Saturday Nights After the Buzzer, Preseason Edition: Part 1

Yes, it happened again—the Leafs lost in overtime. All last season, we heard "and the Maple Leafs give it away again, and now its a breakaway for the ___________, here he comes, in, kicks, shoots, SCORES! And the Maple Leafs have lost in OT again".

Nothing was different in Buffalo on Saturday night, as the Maple Leafs allowed a goal from Maxim Afinogenov at 1:03 in overtime. Here is a complete recap of the game.

First Period

It was the only regulation period in which the Sabres managed to outshoot the Toronto Maple Leafs (15 to 8). There wasn't many highlights in the first, other than the fight in which Ryan Hollweg took Craig Rivet to the ice. The fight was a good, long, and interesting.

The only other big moment from the first was the Anton Stralman hip check.

Second Period

The second period also went scoreless, with the shots at nine to seven for Toronto. The second period almost mirrored the first, except this time there was no fighting or amazing hits.

Toronto took three penalties in period number two, while Buffalo took four, including a five-minute major for cross-checking and a 10-minute game misconduct.

Third Period

Ian White opened the scoring in the third with 14:36 remaining. It was then Kubina with his first goal of the preseason, coming from John Mitchell and Alex Ponikarovsky,

And that's when they began falling.

Buffalo got their first goal from Roy, and then their second to tie it with just five seconds left in the third. The shots in the third favoured Toronto, 11 to eight.

Then overtime came.

Overtime

Shots: Two to one, Buffalo.

Ales Kotalik netted his first goal of the preseason.

Everything Else

Let's just hope not to see this same situation game after game, after game, all season long in Toronto—or us fans will look just like the guy in the picture above.