National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 5, Toronto 4
Friday, December 16, 2011 7:30 PM
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, December 16, 2011
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Marc Joannette, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Toronto 0224
Buffalo 0415
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
15:35 - Sabres Matt Ellis (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
1:49 - Maple Leafs Joffrey Lupul (EV) Assists: Phil Kessel
4:11 - Sabres Drew Stafford (PP) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Jason Pominville
9:03 - Maple Leafs Dion Phaneuf (PP) Assists: Tyler Bozak , John-Michael Liles
9:22 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Zach Kassian
14:08 - Sabres Tyler Ennis (PP) Assists: Jason Pominville , Thomas Vanek
18:01 - Sabres Andrej Sekera (PP) Assists: Christian Ehrhoff , Tyler Ennis
Penalties
3:47 - Maple Leafs Carl Gunnarsson (2) Holding
 7:22 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Tripping
 12:57 - Maple Leafs Clarke MacArthur (2) Tripping
 13:09 - Maple Leafs Philipe Dupuis (2) High sticking
 15:15 - Maple Leafs Tyler Bozak (2) Holding the stick
 17:01 - Maple Leafs Dion Phaneuf (5) Boarding
 17:01 - Maple Leafs Dion Phaneuf (10) Game misconduct
3rd Period
Scoring
9:57 - Maple Leafs Nikolai Kulemin (EV) Unassisted
15:44 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Derek Roy
16:15 - Maple Leafs Mikhail Grabovski (EV) Assists: Carl Gunnarsson , Joey Crabb
Penalties
None.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 58:44
Jonas Gustavsson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 E 0 5 17:12
Dion Phaneuf D 1 0 1 E 15 1 15:01
Cody Franson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 17:41
Colby Armstrong RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 11:56
Philipe Dupuis C 0 0 0 E 2 0 6:40
Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16:33
Clarke MacArthur LW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 13:19
Joffrey Lupul RW 1 0 1 E 0 4 18:38
David Steckel C 0 0 0 E 0 1 8:35
John-Michael Liles D 0 1 1 E 0 1 25:15
Carl Gunnarsson D 0 1 1 E 2 4 22:43
Matt Frattin RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 11:41
Nikolai Kulemin LW 1 0 1 +2 0 3 15:23
Tyler Bozak C 0 1 1 +1 2 2 21:49
Joey Crabb RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 10:03
Jake Gardiner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22:02
Phil Kessel RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 20:54
Mikhail Grabovski C 1 0 1 E 0 2 15:16
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20:20
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 E 0 2 19:21
Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 E 0 1 8:23
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 +1 2 3 20:17
Christian Ehrhoff D 0 1 1 E 0 1 24:36
Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 14:16
Drew Stafford RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 20:13
Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16:45
Thomas Vanek LW 2 2 4 E 0 5 19:16
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20:32
Jason Pominville RW 0 2 2 -2 0 5 18:03
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 E 2 4 9:24
Andrej Sekera D 1 0 1 E 0 2 16:52
Zach Kassian RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 15:22
Paul Szczechura C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13:26
Tyler Ennis LW 1 1 2 E 0 2 18:51
Luke Adam C 0 0 0 E 0 0 13:34
Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 E 0 1 6:48
Goaltending
Toronto
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer L (5-3-2) 29 24 5 .828 0 58:44
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (8-6-2) 33 29 4 .879 0 60:00