Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

Friday, September 21, 2018, 7:30 PM ET Scotiabank Arena, Toronto Preseason Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Friday, September 21, 2018 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team	Goals	2018-2019 record
Buffalo Sabres	3	33-39-10
at Toronto Maple Leafs	5	46-28-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	2	1	0	3
Toronto Maple Leafs	3	1	1	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	8	12	12	32
Toronto Maple Leafs	10	14	8	32

Three stars

J. Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs (2 goals)
R. Hainsey, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal)
T. Thompson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	00:30	Buffalo Sabres	Andrew Oglevie (2)	Casey Nelson (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, TOR 0
1st	00:48	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ron Hainsey (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	BUF 1, TOR 1
1st	01:11	Toronto Maple Leafs	Pierre Engvall (1)	Colin Greening (1), Josh Jooris (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, TOR 2
1st	03:42	Toronto Maple Leafs	John Tavares (3)	Timothy Liljegren (1), Mitch Marner (3)	Even strength	BUF 1, TOR 3
1st	11:28	Buffalo Sabres	C.J. Smith (1)	Nick Baptiste (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, TOR 3
2nd	06:08	Buffalo Sabres	Tage Thompson (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	BUF 3, TOR 3
2nd	10:55	Toronto Maple Leafs	Chris Mueller (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	BUF 3, TOR 4
3rd	19:16	Toronto Maple Leafs	John Tavares (4)	Unassisted	Even strength, Empty net	BUF 3, TOR 5

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

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Toronto Maple Leafs
Shots on goal	32	32
Power play	0 of 3	0 of 1
Penalty minutes	2	6
Hits	23	25
Blocked shots	14	15
Giveaways	11	18
Takeaways	9	12
Faceoffs won	27/70 (38.6%)	43/70 (61.4%)

Box score

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 12 K. Porter	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	33.3%	15:31
Number 13 N. Baptiste	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	33.3%	12:55
Number 17 V. Sobotka	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2	48.3%	21:14
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	100%	14:18
Number 37 C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		13:20
Number 41 V. Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		13:18
Number 46 E. Cornel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	12:51
Number 49 C. Smith	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		16:12
Number 52 A. Oglevie	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	50%	13:32
Number 72 T. Thompson	C	1	0	1	-3	0	2	1	0		19:30
Number 74 R. Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22.2%	13:43
Number 92 A. Nylander	L	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0	100%	19:19
Number 5 M. Tennyson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2		16:45
Number 8 C. Nelson	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	0		18:53
Number 24 L. Pilut	D	0	0	0	-2	0	4	3	3		25:31
Number 38 Z. Redmond	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		15:52
Number 44 B. Hickey	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:28
Number 45 B. Guhle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	1		21:57

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 L. Ullmark	31	27	4	.871	58:51	Loss

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 Z. Hyman	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	06:22
Number 16 M. Marner	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		19:01
Number 28 C. Brown	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	66.7%	18:42
Number 32 J. Leivo	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		16:36
Number 36 J. Jooris	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	1	71.4%	14:21
Number 38 C. Greening	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	1		16:27
Number 41 D. Timashov	L	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	2		14:38
Number 43 N. Kadri	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0	61.1%	17:10
Number 47 P. Engvall	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		12:43
Number 49 C. Mueller	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	50%	10:45
Number 85 S. Der-Arguchintsev	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	28.6%	11:48
Number 91 J. Tavares	C	2	0	2	+1	0	5	2	0	71.4%	17:03
Number 2 R. Hainsey	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1		22:30
Number 8 C. Carrick	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	3		20:16
Number 37 T. Liljegren	D	0	1	1	+2	4	2	2	0		15:01
Number 44 M. Rielly	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3		24:10
Number 52 M. Marincin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		20:41
Number 78 R. Sandin	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	4	0		15:46

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 C. McElhinney	20	20	0	1.000	29:10	Win
Number 40 G. Sparks	12	9	3	.750	30:50

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
2nd	03:23	Buffalo Sabres	Matt Tennyson	Slashing	2
2nd	19:47	Toronto Maple Leafs	Josh Jooris	Tripping	2
3rd	06:44	Toronto Maple Leafs	Timothy Liljegren	Holding	2
3rd	09:47	Toronto Maple Leafs	Timothy Liljegren	Hooking	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Phil Housley
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach: Mike Babcock
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, David Brisebois
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Jason Pominville, Matt Moulson, Matt Hunwick, Kyle Okposo, Patrik Berglund, Zach Bogosian, Marco Scandella, Carter Hutton, Johan Larsson, Jeff Skinner, Scott Wedgewood, Michael Houser, Taylor Fedun, Scott Wilson, Nathan Beaulieu, Jake McCabe, Danny O'Regan, Sean Malone, Connor Hurley, Justin Bailey, Rasmus Ristolainen, Conor Sheary, Sam Reinhart, Jonas Johansson, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Jack Eichel, Evan Rodrigues, Will Borgen, Devante Stephens, Ivan Chukarov, Kyle Criscuolo, Brett Murray, Philip Nyberg, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Marcus Davidsson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Oskari Laaksonen, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach, Cole Coskey, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Matej Pekar, Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, Miska Kukkonen, William Worge Kreu
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches: Patrick Marleau, Nathan Horton, Adam Cracknell, Rich Clune, Jake Gardiner, Tyler Ennis, Calvin Pickard, Justin Holl, Frederik Andersen, Vincent LoVerde, Andreas Johnsson, Fabrice Herzog, Eamon McAdam, Jordan Subban, Frederik Gauthier, Kasperi Kapanen, John Piccinich, Dakota Joshua, Jeremy Bracco, Travis Dermott, Jesper Lindgren, Andrew Nielsen, Martins Dzierkals, Mason Marchment, Adam Brooks, Kasimir Kaskisuo, Auston Matthews, Carl Grundstrom, Joseph Woll, James Greenway, Nikita Zaitsev, Egor Korshkov, Vladimir Bobylev, Noah Carroll, Nikolai Chebykin, Trevor Moore, Kristians Rubins, Ian Scott, Eemeli Rasanen, Calle Rosen, Andreas Borgman, Fedor Gordeev, Ryan McGregor, Vladislav Kara, Ryan O'Connell, Sean Durzi, Mac Hollowell, Riley Stotts, Filip Kral, Igor Ozhiganov, Par Lindholm, Pontus Holmberg, Zachary Bouthillier, Semyon Kizimov, Thomas Fergus, Adam Holwell, Drew Hunter, Brett Neumann, German Poddubnyi, Eli Zummack, Roman Pucek, Owen Lalonde

2018-2019 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs game in the 2018-2019 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Fri, Sep 21, 2018
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Sep 22, 2018

Other NHL games on Sep 21

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Matchup	Status	Details
New York Islanders 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers, Fri, Sep 21, 2018
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Chicago Blackhawks 5 at Ottawa Senators 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Ottawa Senators, Fri, Sep 21, 2018
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Nashville Predators 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators, Fri, Sep 21, 2018
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 at St. Louis Blues 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at St. Louis Blues, Fri, Sep 21, 2018
Calgary Flames 3 at Winnipeg Jets 4	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Calgary Flames at Winnipeg Jets, Fri, Sep 21, 2018