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The Sabres (29-22-6) suffered their third loss in four games Sunday - a 3-0 defeat to visiting Carolina - and are 5-5-1 since a three-game winning streak from Jan. 15-19.
"It's unacceptable," Sabres captain Craig Rivet said. "They had more desperation. They worked harder. They beat us (Sunday night) in every aspect."
Buffalo was outshot for the seventh time in 10 contests and couldn't support goalies Ryan Miller and Patrick Lalime, who combined to make 44 saves.
"It's a tough situation on our goaltenders when we're leaving them out to dry like that," Rivet said. "It's disrespectful to those guys behind us."
Toronto (21-25-10) had dropped five of six (1-3-2) at Air Canada Centre entering the opener of its four-game homestand Sunday night, but rallied from an early 2-0 deficit by scoring six unanswered goals - five in the third period - en route to a 6-2 victory over reeling Pittsburgh.
Nik Antropov and Matt Stajan each contributed a goal and two assists, while Vesa Toskala finished with 25 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have collected points in six of their last eight games (4-2-2) following an 0-2-2 slide from Jan. 16-27.
"We got pucks deep, we had our skating legs, we forechecked well, we had a lot of shots on net," said Jason Blake, who scored twice to increase his team-leading totals to 21 goals and 44 points. "Overall, I thought it was a great team effort and Vesa played great."
The Sabres (29-22-6) suffered their third loss in four games Sunday - a 3-0 defeat to visiting Carolina - and are 5-5-1 since a three-game winning streak from Jan. 15-19.
"It's unacceptable," Sabres captain Craig Rivet said. "They had more desperation. They worked harder. They beat us (Sunday night) in every aspect."
Buffalo was outshot for the seventh time in 10 contests and couldn't support goalies Ryan Miller and Patrick Lalime, who combined to make 44 saves.
"It's a tough situation on our goaltenders when we're leaving them out to dry like that," Rivet said. "It's disrespectful to those guys behind us."
Toronto (21-25-10) had dropped five of six (1-3-2) at Air Canada Centre entering the opener of its four-game homestand Sunday night, but rallied from an early 2-0 deficit by scoring six unanswered goals - five in the third period - en route to a 6-2 victory over reeling Pittsburgh.
Nik Antropov and Matt Stajan each contributed a goal and two assists, while Vesa Toskala finished with 25 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have collected points in six of their last eight games (4-2-2) following an 0-2-2 slide from Jan. 16-27.
"We got pucks deep, we had our skating legs, we forechecked well, we had a lot of shots on net," said Jason Blake, who scored twice to increase his team-leading totals to 21 goals and 44 points. "Overall, I thought it was a great team effort and Vesa played great."
