Girgensons scores 2 goals, Sabres end 5-game skid with 6-2 win over Maple Leafs

Saturday, 11.15.2014 / 10:15 PM The Canadian Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Zemgus Girgensons scored two goals, and the Buffalo Sabres snapped a five-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

Tyler Ennis scored a goal and added two assists for the Sabres, who also got goals from Drew Stafford, Tyler Myers and Matt Moulson.

David Clarkson and Phil Kessel scored for Toronto, which lost Friday to Pittsburgh.

Buffalo had allowed six goals in each of its last three games, all losses, before setting a season-high by scoring six against Toronto. The Maple Leafs hadn't allowed six goals in a game this season.

Michal Neuvirth was sharp in the first period for the Sabres and finished with 32 saves.

Toronto's James Reimer stopped 29 shots.

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