Buffalo, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Zemgus Girgensons scored twice and the
Buffalo Sabres cruised past the Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-2, on Saturday.
Matt Moulson and Tyler Ennis each had one goal and two assists for the Sabres,
who snapped a five-game skid. Drew Stafford and Tyler Myers also lit the lamp.
Michal Neuvirth stopped 32-of-34 shots for Buffalo, which had allowed six
goals in each of its last three games.
David Clarkson and Phil Kessel scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost two
in a row since a three-game winning streak. James Reimer made 29 saves.
Ennis scored on the power play at the 15:40 mark of the first period.
Girgensons tallied a shorthanded goal with 1:27 left. Brian Flynn beat Reimer
to a loose puck in the faceoff circle and passed to Girgensons, who scored
with the net open.
Stafford scored at 7:10 of the second to make it 3-0.
Clarkson got Toronto within two at 18:41 when he tipped Cody Franson’s shot
past Neuvirth.
Moulson scored 16 seconds later to make it 4-1. The Maple Leafs, however, got
a goal from Kessel with 19 seconds left in the second.
Myers and Girgensons scored in the final frame.
Game Notes
Toronto had won three straight against Buffalo … Sabres defenseman Josh
Gorges sat out with an upper-body injury … Franson has recorded a point in
seven straight games … Toronto went 0-for-4 on the power play.
