Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres on December 20th 2024

Toronto Maple Leafs (6)

Buffalo Sabres (3)

Game No: 521

Started: 2024-12-20 19:00:00

Ended: 2024-12-20 21:36:00

Attendance: 18,267

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Full Recap

Period	Time	Team	Scorer	Assist	Assist
1	1:29	TOR	Bobby McMann	Max Domi	Nicholas Robertson
1	6:05	TOR	Auston Matthews	William Nylander	Mitch Marner
2	1:53	TOR	Nicholas Robertson	Morgan Rielly	Conor Timmins
2	2:22	BUF	JJ Peterka	Dylan Cozens	Connor Clifton
2	4:27	TOR	Max Domi	Bobby McMann	Mitch Marner
2	10:47	TOR	Max Pacioretty	William Nylander	John Tavares
2	15:56	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	Owen Power	JJ Peterka
3	11:56	BUF	Owen Power	Jiri Kulich	Mattias Samuelsson
3	19:40	TOR	William Nylander	John Tavares	Chris Tanev

Referees

#26 Jake Brenk

#11 Kelly Sutherland

Officials

#80 Jonathan Deschamps

#76 Michel Cormier

Period	Time	Team	Player	Penalty	PIM	Drawn By
1	2:34	BUF	Jason Zucker	High-sticking - double minor	4	Christopher Tanev
1	12:40	TOR	Morgan Rielly	Roughing	2	Tage Thompson
1	12:40	TOR	Morgan Rielly	Fighting (maj)	5	Tage Thompson
1	12:40	BUF	Tage Thompson	Fighting (maj)	5
2	14:26	TOR	Jake McCabe	Roughing	2	Dylan Cozens
2	17:43	TOR	Pontus Holmberg	Tripping	2	Tage Thompson
2	14:26	BUF	Dylan Cozens	Roughing	2
3	9:39	TOR	John Tavares	Slashing	2	Jason Zucker
3	9:39	BUF	Jason Zucker	Slashing	2
3	12:32	BUF	Jason Zucker	Slashing	2	Auston Matthews

Toronto Maple Leafs Roster

Coach: Craig Berube

#	Player	Position
2	Simon Benoit	D
8	Christopher Tanev	D
8	Chris Tanev	D
11	Max Domi	C
16	Mitchell Marner	R
16	Mitch Marner	R
18	Steven Lorentz	C
22	Jake McCabe	D
23	Matthew Knies	L
25	Conor Timmins	D
29	Pontus Holmberg	R
30	Matt Murray	G
34	Auston Matthews	C
44	Morgan Rielly	D
60	Joseph Woll	G
64	David Kampf	C
67	Max Pacioretty	L
74	Bobby McMann	C
88	William Nylander	R
89	Nicholas Robertson	L
91	John Tavares	C
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D

Buffalo Sabres Roster

Coach: Lindy Ruff

#	Player	Position
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	G
4	Bowen Byram	D
8	Dennis Gilbert	D
9	Zach Benson	L
17	Jason Zucker	L
19	Peyton Krebs	C
20	Jiri Kulich	C
22	Jack Quinn	R
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D
24	Dylan Cozens	C
25	Owen Power	D
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D
29	Beck Malenstyn	L
47	James Reimer	G
71	Ryan McLeod	C
72	Tage Thompson	C
75	Connor Clifton	D
77	JJ Peterka	R
81	Sam Lafferty	C
89	Alex Tuch	R

Toronto Maple Leafs Scratches

#	Player	Position
24	Connor Dewar	C
51	Philippe Myers	D
75	Ryan Reaves	R

Buffalo Sabres Scratches

#	Player	Position
10	Henri Jokiharju	D
78	Jacob Bryson	D
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R

6	Goals	3
12	Assists	6
11	Plus / Minus	-12
5	Penalties	5
13	PIM	15
42	Corsi For	40
51.22	Corsi %	48.78
29	Fenwick For	40
42.03	Fenwick %	57.97
29	Shots	27
11	Shots Blocked	24
13	Missed Shots	13
26	Hits	24
11	Giveaways	8
2	Takeaways	3
22	Blocked Shots	11
26	Faceoffs Won	21
21	Faceoffs Lost	26
55%	Faceoff Percentage	45%

Time Spent With Lead

Toronto Maple Leafs		Buffalo Sabres
Lead	Time With Lead	Lead	Time With Lead
1	4:36	1
2	25:37	2
3	23:09	3
4	5:09	4

Time Each Lead Lasted

Toronto Maple Leafs - Buffalo Sabres	Time With Lead
1 - 0	4:36
2 - 0	15:48
3 - 0	0:29
3 - 1	2:05
4 - 1	6:20
5 - 1	5:09
5 - 2	16:00
5 - 3	7:44
6 - 3	0:20

Toronto Maple Leafs

#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	P	PIM	S	SB	MS	H	GV	TK	B Shots	FW	FL	F%
2	Simon Benoit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	Christopher Tanev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Chris Tanev	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0
11	Max Domi	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	67
16	Mitchell Marner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Mitch Marner	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
18	Steven Lorentz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Jake McCabe	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
23	Matthew Knies	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	Conor Timmins	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
29	Pontus Holmberg	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	100
30	Matt Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Auston Matthews	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	8	9	47
44	Morgan Rielly	0	1	1	1	2	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
60	Joseph Woll	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	David Kampf	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	57
67	Max Pacioretty	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	Bobby McMann	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
88	William Nylander	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
89	Nicholas Robertson	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	John Tavares	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	9	6	60
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	P	PIM	S	SB	MS	H	GV	TK	B Shots	FW	FL	F%
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Bowen Byram	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
8	Dennis Gilbert	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Zach Benson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	Jason Zucker	0	0	0	1	3	8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	Peyton Krebs	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	33
20	Jiri Kulich	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
22	Jack Quinn	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Mattias Samuelsson	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
24	Dylan Cozens	0	1	1	-2	1	2	2	3	0	4	0	1	1	10	8	56
25	Owen Power	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	Rasmus Dahlin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	Beck Malenstyn	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
47	James Reimer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	Ryan McLeod	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	22
72	Tage Thompson	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	7	7	50
75	Connor Clifton	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	0
77	JJ Peterka	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
81	Sam Lafferty	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
89	Alex Tuch	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	50

Toronto Maple Leafs

				TOI
#	Player	Shifts	Avg Shift	Total	Power Play	Shorthanded	Even Strength
2	Simon Benoit	23	00:42	16:24	00:03	01:20	15:01
8	Christopher Tanev
8	Chris Tanev	33	00:38	21:02	00:00	02:28	18:34
11	Max Domi	17	00:41	11:51	01:46	00:00	10:05
16	Mitchell Marner
16	Mitch Marner	23	00:51	19:54	03:45	01:33	14:36
18	Steven Lorentz	14	00:45	10:38	00:00	01:10	09:28
22	Jake McCabe	27	00:43	19:35	00:02	02:30	17:03
23	Matthew Knies	21	00:43	15:09	01:47	01:23	11:59
25	Conor Timmins	30	00:41	20:52	00:37	01:33	18:42
29	Pontus Holmberg	14	00:44	10:29	00:00	00:36	09:53
34	Auston Matthews	23	00:50	19:18	03:44	01:09	14:25
44	Morgan Rielly	24	00:46	18:25	03:16	00:00	15:09
64	David Kampf	19	00:45	14:26	00:01	02:08	12:17
67	Max Pacioretty	20	00:45	15:07	01:45	00:00	13:22
74	Bobby McMann	15	00:44	11:13	00:00	00:00	11:13
88	William Nylander	22	00:52	19:22	03:48	00:00	15:34
89	Nicholas Robertson	17	00:40	11:26	01:06	00:00	10:20
91	John Tavares	22	00:48	17:44	03:43	00:00	14:01
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	28	00:40	19:05	02:12	00:10	16:43

Buffalo Sabres

				TOI
#	Player	Shifts	Avg Shift	Total	Power Play	Shorthanded	Even Strength
4	Bowen Byram	30	00:47	23:43	01:07	01:57	20:39
8	Dennis Gilbert	13	00:37	08:07	00:00	00:34	07:33
9	Zach Benson	17	00:44	12:41	01:54	00:51	09:56
17	Jason Zucker	22	00:46	17:07	02:09	00:00	14:58
19	Peyton Krebs	16	00:43	11:32	00:00	00:55	10:37
20	Jiri Kulich	18	00:48	14:25	02:03	00:00	12:22
22	Jack Quinn	20	00:46	15:37	01:56	00:00	13:41
23	Mattias Samuelsson	29	00:44	21:25	00:00	03:19	18:06
24	Dylan Cozens	24	00:43	17:30	02:12	01:29	13:49
25	Owen Power	29	00:48	23:33	00:59	01:35	20:59
26	Rasmus Dahlin	31	00:53	27:33	03:01	00:00	24:32
29	Beck Malenstyn	17	00:40	11:20	00:00	02:25	08:55
71	Ryan McLeod	21	00:42	14:47	00:00	03:11	11:36
72	Tage Thompson	20	00:47	15:55	00:47	00:00	15:08
75	Connor Clifton	18	00:43	12:56	00:00	03:37	09:19
77	JJ Peterka	20	00:48	16:00	01:57	00:00	14:03
81	Sam Lafferty	14	00:35	08:16	00:00	00:00	08:16
89	Alex Tuch	25	00:48	20:09	01:55	02:11	16:03

Toronto Maple Leafs

#	Player	Period	Goals Against	Shots Against	Save Percentage
30	Matt Murray	1	0	9	1
		2	2	11	0.818
		3	1	7	0.857

Buffalo Sabres

#	Player	Period	Goals Against	Shots Against	Save Percentage
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	1	2	9	0.778
		2	2	4	0.5
47	James Reimer	2	1	8	0.875
		3	0	7	1

Shot Chart

Period

Expected Goals (experimental)

Player Deployments

Toronto Maple Leafs

Number of Deployments in Zones

OZ	NZ	DZ
17	0	30

#	Player	OZ	DZ
2	Simon Benoit	2	9
8	Chris Tanev	5	17
11	Max Domi	3	3
16	Mitch Marner	7	11
18	Steven Lorentz	2	6
22	Jake McCabe	3	12
23	Matthew Knies	5	3
25	Conor Timmins	6	7
29	Pontus Holmberg	2	6
34	Auston Matthews	7	12
44	Morgan Rielly	8	3
64	David Kampf	2	7
67	Max Pacioretty	6	10
74	Bobby McMann	2	5
88	William Nylander	8	9
89	Nicholas Robertson	2	5
91	John Tavares	8	9
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	7	12

Buffalo Sabres

Number of Deployments in Zones

OZ	NZ	DZ
30	0	17

#	Player	OZ	DZ
4	Bowen Byram	12	7
8	Dennis Gilbert	6	0
9	Zach Benson	4	1
17	Jason Zucker	12	5
19	Peyton Krebs	2	2
20	Jiri Kulich	3	3
22	Jack Quinn	13	4
23	Mattias Samuelsson	6	10
24	Dylan Cozens	12	7
25	Owen Power	8	5
26	Rasmus Dahlin	16	6
29	Beck Malenstyn	3	4
71	Ryan McLeod	4	6
72	Tage Thompson	13	4
75	Connor Clifton	6	6
77	JJ Peterka	12	3
81	Sam Lafferty	3	3
89	Alex Tuch	13	5