National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Toronto 6, Buffalo 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 20, 2024
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Jake Brenk, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Jonathan Deschamps
Attendance: 18267
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Toronto 2316
Buffalo 0213
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:29 - Maple Leafs Bobby McMann (EV) Assists: Max Domi , Nicholas Robertson
6:05 - Maple Leafs Auston Matthews (PP) Assists: William Nylander , Mitch Marner
Penalties
2:34 - Sabres Jason Zucker (4) High Sticking - Double Minor
 12:40 - Maple Leafs Morgan Rielly (2) Roughing
 12:40 - Maple Leafs Morgan Rielly (5) Fighting
 12:40 - Sabres Tage Thompson (5) Fighting
2nd Period
Scoring
1:53 - Maple Leafs Nicholas Robertson (EV) Assists: Morgan Rielly , Conor Timmins
2:22 - Sabres JJ Peterka (EV) Assists: Dylan Cozens , Connor Clifton
4:27 - Maple Leafs Max Domi (EV) Assists: Bobby McMann , Mitch Marner
10:47 - Maple Leafs Max Pacioretty (EV) Assists: William Nylander , John Tavares
15:56 - Sabres Mattias Samuelsson (EV) Assists: Owen Power , JJ Peterka
Penalties
14:26 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Roughing
 14:26 - Maple Leafs Jake McCabe (2) Roughing
 17:43 - Maple Leafs Pontus Holmberg (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
11:56 - Sabres Owen Power (EV) Assists: Jiri Kulich , Mattias Samuelsson
19:40 - Maple Leafs William Nylander (EV) (EN) Assists: John Tavares , Chris Tanev
Penalties
9:39 - Maple Leafs John Tavares (2) Slashing
 9:39 - Sabres Jason Zucker (2) Slashing
 12:32 - Sabres Jason Zucker (2) Slashing
Toronto Maple Leafs
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 50:29 5:31 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joseph Woll G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Simon Benoit D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 16:24 15:01 0:03 1:20 0 0 5 - - - -
Chris Tanev D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 33 21:02 18:34 0:00 2:28 0 0 1 2 - - -
Max Domi C 1 1 2 E 0 3 17 11:51 10:05 1:46 0:00 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Mitch Marner RW 0 2 2 +1 0 1 23 19:54 14:36 3:45 1:33 0 0 - 1 - - -
Steven Lorentz C 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 10:38 9:28 0:00 1:10 0 0 2 - - - -
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 E 2 3 27 19:35 17:03 0:02 2:30 0 0 1 3 - - -
Matthew Knies LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 15:09 11:59 1:47 1:23 0 0 3 1 - - -
Conor Timmins D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 30 20:52 18:42 0:37 1:33 0 0 - 6 - - -
Pontus Holmberg RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 14 10:29 9:53 0:00 0:36 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Auston Matthews C 1 0 1 E 0 5 23 19:18 14:25 3:44 1:09 1 0 1 1 9 8 53
Morgan Rielly D 0 1 1 +1 7 0 24 18:25 15:09 3:16 0:00 0 0 1 3 - - -
David Kampf C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 19 14:26 12:17 0:01 2:08 0 0 2 1 4 3 57
Max Pacioretty LW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 20 15:07 13:22 1:45 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Bobby McMann C 1 1 2 E 0 3 15 11:13 11:13 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
William Nylander RW 1 2 3 +2 0 3 22 19:22 15:34 3:48 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Nicholas Robertson LW 1 1 2 E 0 1 17 11:26 10:20 1:06 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
John Tavares C 0 2 2 +2 2 2 22 17:44 14:01 3:43 0:00 0 0 5 - 9 6 60
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 28 19:05 16:43 2:12 0:10 0 0 1 2 - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 24:27 18:56 2:00 3:31 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 33:26 29:26 2:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 30 23:43 20:39 1:07 1:57 0 0 1 2 - - -
Dennis Gilbert D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 13 8:07 7:33 0:00 0:34 0 0 3 - - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 17 12:41 9:56 1:54 0:51 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 0 0 +1 8 1 22 17:07 14:58 2:09 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 16 11:32 10:37 0:00 0:55 0 0 3 - 1 2 33
Jiri Kulich C 0 1 1 E 0 2 18 14:25 12:22 2:03 0:00 0 0 - - - 1 0
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 15:37 13:41 1:56 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 1 1 2 E 0 2 29 21:25 18:06 0:00 3:19 0 0 1 2 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 -2 2 2 24 17:30 13:49 2:12 1:29 0 0 4 1 9 9 50
Owen Power D 1 1 2 +1 0 3 29 23:33 20:59 0:59 1:35 0 0 2 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 31 27:33 24:32 3:01 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 11:20 8:55 0:00 2:25 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 14:47 11:36 0:00 3:11 0 0 - - 2 7 22
Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 E 5 0 20 15:55 15:08 0:47 0:00 0 0 4 - 7 7 50
Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 18 12:56 9:19 0:00 3:37 0 0 2 4 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 1 1 2 E 0 2 20 16:00 14:03 1:57 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 8:16 8:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 20:09 16:03 1:55 2:11 0 0 2 - 1 1 50
Goaltending
Toronto
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Murray W (1-0-0) 27 24 3 .889 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (8-11-3) 13 9 4 .692 0 24:27
James Reimer 15 14 1 .933 0 33:26