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Ryan Miller makes 40 saves, Sabres cruise to 5-2 win over Maple Leafs

- Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Vesa Toskala, of Finland, center, watches a shot go wide as Buffalo Sabres center Tim Connolly, left, and Sabres left winger Thomas Vanek, of Austria, position themselves in front of the net during the first period of the NHL hockey game in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Don Heupel)

Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Vesa Toskala, of Finland, center, watches a shot go wide as Buffalo Sabres center Tim Connolly, left, and Sabres left winger Thomas Vanek, of Austria, position themselves in front of the net during the first period of the NHL hockey game in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Don Heupel)

Published on December 18th, 2009
Published on December 18th, 2009
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Toronto Maple Leafs , Buffalo Sabres , BUFFALO, N.Y. , Toronto

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Ryan Miller made 40 saves for his 20th win of the season, and the Buffalo Sabres scored four times in the second period of a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night.

Derek Roy, Toni Lydman, Mike Grier and Matt Ellis all scored in the middle period for Buffalo (21-10-2), its eighth straight win over the Maple Leafs.

Thomas Vanek also scored, and Grier and Lydman added an assist each for the Sabres, winners of five of six.

Vesa Toskala, making his seventh straight start, was pulled after allowing four second-period goals on six shots for Toronto.

Jonas Gustavsson gave up a goal on 17 shots in his first appearance since undergoing a heart procedure in early December.

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