Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

Saturday, September 23, 2017, 7:00 PM ET KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Saturday, September 23, 2017 on the road.

Final score, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2017-2018 record
Toronto Maple Leafs	3	49-26-7
at Buffalo Sabres	1	25-45-12

Goals by period

Goals by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	1	0	2	3
Buffalo Sabres	0	1	0	1

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	12	12	9	33
Buffalo Sabres	5	13	7	25

Three stars

J. van Riemsdyk, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal)
K. Kapanen, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal, 1 assist)
H. Fasching, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:25	Toronto Maple Leafs	James van Riemsdyk (2)	Mitch Marner (2), Nikita Zaitsev (1)	Even strength	TOR 1, BUF 0
2nd	16:21	Buffalo Sabres	Hudson Fasching (1)	Rasmus Ristolainen (1)	Even strength	TOR 1, BUF 1
3rd	00:58	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kasperi Kapanen (1)	Connor Carrick (1), Calle Rosen (1)	Power play	TOR 2, BUF 1
3rd	18:50	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nikita Soshnikov (1)	Eric Fehr (1), Kasperi Kapanen (1)	Even strength, Empty net	TOR 3, BUF 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Stat	Toronto Maple Leafs	Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal	33	25
Power play	1 of 4	0 of 3
Penalty minutes	6	8
Hits	16	27
Blocked shots	15	16
Giveaways	7	13
Takeaways	3	4
Faceoffs won	35/52 (67.3%)	17/52 (32.7%)

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 16 M. Marner	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0	75%	17:42
Number 18 B. Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	71.4%	15:32
Number 20 D. Moore	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	80%	12:28
Number 23 E. Fehr	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	75%	14:17
Number 24 K. Kapanen	R	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	50%	15:19
Number 25 J. van Riemsdyk	L	1	0	1	+1	0	6	1	0	0		18:11
Number 26 N. Soshnikov	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	0		13:48
Number 36 K. Rychel	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	50%	13:00
Number 39 R. Clune	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0		10:36
Number 42 T. Bozak	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	0	57.1%	18:06
Number 49 A. Johnsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0		13:43
Number 62 C. Grundstrom	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0		13:53
Number 8 C. Carrick	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		18:39
Number 22 N. Zaitsev	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	2	0		22:19
Number 48 C. Rosen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1	0		18:55
Number 51 J. Gardiner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0		26:19
Number 52 M. Marincin	D	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	0		16:12
Number 53 R. Valiev	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3	0		15:06

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 K. Kaskisuo	7	7	0	1.000	20:00	Win
Number 31 F. Andersen	18	17	1	.944	39:55

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 E. Kane	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	4	1	50%	17:56
Number 15 J. Eichel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	25%	20:54
Number 21 K. Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	25%	20:23
Number 22 J. Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22.2%	13:07
Number 23 S. Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	38.5%	15:31
Number 24 H. Fasching	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	1		12:01
Number 26 M. Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1		17:31
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	100%	16:45
Number 44 N. Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	100%	10:40
Number 49 C. Smith	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		10:37
Number 51 K. Criscuolo	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	10:09
Number 95 J. Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		09:13
Number 4 J. Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	2		16:32
Number 5 M. Tennyson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		17:11
Number 45 B. Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		18:07
Number 55 R. Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	1		25:13
Number 82 N. Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		24:36
Number 93 V. Antipin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		18:28

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 R. Lehner	32	30	2	.938	58:55	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	09:44	Buffalo Sabres	Josh Gorges	Tripping	2
1st	16:04	Toronto Maple Leafs	Martin Marincin	Holding	2
2nd	02:05	Toronto Maple Leafs	Dominic Moore	Slashing	2
2nd	07:04	Toronto Maple Leafs	Martin Marincin	High sticking	2
2nd	09:45	Buffalo Sabres	Johan Larsson	Hooking	2
2nd	18:10	Buffalo Sabres	Evander Kane	Tripping	2
3rd	00:47	Buffalo Sabres	Matt Moulson	Slashing	2

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach: Mike Babcock
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Phil Housley
Referees: Garrett Rank, Frederick L'Ecuyer
Linesmen: Devin Berg, David Brisebois
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches: Patrick Marleau, Ron Hainsey, Curtis McElhinney, Joffrey Lupul, Nathan Horton, Roman Polak, Colin Greening, Leo Komarov, Chris Mueller, Matt Martin, Nazem Kadri, Justin Holl, Zach Hyman, Garret Sparks, Michael Paliotta, Josh Leivo, Morgan Rielly, Connor Brown, Mackenzie Skapski, Vincent LoVerde, Miro Aaltonen, Fabrice Herzog, Tobias Lindberg, Frederik Gauthier, William Nylander, John Piccinich, Dakota Joshua, Nolan Vesey, Pierre Engvall, Jeremy Bracco, Travis Dermott, Nikita Korostelev, Jesper Lindgren, Andrew Nielsen, Martins Dzierkals, Dmytro Timashov, Mason Marchment, Adam Brooks, Auston Matthews, Joseph Woll, James Greenway, Keaton Middleton, Egor Korshkov, Vladimir Bobylev, Nicolas Mattinen, Nikolai Chebykin, Trevor Moore, Ian Scott, Eemeli Rasanen, Timothy Liljegren, Andreas Borgman, Fedor Gordeev, Ryan McGregor, Vladislav Kara, Ryan O'Connell, Cole Coskey, Jonathan Smart, Marc-Olivier Duquette
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Kevin Porter, Benoit Pouliot, Justin Falk, Zach Bogosian, Cody Goloubef, Marco Scandella, Ryan O'Reilly, Jacob Josefson, Taylor Fedun, Colin Blackwell, Jason Kasdorf, Adam Wilcox, Seth Griffith, Steve Moses, Zemgus Girgensons, Jake McCabe, Linus Ullmark, Judd Peterson, Sean Malone, Connor Hurley, Nick Baptiste, Eric Cornel, Vaclav Karabacek, Jonas Johansson, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson, Evan Rodrigues, Will Borgen, Devante Stephens, Ivan Chukarov, Casey Nelson, Vojtech Budik, Rasmus Asplund, Cliff Pu, Brett Murray, Alex Nylander, Philip Nyberg, Brandon Hagel, Austin Osmanski, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Daniel Muzito-Bagenda, Casey Mittelstadt, Marcus Davidsson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Oskari Laaksonen, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach, Arvin Atwal

2017-2018 season series

Every Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2017-2018 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Fri, Sep 22, 2017
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Buffalo Sabres 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Sep 23, 2017

Other NHL games on Sep 23

Other NHL games on Saturday, September 23, 2017
Matchup	Status	Details
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Vancouver Canucks 3	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Vancouver Canucks, Sat, Sep 23, 2017
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Minnesota Wild 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild, Sat, Sep 23, 2017
Boston Bruins 1 at Detroit Red Wings 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Boston Bruins at Detroit Red Wings, Sat, Sep 23, 2017
Carolina Hurricanes 4 at Washington Capitals 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals, Sat, Sep 23, 2017
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Ottawa Senators 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Sep 23, 2017
New York Rangers 1 at New Jersey Devils 2	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils, Sat, Sep 23, 2017
Dallas Stars 4 at St. Louis Blues 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Dallas Stars at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Sep 23, 2017
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Chicago Blackhawks, Sat, Sep 23, 2017
San Jose Sharks 5 at Arizona Coyotes 4	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Arizona Coyotes, Sat, Sep 23, 2017
Winnipeg Jets 2 at Edmonton Oilers 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Winnipeg Jets at Edmonton Oilers, Sat, Sep 23, 2017