Toronto Maple Leafs v Buffalo Sabres

Start date: Wed Apr 8, 2009
League: National Hockey League
Sport: Hockey

Toronto Maple Leafs 1-5 Buffalo Sabres

Finger 16

Pominville 21
Pominville 21
Vanek 48
Gaustad 48
Vanek 48

Game summary

The game was played in National Hockey League on Wednesday April 8.
Toronto Maple Leafs took the lead when Finger scored the first goal after 16 minutes.
Blake was credited with an assist.
Hanson was also credited with an assist.
Pominville scored an equalizer 21 minutes into the game.
Spacek was credited with an assist.
Stafford was also credited with an assist.
Pominville scored a goal for Buffalo Sabres, making it 1-1, in the 21st minute.
Spacek was credited with an assist.
Stafford was also credited with an assist.
Vanek scored a goal for Buffalo Sabres, making it 1-2, in the 48th minute.
Pominville was credited with an assist.
Gaustad scored a goal for Buffalo Sabres, making it 1-3, in the 48th minute.
Mair was credited with an assist.
Spacek was also credited with an assist.
Vanek scored a goal for Buffalo Sabres, making it 1-2, in the 48th minute.
Pominville was credited with an assist.
The game ended in a 1-5 victory for the away team Buffalo Sabres.

Team comparison

Average goals and home team advantage

The graphs and numbers here are based on the last 40 played games for Toronto Maple Leafs (15 wins, 3 draws and 22 losses) and the last 40 games for Buffalo Sabres (23 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses).

During that period, the average number of goals scored per game was 3.63 for Toronto Maple Leafs and 4.08 for Buffalo Sabres. The average for all teams combined within the National Hockey League was 3.06 goals scored per game. This means that Toronto Maple Leafs is better than its peers and Buffalo Sabres is better than its peers when it comes to scoring goals.

The home team, Toronto Maple Leafs, is quite weak as a home team, winning just 45% of their home games. The away team, Buffalo Sabres, usually wins a whopping 50% of its away games which is particularly good compared to the rest of the league.