🍁 Away Maple Leafs 27-26-5
2–6
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 36-16-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🍁 TOR 1012
⚔️ BUF 2226

Maple Leafs at Sabres

Sabres beat Maple Leafs 6–2 at KeyBank Center on March 3, 2006.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
3 G
5 shots · 19:27 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Maxim Afinogenov
3 A
3 shots · 16:44 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Brian Campbell
2 A
2 shots · 19:46 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Derek Roy PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:59
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Teppo Numminen · beat Mikael Tellqvist
0–1
🍁 Alexei Ponikarovsky Tying 1st · 12:48
Assists: Mats Sundin, Ken Klee · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
⚔️ Chris Drury Go-ahead 1st · 13:59
Assists: Ales Kotalik · beat Mikael Tellqvist
1–2
2nd period
⚔️ Daniel Brière 2nd · 12:15
Assists: Jochen Hecht, Jay McKee · beat Mikael Tellqvist
1–3
⚔️ Derek Roy 2nd · 19:38
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov · beat Mikael Tellqvist
1–4
3rd period
🍁 Alexander Steen 3rd · 06:44
Assists: Bryan McCabe, Matt Stajan · beat Ryan Miller
2–4
⚔️ Thomas Vanek 3rd · 17:06
Assists: Brian Campbell, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Mikael Tellqvist
2–5
⚔️ Derek Roy PP 3rd · 19:56
Assists: Brian Campbell, Rory Fitzpatrick · beat Mikael Tellqvist
2–6

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🍁Maple Leafs
L1 Steen · Allison · Tucker 17:52
L2 Ponikarovsky · Sundin · Wellwood 14:54
L3 Kilger · Antropov · Lindros 12:52
L4 Stajan · O'Neill · Domi 6:44
D1 Kaberle · McCabe 24:57
D2 Klee · Berg 18:44
D3 Wozniewski · Khavanov 16:26
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Brière · Drury 19:26
L2 Hecht · Afinogenov · Dumont 14:56
L3 Vanek · Pominville · Kotalik 13:12
L4 Pyatt · Gaustad · Grier 11:32
D1 Lydman · Campbell 19:56
D2 Tallinder · McKee 17:44
D3 Fitzpatrick · Numminen 16:55

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🍁TOR BUF⚔️
23 Shots on goal 32
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/10
20 Hits 16
16 Blocked shots 13
2 Takeaways 5
14 Giveaways 16
24 Penalty minutes 16
TOR shooting 8.7% (2/23) BUF shooting 18.8% (6/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🍁Maple Leafs
Mikael Tellqvist
26/32
.812 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-6-1 (12% win rate, 8 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 9-1-2 (75% win rate, 12 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 3–1
Jan 262006 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 8–4 Dec 292005 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 3–4 SO Nov 112005 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 2–5 Apr 22004 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 2–0 Mar 152004 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 6–5 OT
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Who won Maple Leafs vs Sabres on March 3, 2006?

Sabres won 6–2. The final score was Maple Leafs 2, Sabres 6.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Alexander Steen, Alexei Ponikarovsky.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Roy (3), Chris Drury, Daniel Brière, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Mikael Tellqvist made 26 saves on 32 shots (.812 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🍁 Maple Leafs
BeforeFeb 28 🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR 5–3 AfterMar 4 🏛️OTT @ 🍁TOR 4–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 1 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 AfterMar 4 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–2
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