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2005-06 regular season

Sabres at Maple Leafs

🗓 📍 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 5–2

Sabres beat Maple Leafs 3–2 in a shootout at Scotiabank Arena on April 3, 2006.

BUF – TOR
36–33
Shots on goal
1/5–0/6
Power play
31–32
Hits
15–12
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Maxim Afinogenov
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 18:29 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Ales Kotalik
2 A
2 shots · 17:00 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Martin Biron
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Derek Roy Go-ahead 1st · 04:01
Assists: Ales Kotalik, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
1–0
2nd period
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov PP 2nd · 10:22
Assists: Daniel Brière, Ales Kotalik · beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin
2–0
🍁 John Pohl 2nd · 11:57
Assists: Mats Sundin, Alexei Ponikarovsky · beat Martin Biron
2–1
3rd period
🍁 Matt Stajan Tying 3rd · 12:40
Assists: Alexander Steen, Jeff O'Neill · beat Martin Biron
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Brière · Connolly · Drury 21:01
L2 Roy · Afinogenov · Kotalik 17:56
L3 Hecht · Grier · Dumont 14:07
L4 Peters · Gaustad · Mair 4:27
D1 Lydman · Tallinder 24:38
D2 Fitzpatrick · Kalinin 19:50
D3 McKee · Campbell 17:32
🍁Maple Leafs
L1 Steen · Sundin · Tucker 20:09
L2 Kilger · Stajan · Wellwood 16:42
L3 Ponikarovsky · Pohl · Belak 14:39
L4 O'Neill · Wilm · Ondrus 10:00
L5 Domi 8:36
D1 Kaberle · McCabe 33:06
D2 White · Richardson 18:14
D3 Berg 15:36

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF TOR🍁
36 Shots on goal 33
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
31 Hits 32
15 Blocked shots 12
6 Takeaways 6
16 Giveaways 25
14 Penalty minutes 12
BUF shooting 8.3% (3/36) TOR shooting 6.1% (2/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 64:52 TOI
🍁Maple Leafs
Jean-Sebastien Aubin
34/36
.944 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-1-2 (77% win rate, 13 games)
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-8-1 (18% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 17-1-2 (85% win rate, 20 games)
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-14-1 (6% win rate, 16 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 5–2
Apr 12006 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 0–7 Mar 162006 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 Mar 32006 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 2–6 Jan 262006 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 8–4 Dec 292005 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 3–4 SO
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Who won Sabres vs Maple Leafs on April 3, 2006?

Sabres won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Sabres 3, Maple Leafs 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Roy, Maxim Afinogenov.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

John Pohl, Matt Stajan.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Maple Leafs played?

At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the Maple Leafs home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Maple Leafs season series?

Sabres lead the season series 5–2 after 7 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 1 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 0–7 AfterApr 5 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 4–5
🍁 Maple Leafs
BeforeApr 1 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 0–7 AfterApr 5 🏝️NYI @ 🍁TOR 2–3
Also on April 3
🦅WSH 5–6 🌪️CAR 🐆FLA 1–4 ⚡TBL 🐦ATL 4–6 🏛️OTT 🧥CBJ 3–1 🐯NSH 🌵PHX 1–7 🛢️EDM 🦈SJS 3–2 ⭐DAL 🪶CHI 3–4 🏔️COL 🐙DET 2–1 🔥CGY
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