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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Joey Crabb's short-handed content midway through the third period sparked Toronto's 2-1 get over the Sabres on weekday night and snapped the Maple Leafs' seven-game losing streak at Buffalo.

Phil Kessel also scored for Toronto, which hadn't won in metropolis since Dec. 12, 2008. The Maple Leafs have beaten their Northeast Division rival exclusive twice in 15 meetings.

James Reimer allowed a content on 15 shots to earn the conclusion in locate of official Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who spent the test digit periods on the bench after sustaining an undisclosed modify body injury.

Paul Gaustad scored for the Sabres, 13-5-2 in their time 20 games. metropolis squandered an possibleness to advise into a tie with Carolina for eighth locate in the Eastern Conference.

Crabb's prototypal content of the season and fifth in his NHL career gave Toronto a 2-0 advance with 11:31 left.

While associate Carl Gunnarsson served a hooking penalty, Crabb separate up the correct wing and attempted to get around Buffalo's Jordan Leopold in face of the net. Crabb was bumped by Buffalo's saint Vanek with a impact that allowed Crabb to regain his equilibrise and running a effort time goalie Ryan Miller, who was inclination to his right.

Gaustad cut the Maple Leafs advance to 2-1 by sneaking in a effort from a intense angle 1:51 later. The Maple Leafs' stifling defense held metropolis to quaternary shots the rest of the way. Toronto won on consecutive nights and is 6-2-1 in its time nine.

The Maple Leafs, who forfeited 6-2 at metropolis 10 life earlier, outshot metropolis 25-15 over the test digit periods and 30-24 overall.

Toronto defenseman Tomas Kaberle, whose study is again in the midst of trade rumors, ordered up Kessel's content 4:36 into the ordinal period. From just exclusive the chromatic line, Kaberle fed a perfect transfer into the slot, where Kessel maltreated it in. It was Kessel's third content in digit nights after a 14-game drought.

Miller had a better outing in his prototypal mettlesome since allowing seven goals on 26 shots in a 7-6 period expiration to the New York Islanders on Sunday. playwright had started 31 straight games before Jhonas Enroth stopped 32 shots on Tuesday in a 3-2 shootout get at Montreal.

Notes: The Sabres began a season-high, six-game homestand, which ends against Detroit on Feb. 26. metropolis will then have a seven-game trip. ... Toronto went 0 for 3 with the Negro advantage and hasn't scored a power-play content in 11 games against Buffalo, dating to March 27, 2009. ... The Sabres went 0 for 4 on the power play.

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