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Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 9–3 on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at home.

Team Goals 2023-2024 record
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 46-26-10
at Buffalo Sabres 9 39-37-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 1 0 3
Buffalo Sabres 3 3 3 9

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 10 5 12 27
Buffalo Sabres 13 10 11 34

Three stars

  1. J. Skinner, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. A. Tuch, Buffalo Sabres (4 assists)
  3. K. Okposo, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:27 Buffalo Sabres Jordan Greenway (3) Connor Clifton (8), Zach Benson (8) Even strength TOR 0, BUF 1
1st 07:28 Toronto Maple Leafs Auston Matthews (26) Unassisted Even strength TOR 1, BUF 1
1st 12:39 Toronto Maple Leafs Max Domi (3) Morgan Rielly (19), Timothy Liljegren (2) Power play TOR 2, BUF 1
1st 13:44 Buffalo Sabres Owen Power (2) Zach Benson (9), Casey Mittelstadt (20) Even strength TOR 2, BUF 2
1st 15:51 Buffalo Sabres Jeff Skinner (13) Alex Tuch (12) Even strength TOR 2, BUF 3
2nd 04:44 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (9) Tage Thompson (9), Alex Tuch (13) Power play TOR 2, BUF 4
2nd 05:42 Toronto Maple Leafs Calle Jarnkrok (8) William Nylander (27), Timothy Liljegren (3) Shorthanded TOR 3, BUF 4
2nd 08:22 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson (9) Alex Tuch (14), Jeff Skinner (11) Even strength TOR 3, BUF 5
2nd 11:04 Buffalo Sabres Kyle Okposo (7) Unassisted Shorthanded TOR 3, BUF 6
3rd 11:08 Buffalo Sabres Jack Quinn (1) JJ Peterka (12), Connor Clifton (9) Even strength TOR 3, BUF 7
3rd 12:23 Buffalo Sabres Jeff Skinner (14) Alex Tuch (15), Tage Thompson (10) Even strength TOR 3, BUF 8
3rd 15:02 Buffalo Sabres Kyle Okposo (8) Peyton Krebs (4), Ryan Johnson (2) Even strength TOR 3, BUF 9

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

Team stats

Stat Toronto Maple Leafs Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 27 34
Power play 1 of 4 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 10 8
Hits 20 28
Blocked shots 14 19
Giveaways 2 3
Takeaways 7 5
Faceoffs won 31/53 (58.5%) 22/53 (41.5%)

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player
11 M. Domi C 1 0 1 -4 2 1 1 0 1 37.5% 12:48
16 M. Marner R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 19:48
18 N. Gregor L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 0 0 13:02
19 C. Jarnkrok C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 1 0 0 25% 15:24
23 M. Knies L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12:26
34 A. Matthews C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 44.4% 18:19
59 T. Bertuzzi L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 1 0 15:14
64 D. Kampf C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 76.5% 13:57
74 B. McMann C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0 0 10:24
88 W. Nylander R 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 50% 17:18
89 N. Robertson L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 09:14
91 J. Tavares C 0 0 0 -1 2 4 3 0 0 75% 17:47
2 S. Benoit D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 2 2 0 14:28
22 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 1 0 20:53
25 C. Timmins D 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 12:29
37 T. Liljegren D 0 2 2 -1 0 3 2 5 0 23:30
44 M. Rielly D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 22:26
78 T. Brodie D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 22:36
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
31 M. Jones 15 11 4 .733 31:38
35 I. Samsonov 19 14 5 .737 28:12 Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 Z. Benson L 0 2 2 +2 0 2 0 0 0 17:41
12 J. Greenway L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 2 0 100% 16:29
19 P. Krebs C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 2 0 50% 09:24
21 K. Okposo R 2 0 2 +3 0 4 4 1 0 25% 11:57
22 J. Quinn R 1 0 1 +1 4 3 0 1 0 50% 16:33
24 D. Cozens C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 38.5% 19:06
37 C. Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0 50% 17:32
53 J. Skinner L 2 1 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 25% 14:26
71 V. Olofsson L 0 0 0 +2 0 1 1 0 0 09:25
72 T. Thompson C 1 2 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 33.3% 15:20
77 J. Peterka R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 16:31
89 A. Tuch R 0 4 4 +2 2 1 0 2 0 16:14
6 E. Johnson D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 4 1 0 14:42
23 M. Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 7 2 0 19:03
25 O. Power D 1 0 1 +5 0 2 1 3 0 23:29
26 R. Dahlin D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 22:45
33 R. Johnson D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 1 0 12:51
75 C. Clifton D 0 2 2 +5 0 2 6 1 0 19:44
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
27 D. Levi 27 24 3 .889 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 10:12 Buffalo Sabres Mattias Samuelsson Holding 2
1st 11:51 Buffalo Sabres Jack Quinn High sticking 2
2nd 00:22 Buffalo Sabres Alex Tuch Hooking 2
2nd 03:42 Toronto Maple Leafs Simon Benoit Holding 2
2nd 04:34 Toronto Maple Leafs Noah Gregor Tripping 2
2nd 09:16 Buffalo Sabres Jack Quinn Tripping 2
2nd 15:56 Toronto Maple Leafs Jake McCabe Slashing 2
3rd 04:35 Toronto Maple Leafs John Tavares Hooking 2
3rd 18:55 Toronto Maple Leafs Max Domi Roughing 2

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Sheldon Keefe
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Don Granato
Referees
Jon McIsaac, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen
Tommy Hughes, Brad Kovachik
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
William Lagesson, Pontus Holmberg
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Eric Comrie, Tyson Jost, Henri Jokiharju, Eric Robinson

2023-2024 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 6 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Buffalo Sabres 9 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Final/OT Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 21

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final/OT Game page
St. Louis Blues 4 at Florida Panthers 1 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 4 at Philadelphia Flyers 2 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final/SO Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 6 at New Jersey Devils 3 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Dallas Stars 4 Final/OT Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Minnesota Wild 4 Final/OT Game page
Ottawa Senators 4 at Colorado Avalanche 6 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 3 at Anaheim Ducks 0 Final Game page
Arizona Coyotes 5 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Game page

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