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VISITOR 4 BUFFALO SABRES Game 1 Away Game 1 Game Summary Monday, September 22, 2008 Attendance 18,819 at Air Canada Centre Start 7:37 EDT ; End 10:05 EDT Game 0003 Final HOME 7 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS Game 1 Home Game 1

SCORING SUMMARY

G Per Time Str Team Goal Scorer Assist Assist BUF on Ice TOR on Ice 1 1 0:45 PP BUF 8 M.ZAGRAPAN(1) 44 A.SEKERA(1) 41 C.MACARTHUR(1) 8, 25, 30, 41, 44, 47 19, 25, 26, 31, 40 2 1 8:09 EV TOR 19 D.MOORE(1) unassisted 10, 12, 25, 30, 33, 41 19, 25, 26, 31, 40, 44 3 1 18:51 EV TOR 8 C.COLAIACOVO(1) unassisted 8, 10, 25, 30, 33, 47 7, 8, 19, 31, 52, 55 4 2 4:26 EV TOR 22 B.DEVEREAUX(1) 28 M.BELL(1) 8 C.COLAIACOVO(1) 10, 12, 30, 33, 41, 54 7, 8, 22, 28, 29, 39 5 2 11:19 EV TOR 52 R.EARL(1) 7 I.WHITE(1) 55 J.BLAKE(1) 6, 12, 20, 21, 31, 55 7, 14, 29, 40, 52, 55 6 3 3:14 PP BUF 47 P.GOGULLA(1) 41 C.MACARTHUR(2) 8 M.ZAGRAPAN(1) 8, 25, 31, 41, 44, 47 7, 8, 14, 29, 55 7 3 7:20 PP TOR 14 M.STAJAN(1) 55 J.BLAKE(2) 11 J.TLUSTY(1) 4, 10, 31, 32, 38 4, 11, 14, 26, 29, 55 8 3 13:19 EV BUF 25 M.MANCARI(1) 8 M.ZAGRAPAN(2) 6 J.SPACEK(1) 6, 8, 25, 31, 38, 47 7, 8, 29, 41, 47, 52 9 3 14:47 SH TOR 19 D.MOORE(2) 25 B.ONDRUS(1) 4 J.FINGER(1) 8, 25, 31, 41, 44, 47 2, 4, 19, 25, 29 10 3 16:33 PP BUF 55 J.HECHT(1) 21 D.STAFFORD(1) 12 A.KOTALIK(1) 6, 12, 21, 31, 38, 55 7, 8, 14, 29, 55 11 3 19:43 EV-EN TOR 11 J.TLUSTY(1) unassisted 6, 8, 21, 25, 44, 47 2, 4, 11, 14, 29, 55

BUFFALO SABRES TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

PENALTY SUMMARY # Per Time Player PIM Penalty 1 1 5:30 36 P.KALETA 2 Interference 2 1 9:43 12 A.KOTALIK 2 Tripping 3 1 12:15 76 A.PETERS 5 Fighting (maj) 4 1 19:13 36 P.KALETA 5 Fighting (maj) 5 1 19:13 76 A.PETERS 2 Unsportsmanlike conduct 6 1 19:13 76 A.PETERS 10 Game misconduct 7 1 19:13 76 A.PETERS 10 Misconduct (10 min) 8 3 5:15 38 N.PAETSCH 2 Hi-sticking 9 3 5:49 44 A.SEKERA 2 Tripping TOT 9-40 # Per Time Player PIM Penalty 1 1 0:38 8 C.COLAIACOVO 2 Tripping 2 1 3:09 44 R.HOLLWEG 2 Hooking 3 1 12:15 44 R.HOLLWEG 5 Fighting (maj) 4 1 19:13 25 B.ONDRUS 5 Fighting (maj) 5 2 6:08 11 J.TLUSTY 2 Tripping 6 2 9:13 52 R.EARL 2 Hi-sticking 7 2 16:27 22 B.DEVEREAUX 2 Hooking 8 3 2:31 47 D.BOYCE 2 Slashing 9 3 14:34 26 M.VON RYN 2 Hooking TOT 9-24

BY PERIOD Per Goals Shots PN PIM 1 1 5 7 36 2 0 15 0 0 3 3 9 2 4 TOT 4 29 9 40 Per Goals Shots PN PIM 1 2 7 4 14 2 2 7 3 6 3 3 11 2 4 TOT 7 25 9 24

POWERPLAYS (Goals-Opp. / Power Play Time) 5v4 5v3 4v3 TOT 3-7/10:49 3-7/10:49 5v4 5v3 4v3 TOT 1-4/06:39 0-1/01:26 1-5/08:05

EVEN STRENGTH (Goals-Occurences / Time) 5v5 4v4 3v3 TOT 1-12/41:06 1-12/41:06 5v5 4v4 3v3 TOT 5-12/41:06 5-12/41:06

GOALTENDER SUMMARY

BUFFALO SABRES TOI GOALS-SHOTS AGAINST EV PP SH TOT 1 2 3 TOT 30 G MILLER, RYAN 18:49 04:07 06:00 28:56 2-7 1-4 3-11 31 G ENROTH, JHONAS (L) 20:43 06:42 02:05 29:30 1-3 2-10 3-13 EMPTY NET 01:34 00:00 00:00 01:34 1-1 1-1 TEAM TOTALS 41:06 10:49 08:05 60:00 2-7 2-7 3-11 7-25 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS TOI GOALS-SHOTS AGAINST EV PP SH TOT 1 2 3 TOT 29 G POGGE, JUSTIN (W) 28:00 03:18 08:42 40:00 0-15 3-9 3-24 31 G JOSEPH, CURTIS 13:00 04:47 02:07 19:54 1-5 1-5 EMPTY NET 00:06 00:00 00:00 00:06 TEAM TOTALS 41:06 08:05 10:49 60:00 1-5 0-15 3-9 4-29

OFFICIALS 3 STARS Picked By: Referee: #36 Dean Morton #33 Kevin Pollock Linesman: #50 Scott Cherrey #71 Brad Kovachik Standby: Standby: Team Pos Player 1. . 2. . 3. .

TORONTO — Fans getting their first look at the Toronto Maple Leafs under new coach Ron Wilson must have liked what they saw.

The team was strong on the forecheck in building a lead on Monday night before getting some good goaltending from Justin Pogge during a 7-4 pre-season win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Dominic Moore, with two, Carlo Colaiacovo, Boyd Devereaux, Robbie Earl, Matt Stajan and Jiri Tlusty scored for the Maple Leafs.

Marek Zagrapan, Philip Gogulla, Mark Mancari and Jochen Hecht replied for Buffalo.
Tickets to the exhibition opener were given away for free and there were a lot more Maple Leaf jerseys in the stands at Air Canada Centre than normal as a result.

It was the first time Wilson stood behind the home bench at the arena. His team is going to be short on star power this year so the coach has vowed to have a hard working squad.

There were certainly traces of that Monday, particularly in the first half of the game.

After Zagrapan opened the scoring on a power play just 45 seconds in, the Maple Leafs found their stride and dominated much of the period. Moore tied it at 8:09 after a strong forecheck caused a Sabres turnover and the Leafs centre beat Sabres goalie Ryan Miller over the shoulder.

Colaiacovo put the Leafs ahead for good at 18:51 when his shot found its way through a crowd and behind Miller.

Goaltender Curtis Joseph, who returned to the Maple Leafs as a free agent over the summer, played the first period and stopped four of the five shots he faced. Fans chanted his name before the game - his first in a Maple Leafs jersey in more than six years.

Pogge was in net at the start of the second and ended up making 15 saves during the period as Toronto built a 4-1 lead on goals by Devereaux and Earl. This is an important season for Pogge, who is expected to start with the AHL Marlies and will be looking to show he deserves a spot on the big team down the road.

The Sabres applied pressure in the third period but Toronto managed to hang on.

Gogulla, Mancari and Hecht all beat Pogge but Stajan and Moore scored on Jhonas Enroth _ who replaced Miller midway through the game _ to preserve the win.

Tlusty scored into an empty net with 17 seconds left.

Notes: Luke Schenn, Toronto’s first round draft pick in June, played his first game with the team …Toronto was 3-3-2 against the Sabres during the regular season a year ago … Chad Kilger and John Pohl led Toronto in pre-season scoring last fall. Neither player is still with the team … The Maple Leafs next exhibition game is Wednesday night in Pittsburgh … Buffalo plays Montreal on Tuesday in Roberval, Que. - the small town’s prize for winning Hockeyville 2008 … Enroth was a standout for Sweden at this year’s world junior championship. His only loss came against Canada in the gold-medal final.

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