raycroft was able to snarethe puck before Nathan Paetsch closed in.


The Sabres had a tally disallowed when Gaustad was called forgoaltender interference as Ales Kotalik was putting the puckpast Raycroft six minutes into the first period.


Boyd Devereaux scored with 58 seconds remaining to seal the winfor the Maple Leafs.


Miller made 20 saves for the Sabres, who have lost four of five.

 

NHL: TORONTO at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">CORRECTION

NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TORONTO 0 1 2 3
BUFFALO 0 0 0 0 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: TOR - BRYAN MCCABE 3 (MATS SUNDIN) 19:24
3RD PRD: TOR - MATS SUNDIN 9 (TOMAS KABERLE, ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY)
2:54
TOR - BOYD DEVEREAUX 2 (MATT STAJAN) 19:01

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: TOR - 0 OF 2, BUF - 0 OF 5.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TOR 4 11 8 23
BUF 15 9 6 30

GOALIES: TOR - ANDREW RAYCROFT
BUF - RYAN MILLER

OFFICIALS: REF - DAN MAROUELLI, DON KOHARSKI
LIN - ANTHONY SERICOLO, BRIAN MURPHY

ATT: 18,690</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
TORONTO 3
BUFFALO 0</div>

 

BUFFALO, New York (Ticker) -- It has become evident the BuffaloSabres sorely miss the offensive abilities of Daniel Briere andChris Drury.


Mats Sundin had a goal and an assist and Andrew Raycroft stoppedall 30 shots he faced as the Toronto Maple Leafs blanked theSabres, 3-0, on Friday in a battle of Northeast Division rivals.

It marked the third time this season - and second in three games- Buffalo has been shut out. With co-captains Briere and Drury- who both left as free agents over the summer - leading theoffense, the Sabres went the entire 2006-07 campaign withoutbeing blanked.


"Obviously, it's early in the season," Buffalo's Derek Roy said."We've got to stick with the system, trust in each other andnot squeeze the stick as much."


Sundin set up the Toronto's first goal with just 36 secondsremaining in the second period.


On a faceoff in the offensive zone, the captain won the draw,sending the puck back to Bryan McCabe. The defenseman one-timeda shot that deflected off the stick of Paul Gaustad and beatgoaltender Ryan Miller to the glove side to give the Maple Leafsa lead they would not relinquish.


"We're working on it all the time," McCabe said. "(Sundin) isone of the best faceoff men in the league. I had a couple ofgood picks from the forwards and just happen to put her in."

McCabe returned to the lineup after missing the previous sixgames with a groin strain.


Sundin doubled Toronto's advantage just 2:54 into the thirdperiod.


With Toronto breaking out on a 3-on-2, Sundin joined the rush bystreaking up the middle of the ice. Defenseman Tomas Kaberlefed the Swede, who skated in and snapped a shot that Miller wasunable to handle cleanly.


Conversely, Raycroft recorded his sixth career shutout - andfirst this season - by stopping 15 shots in the first period,nine in the second and six in the third.


"It feels good, obviously," Raycroft said. "There's been noreason for me to play, Vesa (Toskala) has been playing great.More than anything, it just feels good to know I'm doing theright thing in practice on a daily basis and when I do getcalled, I can come in and be sharp."


Buffalo had back-to-back power plays late in the first periodbut could not get anything past Raycroft.


During one man advantage, the netminder denied JasonPominville's shot from the point, but the rebound dribbledperilously out in the open. However, Raycroft was able to snarethe puck before Nathan Paetsch closed in.


"Andrew played a great game, the best game he's played allyear," Sundin said. "I thought, as a group, we did a muchbetter job keeping Buffalo to the outside. Raycroft wasoutstanding tonight."


The Sabres had a tally disallowed when Gaustad was called forgoaltender interference as Ales Kotalik was putting the puckpast Raycroft six minutes into the first period.


"You've got to generate the chances first," Buffalo coach LindyRuff said. "Tonight, we had 15-16 chances. That usuallyequates to two or three goals. That's my only frustration. Ifelt a lot of guys really skated well."


Boyd Devereaux scored with 58 seconds remaining to seal the winfor the Maple Leafs.


Miller made 20 saves for the Sabres, who have lost four of five.

 

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<div class="pre">------------------------------------
Toronto 0 1 2 --3
Buffalo 0 0 0 --0
------------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: P Gaustad, Buf (goalie interference), 5:54;
P Kubina, Tor (cross checking), 15:08; T Kaberle, Tor (roughing),
17:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Bryan Mccabe 3 (Mats Sundin),
19:24. Penalties: P Kubina, Tor (delay of game), 9:21.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 9 (Tomas Kaberle,
Alexei Ponikarovsky), 2:54. 3, Toronto, Boyd Devereaux 2 (Matt
Stajan), 19:01. Penalties: Bench, Buf (too many men served by T
Vanek), 6:41; Bench, Tor (too many men served by A Wozniewski), 9:20;
T Kaberle, Tor (tripping), 11:54.

Shots on goal:
---------------------------------------
Toronto 4 11 8 --23
Buffalo 15 9 6 --30
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Power-play Conversions: Toronto - 0 of 2, Buffalo - 0 of 5. Goalies :
Toronto, Andrew Raycroft (30 shots, 30 saves; record: 2-1-2). Buffalo,
Ryan Miller (23 shots, 20 saves; record: 5-7-1). A: 18,690. Referees:
Dan Marouelli, Don Koharski. Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Brian Murphy.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">------------------------------------
Toronto 0 1 2 --3
Buffalo 0 0 0 --0
------------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: P Gaustad, Buf (goalie interference), 5:54;
P Kubina, Tor (cross checking), 15:08; T Kaberle, Tor (roughing),
17:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Bryan Mccabe 3 (Mats Sundin),
19:24. Penalties: P Kubina, Tor (delay of game), 9:21.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 9 (Tomas Kaberle,
Alexei Ponikarovsky), 2:54. 3, Toronto, Boyd Devereaux 2 (Matt
Stajan), 19:01. Penalties: Bench, Buf (too many men served by T
Vanek), 6:41; Bench, Tor (too many men served by A Wozniewski), 9:20;
T Kaberle, Tor (tripping), 11:54.

Shots on goal:
---------------------------------------
Toronto 4 11 8 --23
Buffalo 15 9 6 --30
---------------------------------------

Power-play Conversions: Toronto - 0 of 2, Buffalo - 0 of 5. Goalies :
Toronto, Andrew Raycroft (30 shots, 30 saves; record: 2-1-2). Buffalo,
Ryan Miller (23 shots, 20 saves; record: 5-7-1). A: 18,690. Referees:
Dan Marouelli, Don Koharski. Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Brian Murphy.</div>

 

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TORONTO 0 1 2 --3
BUFFALO 0 0 0 --0
-----------------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: P Gaustad, Buf (goalie interference), 5:54;
P Kubina, Tor (cross checking), 15:08; T Kaberle, Tor (roughing),
17:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Bryan Mccabe 3 (Mats Sundin),
19:24. Penalties: P Kubina, Tor (delay of game), 9:21.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 9 (Tomas Kaberle,
Alexei Ponikarovsky), 2:54. 3, Toronto, Boyd Devereaux 2 (Matt
Stajan), 19:01. Penalties: Bench, Buf (too many men served by T
Vanek), 6:41; Bench, Tor (too many men served by A Wozniewski), 9:20;
T Kaberle, Tor (tripping), 11:54.

Shots on goal:
----------------------------------------
TORONTO 4 11 8 --23
BUFFALO 15 9 6 --30
----------------------------------------

Power-play Conversions: TOR - 0 of 2, BUF - 0 of 5. Goalies : Toronto,
Andrew Raycroft (30 shots, 30 saves; record: 2-1-2). Buffalo, Ryan
Miller (23 shots, 20 saves; record: 5-7-1). A: 18,690. Referees: Dan
Marouelli, Don Koharski. Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Brian Murphy.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

TORONTO BUFFALO
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
A Steen 0 0 +1 1 H Tallinder 0 0 -1 1
M Sundin 1 1 +2 3 A Kotalik 0 0 even 4
M Stajan 0 1 +1 1 D Paille 0 0 even 1
T Kaberle 0 1 +1 3 D Stafford 0 0 even 3
D Tucker 0 0 even 0 T Vanek 0 0 even 4
C Kilger 0 0 even 0 P Gaustad 0 0 -2 1
B Devereaux 1 0 +1 2 J Pominville 0 0 -1 2
A Ponikarovsky 0 1 +2 3 M Ryan 0 0 even 3
B McCabe 1 0 +2 1 N Paetsch 0 0 -1 2
H Gill 0 0 even 0 C MacArthur 0 0 -3 0
P Kubina 0 0 +1 2 A Sekera 0 0 even 0
K Wellwood 0 0 even 1 T Lydman 0 0 -1 0
J Blake 0 0 +2 4 B Campbell 0 0 -1 1
A Wozniewski 0 0 +2 0 J Hecht 0 0 even 0
I White 0 0 even 0 J Spacek 0 0 -2 2
N Antropov 0 0 even 1 M Afinogenov 0 0 -2 3
M Bell 0 0 even 0 A Peters 0 0 even 0
J Tlusty 0 0 even 1 D Roy 0 0 -1 3
W Belak HEALTHY T Connolly ABDOMINAL
B Battaglia HEALTHY A Mair ANKLE INJURY
J Pohl HEALTHY N Pratt GROIN</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">-----------------------------------------
TORONTO 0 1 2 --3
BUFFALO 0 0 0 --0
-----------------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: P Gaustad, Buf (goalie interference), 5:54;
P Kubina, Tor (cross checking), 15:08; T Kaberle, Tor (roughing),
17:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Bryan Mccabe 3 (Mats Sundin),
19:24. Penalties: P Kubina, Tor (delay of game), 9:21.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 9 (Tomas Kaberle,
Alexei Ponikarovsky), 2:54. 3, Toronto, Boyd Devereaux 2 (Matt
Stajan), 19:01. Penalties: Bench, Buf (too many men served by T
Vanek), 6:41; Bench, Tor (too many men served by A Wozniewski), 9:20;
T Kaberle, Tor (tripping), 11:54.

Shots on goal:
----------------------------------------
TORONTO 4 11 8 --23
BUFFALO 15 9 6 --30
----------------------------------------

Power-play Conversions: TOR - 0 of 2, BUF - 0 of 5. Goalies : Toronto,
Andrew Raycroft (30 shots, 30 saves; record: 2-1-2). Buffalo, Ryan
Miller (23 shots, 20 saves; record: 5-7-1). A: 18,690. Referees: Dan
Marouelli, Don Koharski. Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Brian Murphy.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

TORONTO BUFFALO
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
A Steen 0 0 +1 1 H Tallinder 0 0 -1 1
M Sundin 1 1 +2 3 A Kotalik 0 0 even 4
M Stajan 0 1 +1 1 D Paille 0 0 even 1
T Kaberle 0 1 +1 3 D Stafford 0 0 even 3
D Tucker 0 0 even 0 T Vanek 0 0 even 4
C Kilger 0 0 even 0 P Gaustad 0 0 -2 1
B Devereaux 1 0 +1 2 J Pominville 0 0 -1 2
A Ponikarovsky 0 1 +2 3 M Ryan 0 0 even 3
B McCabe 1 0 +2 1 N Paetsch 0 0 -1 2
H Gill 0 0 even 0 C MacArthur 0 0 -3 0
P Kubina 0 0 +1 2 A Sekera 0 0 even 0
K Wellwood 0 0 even 1 T Lydman 0 0 -1 0
J Blake 0 0 +2 4 B Campbell 0 0 -1 1
A Wozniewski 0 0 +2 0 J Hecht 0 0 even 0
I White 0 0 even 0 J Spacek 0 0 -2 2
N Antropov 0 0 even 1 M Afinogenov 0 0 -2 3
M Bell 0 0 even 0 A Peters 0 0 even 0
J Tlusty 0 0 even 1 D Roy 0 0 -1 3
W Belak HEALTHY T Connolly ABDOMINAL
B Battaglia HEALTHY A Mair ANKLE INJURY
J Pohl HEALTHY N Pratt GROIN</div>