Sabres sweep Maple Leafs in first round

Post date: May 5, 2018 11:07:15 AM

The Sabres defeated the Maple Leafs 3 games to 0 to move on in the Yelnats Cup Playoffs. Two of the games went to overtime. Rick Martin had 4 goals in the series to lead Buffalo. Gilbert Perreault had 5 assists. Wayne Thomas finished with a .901 save percentage. Lanny McDonald and Darryl Sittler had 2 goals and 3 assists in the series for Toronto.

The Sabres will face the Canadiens in the semi-finals. Game summaries appear below.

Game 1 - Sabres 5, Maple Leafs 4, OT

Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

DATE : 04/23/2018

GOALS 1 2 3 OT F

Toronto Maple Leafs 1 1 2 0 4

Buffalo Sabres 1 2 1 1 5

SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F

Toronto Maple Leafs 4 11 12 6 33

Buffalo Sabres 20 14 13 4 51

S C O R I N G S U M M A R Y

1. TOR. TOM LYSIAK(1)( IAN TURNBULL, ERROL THOMPSON ): 1st 7:52

2. BUF. FRED AHERN(1)( GILBERT PERREAULT, RED BERENSON ): 1st 9:38

3. BUF. DENNIS MARUK(1)( RED BERENSON ) (PP) : 2nd 4:05

4. BUF. RICK MARTIN(1)( GILBERT PERREAULT, RENE ROBERT ) (PP) : 2nd 6:17

5. TOR. IAN TURNBULL(1)( BORJE SALMING, NICK LIBETT ): 2nd 7:16

6. TOR. LANNY McDONALD(1)( DARRYL SITTLER, NICK LIBETT ): 3rd 5:01

7. TOR. ERROL THOMPSON(1)( IAN TURNBULL, LANNY McDONALD ) (PP) : 3rd 8:17

8. BUF. DANNY GARE(1)( STAN GILBERTSON ): 3rd 17:38

9. BUF. CRAIG RAMSAY(1)( DON LUCE ): OT 5:33

P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y

1. TOR. LANNY McDONALD - 2 Minutes: 1st 5:04

2. TOR. DARRYL SITTLER - 4 Minutes: 1st 11:15

EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY BOB NEELY

4. BUF. DON LUCE - 2 Minutes: 1st 11:15

5. TOR. ROD SEILING - 2 Minutes: 1st 18:46

6. TOR. HILLIARD GRAVES - 2 Minutes: 2nd 3:52

7. TOR. MIKE CHRISTIE - 2 Minutes: 2nd 6:07

8. TOR. GEORGE FERGUSON - 2 Minutes: 2nd 8:29

9. BUF. RICK MARTIN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 8:29

10. BUF. JERRY KORAB - 2 Minutes: 2nd 12:27

11. TOR. INGE HAMMARSTROM - 2 Minutes: 2nd 19:11

12. BUF. DENNIS MARUK - 2 Minutes: 3rd 7:46

13. BUF. JOCELYN GUEVREMONT - 2 Minutes: 3rd 19:16

I N J U R I E S

1. BUF. Injury To LEE FOGOLIN : 2nd 4:51

Player Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS

DARRYL SITTLER 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 12-7 46 26:04 1 1 0 1

LANNY McDONALD 1 4 1 1 2 0 0 0-0 42 24:04 1 0 0 1

ERROL THOMPSON 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0-0 32 17:56 1 1 2 0

TOM LYSIAK 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 10-2 36 20:09 1 0 1 0

JIM McKENNY -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 13 7:04 0 0 0 1

TIGER WILLIAMS -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 12 6:25 0 0 0 0

IAN TURNBULL 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 0-0 57 32:55 0 1 0 1

HILLIARD GRAVES -1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 29 17:02 0 0 1 1

BOB MacMILLAN -1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5-2 23 13:21 1 0 1 0

BORJE SALMING 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 57 32:55 2 0 0 0

NICK LIBETT 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 37 21:19 0 0 0 0

GEORGE FERGUSON 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 3-0 32 17:53 0 2 0 0

INGE HAMMARSTROM -1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1-0 25 14:23 0 1 0 2

TERRY HARPER -2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 44 24:56 5 0 0 0

BOB NEELY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 14 7:33 0 2 0 0

MIKE CHRISTIE 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 22 12:39 0 1 0 0

ROD SEILING -2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 35 19:11 0 0 0 0

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TOTAL 0 33 4 8 16 1 0 31-11 12 9 5 7

Player Stats For Buffalo Sabres

PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS

GILBERT PERREAULT 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10-9 43 23:35 0 0 0 2

RICK MARTIN -1 6 1 0 2 1 0 1-0 36 20:01 1 0 1 2

RENE ROBERT -1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 35 19:30 0 0 0 2

DANNY GARE 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 35 20:23 0 0 1 2

FRED AHERN 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 16 8:53 0 0 2 1

DENNIS MARUK 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 7-5 34 20:21 0 0 0 2

STAN GILBERTSON 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2-1 31 18:07 0 1 1 1

CRAIG RAMSAY -1 3 1 0 0 0 0 3-2 33 18:51 2 1 0 1 GWG

RED BERENSON 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1-1 16 8:53 0 1 0 1

DON LUCE -1 1 0 1 2 0 0 7-2 38 21:59 0 1 0 1

JOCELYN GUEVREMONT -2 5 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 59 33:41 1 3 0 2

JERRY KORAB -2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 60 34:25 1 2 0 1

CLAUDE LAROSE -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 32 18:12 1 0 0 1

BILL HAJT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 10 5:16 0 0 0 1

BOB STEWART 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 38 21:35 0 0 0 1

JIM SCHOENFELD 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 40 22:43 0 1 0 1

LEE FOGOLIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 8 4:03 0 0 0 0

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TOTAL 0 51 5 7 10 2 0 31-20 6 10 5 22

Goalie Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

PHIL MYRE 65 51 5 0 13 11 115 LOSS

GARY SIMMONS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalie Stats For Buffalo Sabres

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

ROGER CROZIER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WAYNE THOMAS 65 33 4 0 7 4 115 WIN

POWER PLAY OPP GOALS

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 1

Buffalo Sabres 6 2

STARS OF THE GAME

1st star - FRED AHERN from Buffalo

2nd star - IAN TURNBULL from Toronto

3rd star - DANNY GARE from Buffalo

GAME STORY

In their home arena the Sabres won a close one against the Maple Leafs

by the final score of 5 to 4. Buffalo sustained a constant attack outshooting

the Maple Leafs 51 to 33. CRAIG RAMSAY netted the last goal, the game

winner, at 5:33 of overtime. IAN TURNBULL had a goal and contributed

two assists for Toronto. Other goal scorers were LANNY McDONALD, ERROL

THOMPSON and TOM LYSIAK for Toronto and RICK MARTIN, DANNY GARE, FRED

AHERN and DENNIS MARUK for Buffalo.

Game 2 - Sabres 6, Maple Leafs 4

Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

DATE : 04/25/2018

GOALS 1 2 3 OT F

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 0 1 0 4

Buffalo Sabres 4 2 0 0 6

SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F

Toronto Maple Leafs 9 14 12 0 35

Buffalo Sabres 13 12 10 0 35

S C O R I N G S U M M A R Y

1. BUF. RENE ROBERT(1)( GILBERT PERREAULT, JOCELYN GUEVREMONT ): 1st 1:38

2. BUF. RICK MARTIN(2)( GILBERT PERREAULT, DANNY GARE ) (PP) : 1st 3:31

3. BUF. DENNIS MARUK(2)( JERRY KORAB, STAN GILBERTSON ) (PP) : 1st 5:51

4. TOR. BORJE SALMING(1)( DARRYL SITTLER, LANNY McDONALD ): 1st 6:43

5. TOR. BOB MacMILLAN(1)( INGE HAMMARSTROM ): 1st 9:28

6. TOR. LANNY McDONALD(2)( DARRYL SITTLER, ERROL THOMPSON ) (PP) : 1st 10:26

7. BUF. RICK MARTIN(3)( RENE ROBERT, JOCELYN GUEVREMONT ): 1st 11:44

8. BUF. DANNY GARE(2)( JIM SCHOENFELD ): 2nd 2:37

9. BUF. CLAUDE LAROSE(1)( DON LUCE ): 2nd 19:44

10. TOR. JIM McKENNY(1)( NICK LIBETT, TOM LYSIAK ) (PP) : 3rd 17:36

P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y

1. TOR. TERRY HARPER - 2 Minutes: 1st 3:21

2. TOR. DARRYL SITTLER - 2 Minutes: 1st 4:22

3. BUF. FRED AHERN - 2 Minutes: 1st 10:08

4. TOR. BOB NEELY - 2 Minutes: 1st 15:16

5. BUF. GILBERT PERREAULT - 2 Minutes: 1st 17:38

6. BUF. LEE FOGOLIN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 3:55

7. BUF. DANNY GARE - 5 Minutes: 3rd 2:46

8. TOR. INGE HAMMARSTROM - 5 Minutes: 3rd 2:46

9. BUF. JERRY KORAB - 2 Minutes: 3rd 16:26

10. BUF. WAYNE THOMAS - 2 Minutes: 3rd 16:41

EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY LEE FOGOLIN

I N J U R I E S

NONE

Player Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS

DARRYL SITTLER 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 15-8 44 26:21 0 0 1 1

LANNY McDONALD 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0-0 37 21:46 0 0 1 0

ERROL THOMPSON -2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 33 18:18 0 0 1 1

TOM LYSIAK -2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8-5 34 19:13 0 0 0 1

JIM McKENNY 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 16 10:06 0 0 1 0

TIGER WILLIAMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 11 6:51 0 1 0 0

IAN TURNBULL -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 47 27:11 0 0 0 0

HILLIARD GRAVES 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 29 16:02 1 0 1 0

BOB MacMILLAN 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5-1 24 12:47 1 0 0 0

BORJE SALMING -1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 48 27:27 1 0 0 0

NICK LIBETT 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 35 20:51 1 1 1 1

GEORGE FERGUSON -2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 28 15:11 1 1 0 0

INGE HAMMARSTROM 0 4 0 1 5 0 0 0-0 22 11:34 0 0 0 5

TERRY HARPER 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 44 24:18 1 1 0 0

BOB NEELY -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 13 8:05 0 0 0 0

MIKE CHRISTIE -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 17 10:21 0 1 0 0

ROD SEILING 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 36 19:03 1 1 0 0

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TOTAL -10 35 4 7 11 2 0 29-14 7 6 6 9

Player Stats For Buffalo Sabres

PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS

GILBERT PERREAULT 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 7-2 40 22:49 1 1 0 1

RICK MARTIN 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 1-1 29 15:58 1 0 0 1

RENE ROBERT 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 29 15:58 0 0 0 1

DANNY GARE 0 6 1 1 5 0 0 0-0 29 15:50 0 1 3 1 GWG

FRED AHERN 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 14 8:20 0 0 0 1

DENNIS MARUK 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 12-5 37 20:07 0 0 0 1

STAN GILBERTSON 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 27 14:16 0 0 0 0

CRAIG RAMSAY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 28 16:54 1 0 0 0

RED BERENSON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 14 8:20 0 0 0 1

DON LUCE 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8-6 33 19:30 0 0 0 1

JOCELYN GUEVREMONT 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 40 23:22 1 1 0 1

JERRY KORAB 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 46 26:56 1 3 0 0

CLAUDE LAROSE 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 27 16:07 0 0 0 0

BILL HAJT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 18 11:20 0 0 0 0

BOB STEWART 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 41 22:18 1 3 0 0

JIM SCHOENFELD 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 44 23:39 0 4 0 0

LEE FOGOLIN 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 14 8:20 0 0 0 0

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TOTAL 10 35 6 10 13 2 0 29-15 6 13 3 9

Goalie Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

PHIL MYRE 60 35 6 0 10 4 105 LOSS GF

GARY SIMMONS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalie Stats For Buffalo Sabres

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

ROGER CROZIER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WAYNE THOMAS 60 35 4 0 8 5 105 WIN

POWER PLAY OPP GOALS

Toronto Maple Leafs 5 2

Buffalo Sabres 3 2

STARS OF THE GAME

1st star - RICK MARTIN from Buffalo

2nd star - RENE ROBERT from Buffalo

3rd star - DANNY GARE from Buffalo

GAME STORY

In a close game, the Sabres topped the Maple Leafs by a score of 6 to

4. Buffalo got going early, scoring 4 times in the first period. RICK

MARTIN found the net twice on 7 shots for Buffalo. Others registering

goals were LANNY McDONALD, JIM McKENNY, BOB MacMILLAN and BORJE SALMING

for Toronto and RENE ROBERT, DANNY GARE, DENNIS MARUK and CLAUDE LAROSE

for Buffalo.

Game 3 - Sabres 4, Maple Leafs 3, OT

Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

DATE : 04/27/2018

GOALS 1 2 3 OT F

Buffalo Sabres 3 0 0 1 4

Toronto Maple Leafs 1 1 1 0 3

SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F

Buffalo Sabres 18 5 18 2 43

Toronto Maple Leafs 9 19 11 4 43

S C O R I N G S U M M A R Y

1. BUF. RICK MARTIN(4)( GILBERT PERREAULT, DANNY GARE ) (PP) : 1st 3:01

2. BUF. DENNIS MARUK(3)( STAN GILBERTSON ): 1st 4:19

3. TOR. TOM LYSIAK(2)( ROD SEILING, ERROL THOMPSON ): 1st 8:27

4. BUF. DON LUCE(1)( JOCELYN GUEVREMONT ): 1st 17:32

5. TOR. DARRYL SITTLER(1)( TIGER WILLIAMS, ROD SEILING ): 2nd 12:58

6. TOR. DARRYL SITTLER(2)( ERROL THOMPSON, LANNY McDONALD ) (PP) : 3rd 12:33

7. BUF. STAN GILBERTSON(1)( JIM SCHOENFELD ): OT 4:57

P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y

1. TOR. GEORGE FERGUSON - 2 Minutes: 1st 2:01

2. TOR. MIKE CHRISTIE - 2 Minutes: 1st 14:40

3. TOR. ROD SEILING - 2 Minutes: 3rd 2:06

4. TOR. DARRYL SITTLER - 2 Minutes: 3rd 9:04

5. BUF. BOB STEWART - 2 Minutes: 3rd 12:28

6. BUF. JERRY KORAB - 2 Minutes: 3rd 13:38

7. TOR. ROD SEILING - 2 Minutes: 3rd 15:48

8. BUF. BOB STEWART - 2 Minutes: 3rd 19:49

I N J U R I E S

1. BUF. Injury To GILBERT PERREAULT : 2nd 8:29

Player Stats For Buffalo Sabres

PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS

GILBERT PERREAULT -1 5 0 1 0 0 0 6-5 38 21:16 0 0 0 2

RICK MARTIN -1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 36 19:59 0 0 0 1

RENE ROBERT -1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 36 19:59 0 0 0 2

DANNY GARE 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 37 22:16 0 1 0 0

FRED AHERN -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 18 10:59 0 0 0 0

DENNIS MARUK 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 6-3 41 24:06 1 0 2 2

STAN GILBERTSON 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 31 18:38 0 0 0 0 GWG

CRAIG RAMSAY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 31 17:08 1 0 0 0

RED BERENSON -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 18 10:59 0 0 1 1

DON LUCE 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 6-4 36 19:36 0 0 1 2

JOCELYN GUEVREMONT 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 49 27:33 0 1 0 1

JERRY KORAB 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 50 28:02 1 2 1 1

CLAUDE LAROSE 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 28 15:08 2 0 0 1

BILL HAJT 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 21 12:24 3 0 0 0

BOB STEWART -1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 37 20:47 0 1 0 0

JIM SCHOENFELD -1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 38 20:54 2 0 0 0

LEE FOGOLIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 18 10:24 0 0 0 0

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TOTAL 5 43 4 5 6 1 0 21-13 10 5 5 13

Player Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS

DARRYL SITTLER 0 10 2 0 2 1 0 9-4 45 24:56 1 3 0 4

LANNY McDONALD -1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 41 22:54 0 2 0 2

ERROL THOMPSON 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 30 16:01 1 0 1 1

TOM LYSIAK 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 6-2 38 21:32 2 0 1 1

JIM McKENNY 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 16 9:40 0 0 0 1

TIGER WILLIAMS 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 13 7:40 0 0 0 0

IAN TURNBULL -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 50 28:02 0 0 0 1

HILLIARD GRAVES -2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 28 16:23 0 0 0 0

BOB MacMILLAN -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-2 25 14:23 0 0 0 0

BORJE SALMING -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 50 28:02 0 1 0 1

NICK LIBETT -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 37 21:09 0 0 0 0

GEORGE FERGUSON 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2-0 32 17:54 1 1 0 0

INGE HAMMARSTROM -2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:23 1 0 2 1

TERRY HARPER 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 46 26:25 1 0 0 0

BOB NEELY -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 18 10:24 1 1 0 0

MIKE CHRISTIE -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 27 16:02 0 1 0 0

ROD SEILING 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 0-0 34 18:47 1 0 0 0

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TOTAL -5 43 3 6 10 1 0 21-8 9 9 4 12

Goalie Stats For Buffalo Sabres

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

ROGER CROZIER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WAYNE THOMAS 65 43 3 0 10 8 114 WIN

Goalie Stats For Toronto Maple Leafs

PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS

PHIL MYRE 65 43 4 0 9 5 114 LOSS

GARY SIMMONS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

POWER PLAY OPP GOALS

Buffalo Sabres 5 1

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 1

STARS OF THE GAME

1st star - STAN GILBERTSON from Buffalo

2nd star - DARRYL SITTLER from Toronto

3rd star - DENNIS MARUK from Buffalo

GAME STORY

The visiting team from Buffalo squeezed out a victory over the Maple Leafs

by a final tally of 4 to 3. Buffalo quieted the crowd early, scoring

3 times in the first period. STAN GILBERTSON closed out the scoring with

the game winner at 4:57 of overtime. DARRYL SITTLER scored twice on 10

shots for Toronto. Other goal scorers were RICK MARTIN, DENNIS MARUK and

DON LUCE for Buffalo and TOM LYSIAK for Toronto.