Maple Leafs 3–5 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Mar 27, 2009)

The game

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

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Tim Connolly

2 G

4 shots · 18:39 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Jochen Hecht

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 14:59 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Ryan Miller

33 saves

0.917 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Jochen Hecht Go-ahead 1st · 00:37

Assists: Paul Gaustad, Patrick Kaleta · beat Curtis Joseph

0–1

⚔️ Tim Connolly 1st · 09:39

Assists: Jason Pominville, Henrik Tallinder · beat Curtis Joseph

0–2

2nd period

⚔️ Daniel Paille 2nd · 03:09

Assists: Dominic Moore, Jaroslav Spacek · beat Curtis Joseph

0–3

⚔️ Tim Connolly 2nd · 03:30

Assists: Chris Butler, Jason Pominville · beat Curtis Joseph

0–4

🍁 Boyd Devereaux SH 2nd · 16:36

Assists: Matt Stajan · beat Ryan Miller

1–4

3rd period

🍁 Matt Stajan 3rd · 07:47

Assists: Boyd Devereaux, Jeff Hamilton · beat Ryan Miller

2–4

🍁 Nikolay Kulemin PP 3rd · 08:30

Assists: Mikhail Grabovski, Alexei Ponikarovsky · beat Ryan Miller

3–4

⚔️ Paul Gaustad 3rd · 10:56

Assists: Jochen Hecht, Henrik Tallinder · beat Justin Pogge

3–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Blake · Grabovski · Stempniak 19:29

L2 Ponikarovsky · Mitchell · Stajan 17:43

L3 Kulemin · Devereaux · Hamilton 14:42

L4 May · Mayers · Ondrus 8:37

D1 White · Finger 22:36

D2 Schenn · Stralman 18:22

D3 Kubina · Oreskovic 17:26

⚔️Sabres

L1 Connolly · Roy · Pominville 18:03

L2 Gaustad · Hecht · Stafford 15:27

L3 Vanek · Moore · Kaleta 14:34

L4 MacArthur · Paille · Afinogenov 10:11

D1 Spacek · Lydman 22:16

D2 Tallinder · Sekera 20:32

D3 Rivet · Butler 15:49

Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR BUF⚔️

36 Shots on goal 24

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

17 Hits 14

9 Blocked shots 19

3 Takeaways 7

8 Giveaways 18

29 Penalty minutes 25

TOR shooting 8.3% (3/36) BUF shooting 20.8% (5/24)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Justin Pogge

14/15

.933 SV% · 1 GA · 34:32 TOI

Curtis Joseph

5/9

.556 SV% · 4 GA · 23:30 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

33/36

.917 SV% · 3 GA · 59:55 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 3-6-1 (30% win rate, 10 games)

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 8-1 (89% win rate, 9 games)

After 2nd — 1–4

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 8-0 (100% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 4–1

Feb 172009 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 4–1 Feb 42009 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 0–5 Jan 12009 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 4–1 Dec 122008 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 Apr 12008 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 4–3 SO

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Who won Maple Leafs vs Sabres on March 27, 2009?

Sabres won 5–3. The final score was Maple Leafs 3, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Boyd Devereaux, Matt Stajan, Nikolay Kulemin.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tim Connolly (2), Daniel Paille, Jochen Hecht, Paul Gaustad.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Justin Pogge made 14 saves on 15 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 33 saves on 36 shots (.917 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 4–1 after 5 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🍁 Maple Leafs

BeforeMar 24 🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR 2–3 AfterMar 28 🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR 7–5

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeMar 25 🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF 3–5 AfterMar 28 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3

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