A well played game in Toronto, and the class of Jason Pominville

The Sabres played a great game against the Leafs last night. The goaltending was solid, play in their own end was responsible, and they got contributions from their best players, namely Pominville, Roy, Miller and Vanek, just like they were incited to do.

It's good to see a positive response to a serious situation, and that's just what Buffalo gave last night. It's not going to be easy continuing that positive response. Buffalo has to go into TD Banknorth Garden tomorrow afternoon to play the NHL's best, Boston Bruins. The Garden has been a house of horrors for the Sabres this season, but a good game tomorrow will really make a statement and increase confidence going forward.

In the second period, Jason Pominville won a battle down low against Nik Antropov in which he picked Antropov's pocket at the goal line on the left wing, curled towards the net, then scored on Curtis Joseph from a tough angle. When asked about the goal in an interview with Kevin Sylvester on MSG, Pommers mentioned that he took the puck to the net and made a good shot, but he omitted the fact that he took Antropov off the puck before doing so. The battle won against Antropov was every bit as impressive as his shot. From what I know about Pominville, he did this in order to not show up his opponent; just one of the many examples of his class, on and off the ice.