1st Period:

Sabres apply pressure early. Then, they make start a conga line to the box. Leafs content to sit back and not let buffalo skate the puck intop the attack zone.

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Napolean Dynamite at a porn convention.... no action early in this one.


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Tyler Myers and his 12 foot wingspan are very active for Buffalo on the PK tonight. He's 6'8' tall and becomes six feet taller when he fully extends his stick.

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1-0 BUFFALO

Drew Stafford scores PPG on his 24th birthday. From Connolly and Roy @ 15:11. Staff's fourth of the young season. Ron Wilson and Brian Burke look on with intrigue as they ponder Team USA.

Stempniak high sticked Tyler Myers in the face while Tomas Kaberle was in the sin bin.

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1-1

With Stafford in the box, Ian White scores PPG from 37 feet out.


Shots: 9-7 Leafs after 20 minutes.

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2nd Period:

Wilson is keeping the third man high and its working thus far. Buffalo can't throw the bomb with the third forward's stick in the lane.


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@ 3:57, with Buffalo on the PP, Stempniak takes off all alone on Miller. He over-handles the puck and tries to beat Miller left pad low. Miller gets the better of it.


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55-13-25 break the puck out of their end beautifully. Hecht busts through the Tronna zone, Monster save... Grier follows... Monster save. Nice rush.

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MONSTER SAVE

Butler head mans puck to a sprinting MacArthur-- tape to tape---scheen can only feebly hook Mac as he closes in on the Tronna netminder. Gustavsson spreads his large body across the blue ice and makes the save with his rib cage. Great save!


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2-1 Buffalo

@ 10:39, Matt Ellis is destroyed on the wall in front of the Buffalo bench. the puck finds Pommer in the Buffalo zone. 29 finds Connolly streaking all alone up the miidle of the ice--- hits him on the tape--- Connolly drives and beats Monster 5 hole, for his third of the season.


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Gustavsson is under siege by the 21-9-26 line. The kid has no help at all as his D and forwards are whiffing at pucks and checks.

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3rd Period:


Sabres lead shots 21-19.


Give Tronna credit for not folding the tent. They are competing for loose pucks and presenting a challenge for the Buffalo forwards.


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55-13-25 start the period....


Myers called for a slash at 22 seconds.

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@ Tronna almost scored the tying goal... Miller's posts are part of his equipment!


Me likes how Rivet is abusing white sweatered intruders in Miller's crease.
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Myers sits and the Leafs swarm Miller like sea gulls on a bag of McDonalds french fries at Sherkston beach!

13-1 Tronna shots on gola at the midway point of the third period. Buffalo have gone silent. Why?


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@ 11:14 mark, Primeau sits for two or less......

Sabres PP: 34-21-29-19-55. 9-26-41-52-57.

Tronna are simply collapsing four men to the front of Monster and begging for a whistle.


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2-2< (end of regulation)/b>

Grabovski's high stick goal with 37 seconds left in regulation ties the game. The goal was reviewed in Tronna. Good Goal. I think not.

Tronna gets a free point.




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OT

A buck four into the extra session, Tim Connolly's walk-off bomb wins it for the Sabres.

8-1-1 and heading to Long island to face the suddenly stable Islanders.

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!



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Put the puck on the net, tough guy!

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Nathan Pinch plays for Chainsaw Lydman. Pincher plays with Full Monty, while Oil Rig goes with Hank; Buts with Reeves.


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6:59pm:

Tyler Myers just jumped on the ice in the Buffalo end for the pregame skate and he wiped out into the corner boards due to 2 inches of extra water left behind by the zamboni.

7:00pm: Patty Lalime just hit the deck in the same spot1

Hey, squeegie kid, get over there now! Soak the Tronna end, numb skull!


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