Final
Bernier, Maple Leafs blank Sabres
Oct 29, 2014 - 7:10 AM Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - Jonathan Bernier stopped all 10 shots fired his way to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.Tyler Bozak and Phil Kessel each had a goal and an assist, James van Riemsdyk and Jake Gardiner also scored and Morgan Rielly supplied two helpers for the Maple Leafs, who have won two of their last three games.
"Our expectation is to carry this on to the next one," Toronto head coach Randy Carlyle said of the win. "Tonight, everything fell our way and we'll take it because we were in drastic need of a performance at home."
Michael Neuvirth stopped 33-of-37 shots for Buffalo, which fell to 2-8-0 on the season.
"We had nothing. Toronto had everything going," Sabres coach Ted Nolan said.
Toronto opened the scoring with 50 seconds left in the second period. Bozak took a pass from Kessel in the neutral zone and wristed a shot past Neuvirth from the left circle.
The Maple Leafs peppered Neuvirth with shots and held a 29-8 advantage heading into the final frame.
Kessel banked a shot off Neuvirth's pads and into net from behind the cage 4:18 into the third for a 2-0 lead.
Toronto added to its lead a minute later. Rielly sent a cross-ice pass to van Riemsdyk, who got behind the defense one-timed the shot in from the right side of the net.
Gardiner scored on the wraparound to account for the final score with 10:43 to play.
Game Notes
It was Bernier's eighth career shutout and first of the season ... Toronto is 4-0-0 this season when Kessel scores ... The Sabres fell to 0-for-32 on the power play this season ... The home team has won each of the last eight meetings between the two teams.
- BUFFALO: 0
TORONTO: 4
Final
Oct 28 10:03 PM - Toronto Goal - James van Riemsdyk (4), from Morgan Rielly at 5:18.
Sabres 0, Maple Leafs 3 3rd - 14:42Oct 28 9:32 PM - Toronto Goal - Phil Kessel (5), from Mike Santorelli at 4:18.
Sabres 0, Maple Leafs 2 3rd - 15:42Oct 28 9:30 PM - BUFFALO: 0
TORONTO: 1
End of 2nd
Oct 28 9:06 PM - Toronto Power-Play Goal - Tyler Bozak (4), at 19:10.
Sabres 0, Maple Leafs 1 2nd - 0:50Oct 28 9:04 PM - BUFFALO: 0
TORONTO: 0
End of 1st
Oct 28 8:14 PM - BUFFALO: 0
TORONTO: 0
1st Period - 20:00
Oct 28 7:38 PM
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