Preseason Sabres v. Leafs

Sabres 7, Maple Leafs 2

Jason Pominville scored Buffalo's third goal just 37 seconds into the second period. (photo: Getty Images)

Derek Roy scored three goals and added three assists to help the Buffalo Sabres rout the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-2 on Wednesday night.

Henrik Tallinder, Drew Stafford, Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek also scored for Buffalo.

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Held scoreless in the first period in their first three exhibition games, Buffalo's emphasis was getting to fast starts against the Leafs.

Mission accomplished as the team scored in the opening two minutes of play in all three periods.

"We said it before the game, we want to go out and set the tone on the first shift," said Roy. "We had some good shifts and good cycles in the zone and got some pucks to the net."

Pavel Kubina and Chad Kilger had goals for the Maple Leafs.

Tallinder opened the scoring at 1:24 with an even-strength marker, while Stafford made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 7:52.

Buffalo's power-play unit converted on two of five opportunities in the game.

Pominville converted a cross-ice pass from Clarke MacArthur 37 seconds into the second period, and Vanek made it 4-0 at 1:12 with a slider that went through Staffan Kronwall's legs and then Toskala's.

Roy then went to work, scoring at 17:08 while Buffalo had a two-man advantage. He added his second goal early in the third period and finished the scoring with a short-handed goal at 6:30.

"We didn't have a lot of puck control in the previous game and a lot of careless turnovers that remind you a lot of inter-squad games and summer hockey," said head coach Lindy Ruff. "We started off by getting pucks deep, getting pucks to the net and we shot pucks when we had opportunities."

Ryan Miller remained undefeated in the preseason after turning away 20-of-22 shots.

Buffalo will return to action this Thursday as they start a home-and-home series with the Pittsburgh Penguins in Mellon Arena to close their exhibition schedule.

Tune to Sabres.com's new video player to watch a free internet broadcast of Thursday's bout. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

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