Leafs upend Sabres, 7-4

It was a back-and-forth third period, but in the end the Sabres didn’t have enough as they opened the 2008 pre-season with a 7-4 loss to Toronto. (see previous posts for 1st and 2nd period scoring notes).

Trailing in the third, Mark Mancari one-timed a Marek Zagrapan shovel past Justin Pogge to cut the Leafs lead to 5-3. Jaro Spacek also received an assist on the play.

The Leafs would come right back short-handed, as a crashing Dominic Moore slid to the ice, in the process causing the puck to escape Jhonas Enroth and enter the net for a 6-3 Leafs lead.

Jochen Hecht later buried a Drew Stafford pass to make it 6-4. A Toronto empty netter would end it.

Zagrapan – 1 goal, 2 assists, -2
MacArthur – 2 assists, -3
Sekera – 23:00, 1 assist, -2
Weber – 20:41, EVEN
Mancari – 1 goal, -3
Gogulla – 1 goal, -2
Card – 17:08, -3
Hunter —

Jhonas Enroth stopped 10 of 13 shots in relief of Ryan Miller, who stopped 8/11.