Maple Leafs 2–5 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Dec 18, 2009)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🍁 TOR	1	0	1	2
⚔️ BUF	0	4	1	5

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Mike Grier

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 15:44 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Toni Lydman

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 17:09 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Ryan Miller

40 saves

0.952 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🍁 Viktor Stalberg Go-ahead 1st · 03:06

Assists: Jamal Mayers, Colton Orr · beat Ryan Miller

1–0

2nd period

⚔️ Derek Roy Tying 2nd · 01:32

Assists: Drew Stafford, Jochen Hecht · beat Vesa Toskala

1–1

⚔️ Toni Lydman Go-ahead 2nd · 07:02

Assists: Craig Rivet · beat Vesa Toskala

1–2

⚔️ Mike Grier 2nd · 09:14

Assists: Tim Kennedy · beat Vesa Toskala

1–3

⚔️ Matt Ellis 2nd · 12:48

Assists: Tyler Myers · beat Vesa Toskala

1–4

3rd period

⚔️ Thomas Vanek 3rd · 11:09

Assists: Mike Grier, Toni Lydman · beat Jonas Gustavsson

1–5

🍁 Lee Stempniak 3rd · 19:40

Assists: Nikolay Kulemin · beat Ryan Miller

2–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Kulemin · Stajan · Kessel 17:28

L2 Ponikarovsky · Stalberg · Stempniak 15:23

L3 Hagman · Primeau · Grabovski 13:00

L4 Blake · Orr · Mayers 12:11

D1 White · Beauchemin 22:48

D2 Kaberle · Komisarek 20:54

D3 Schenn · Exelby 16:09

⚔️Sabres

L1 Gaustad · Hecht · Roy 17:15

L2 Vanek · Connolly · Grier 15:44

L3 MacArthur · Stafford · Pominville 14:44

L4 Kennedy · Ellis · Mair 10:53

D1 Myers · Sekera 21:43

D2 Montador · Tallinder 19:10

D3 Rivet · Lydman 17:55

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR BUF⚔️

42 Shots on goal 27

15 Hits 9

11 Blocked shots 11

2 Takeaways 3

10 Giveaways 10

4 Penalty minutes 2

TOR shooting 4.8% (2/42) BUF shooting 18.5% (5/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Jonas Gustavsson

16/17

.941 SV% · 1 GA · 27:12 TOI

Vesa Toskala

6/10

.600 SV% · 4 GA · 32:44 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

40/42

.952 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located

TOR BUF

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-5 (44% win rate, 9 games)

After 2nd — 1–4

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Sabres

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

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Sabres lead the season series 3–0

Nov 302009 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 3–0 Oct 302009 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 OT Apr 82009 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 3–1 Mar 272009 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 3–5 Feb 172009 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 4–1

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❓ TOR vs BUF, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Sabres on December 18, 2009?

Sabres won 5–2. The final score was Maple Leafs 2, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Lee Stempniak, Viktor Stalberg.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Roy, Matt Ellis, Mike Grier, Thomas Vanek, Toni Lydman.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Jonas Gustavsson made 16 saves on 17 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 40 saves on 42 shots (.952 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🍁 Maple Leafs

BeforeDec 16 🌵PHX @ 🍁TOR 6–3 AfterDec 19 🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR 0–2

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 16 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 0–2 AfterDec 19 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–1

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