Maple Leafs 2–1 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Dec 12, 2008)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

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1st star 🍁 TOR

Jeremy Williams

1 G

3 shots · 12:51 TOI

2nd star 🍁 TOR

Ian White

1 G

2 shots · 19:49 TOI

3rd star 🍁 TOR

Pavel Kubina

1 A

2 shots · 18:11 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Toni Lydman Go-ahead 1st · 06:02

Assists: Derek Roy, Drew Stafford · beat Vesa Toskala

0–1

2nd period

🍁 Jeremy Williams Tying 2nd · 17:39

Assists: Pavel Kubina · beat Ryan Miller

1–1

3rd period

🍁 Ian White Go-ahead 3rd · 12:04

Assists: Mikhail Grabovski, Lee Stempniak · beat Ryan Miller

2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Antropov · Moore · Stajan 18:43

L2 Blake · Kulemin · Stempniak 15:44

L3 Ponikarovsky · Grabovski · Williams 14:31

L4 Hollweg · Mitchell · Deveaux 5:55

D1 Finger · Sifers 22:26

D2 White · Van Ryn 19:38

D3 Kaberle · Kubina 18:14

⚔️Sabres

L1 Vanek · Hecht · Pominville 22:18

L2 Roy · Gerbe · Stafford 16:51

L3 Paille · Gaustad · Kotalik 12:23

L4 MacArthur · Mair · Afinogenov 8:17

D1 Spacek · Sekera 25:58

D2 Tallinder · Lydman 18:22

D3 Numminen · Paetsch 12:28

Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR BUF⚔️

33 Shots on goal 25

14 Hits 11

14 Blocked shots 7

3 Takeaways 2

9 Giveaways 10

10 Penalty minutes 8

TOR shooting 6.1% (2/33) BUF shooting 4.0% (1/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Vesa Toskala

24/25

.960 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

31/33

.939 SV% · 2 GA · 59:26 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-4 (43% win rate, 7 games)

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-3-1 (43% win rate, 7 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 2nd: 1-1-1 (33% win rate, 3 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 3-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Maple Leafs lead the season series 1–0

Apr 12008 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 4–3 SO Mar 212008 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Mar 152008 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 6–2 Feb 212008 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 5–1 Feb 132008 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 0–1

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Who won Maple Leafs vs Sabres on December 12, 2008?

Maple Leafs won 2–1. The final score was Maple Leafs 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Ian White, Jeremy Williams.

Who scored for Sabres?

Toni Lydman.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Vesa Toskala made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 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?

Maple Leafs lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🍁 Maple Leafs

BeforeDec 8 🏝️NYI @ 🍁TOR 2–4 AfterDec 16 😈NJD @ 🍁TOR 2–3

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 10 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 AfterDec 13 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 4–2

Also on December 12

🗽NYR 5–8 😈NJD 🏛️OTT 1–5 🦅WSH 🐻BOS 7–3 🐦ATL 🐙DET 1–3 ⭐DAL 🪶CHI 4–3 🏔️COL 🐆FLA 3–2 🔥CGY

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