His uncontested shot from the right face-off circle easily beat Irbe.
The shot, from the bottom of the right face-off circle, gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead at 3:53.
Leach then beat Potvin from the face-off circle at 12:32.
Both were made on slap shots from the top of the right face-off circle.
If one team's player isn't in the face-off circle on time, drop the puck anyway.
It came on a power play on a blistering shot from the spot inside the left face-off circle.
Samsonov received a pass while cruising near the goal line, just below the right face-off circle.
Messier was booed even when he stood still in the face-off circle.
In those areas, a good chunk of the view from beyond the top of the face-off circle was cut off.
Sinisalo scored his 15th goal of the season on a slap shot from the left face-off circle at 11:33.
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