Zemgus Girgensons scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres cruised past the Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-2, on Saturday.
Matt Moulson and Tyler Ennis each had one goal and two assists for the Sabres, who snapped a five-game skid. Drew Stafford and Tyler Myers also lit the lamp.
Michal Neuvirth stopped 32-of-34 shots for Buffalo, which had allowed six goals in each of its last three games.
David Clarkson and Phil Kessel scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost two in a row since a three-game winning streak. James Reimer made 29 saves.
Ennis scored on the power play at the 15:40 mark of the first period.
Girgensons tallied a shorthanded goal with 1:27 left. Brian Flynn beat Reimer to a loose puck in the faceoff circle and passed to Girgensons, who scored with the net open.
Stafford scored at 7:10 of the second to make it 3-0.
Clarkson got Toronto within two at 18:41 when he tipped Cody Franson's shot past Neuvirth.
Moulson scored 16 seconds later to make it 4-1. The Maple Leafs, however, got a goal from Kessel with 19 seconds left in the second.
Myers and Girgensons scored in the final frame.
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