National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 9, Toronto 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 21, 2023
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Jon McIsaac, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen: Tommy Hughes, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 190
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Toronto 2103
Buffalo 3339
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:27 - Sabres Jordan Greenway (EV) Assists: Connor Clifton , Zach Benson
7:28 - Maple Leafs Auston Matthews (EV) Unassisted
12:39 - Maple Leafs Max Domi (PP) Assists: Morgan Rielly , Timothy Liljegren
13:44 - Sabres Owen Power (EV) Assists: Zach Benson , Casey Mittelstadt
15:51 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (EV) Assists: Alex Tuch
Penalties
10:12 - Sabres Mattias Samuelsson (2) Holding
 11:51 - Sabres Jack Quinn (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
4:44 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (PP) Assists: Tage Thompson , Alex Tuch
5:42 - Maple Leafs Calle Jarnkrok (SH) Assists: William Nylander , Timothy Liljegren
8:22 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Alex Tuch , Jeff Skinner
11:04 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (SH) Unassisted
Penalties
0:22 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Hooking
 3:42 - Maple Leafs Simon Benoit (2) Holding
 4:34 - Maple Leafs Noah Gregor (2) Tripping
 9:16 - Sabres Jack Quinn (2) Tripping
 15:56 - Maple Leafs Jake McCabe (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
11:08 - Sabres Jack Quinn (EV) Assists: JJ Peterka , Connor Clifton
12:23 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (EV) Assists: Alex Tuch , Tage Thompson
15:02 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (EV) Assists: Peyton Krebs , Ryan Johnson
Penalties
4:35 - Maple Leafs John Tavares (2) Hooking
 18:55 - Maple Leafs Max Domi (2) Roughing
Toronto Maple Leafs
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Martin Jones G 0 0 0 0 0 31:38 24:33 2:00 5:05 0 0 - - - - -
Ilya Samsonov G 0 0 0 0 0 28:12 21:03 4:17 2:52 0 0 - - - - -
Simon Benoit D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 22 14:28 10:08 0:00 4:20 0 0 2 2 - - -
Max Domi C 1 0 1 -4 2 1 17 12:48 10:37 2:11 0:00 1 0 1 - 3 5 38
Mitchell Marner RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 21 19:48 12:39 3:52 3:17 0 0 - 1 - - -
Noah Gregor C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 13:02 10:13 0:12 2:37 0 0 4 - - - -
Calle Jarnkrok C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 21 15:24 10:15 2:31 2:38 0 1 1 - 1 3 25
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 28 20:53 17:41 0:13 2:59 0 0 3 1 - - -
Matthew Knies LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 12:26 12:04 0:00 0:22 0 0 1 - - - -
Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 -4 0 0 18 12:29 10:03 2:20 0:06 0 0 - - - - -
Auston Matthews C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 22 18:19 12:40 3:59 1:40 0 0 - - 4 5 44
Timothy Liljegren D 0 2 2 -1 0 3 29 23:30 17:16 2:14 4:00 0 0 2 5 - - -
Morgan Rielly D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 24 22:26 17:32 3:57 0:57 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tyler Bertuzzi LW 0 0 0 -3 0 2 18 15:14 13:04 2:05 0:05 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
David Kampf C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 13:57 9:51 0:15 3:51 0 0 - 1 13 4 76
Bobby McMann C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 14 10:24 10:12 0:12 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
TJ Brodie D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 28 22:36 18:47 0:12 3:37 0 0 - 2 - - -
William Nylander RW 0 1 1 E 0 6 22 17:18 12:13 4:03 1:02 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Nicholas Robertson LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 12 9:14 9:14 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Tavares C 0 0 0 -1 2 4 18 17:47 13:31 4:09 0:07 0 0 3 - 9 3 75
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Devon Levi G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 45:36 7:57 6:27 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 17 14:42 11:12 0:00 3:30 0 0 4 1 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 2 2 +2 0 2 19 17:41 13:57 3:44 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 16:29 12:40 0:00 3:49 0 0 2 2 1 0 100
Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 12 9:24 9:22 0:02 0:00 0 0 - 2 2 2 50
Kyle Okposo RW 2 0 2 +3 0 4 15 11:57 9:26 1:05 1:26 0 1 4 1 1 3 25
Jack Quinn RW 1 0 1 +1 4 3 19 16:33 11:10 3:36 1:47 0 0 - 1 1 1 50
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 28 19:03 16:09 0:06 2:48 0 0 7 2 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22 19:06 10:46 4:48 3:32 0 0 - - 5 8 38
Owen Power D 1 0 1 +5 0 2 29 23:29 17:19 4:45 1:25 0 0 1 3 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 E 0 2 31 22:45 16:42 3:20 2:43 1 0 1 2 - - -
Ryan Johnson D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 15 12:51 12:50 0:00 0:01 0 0 - 1 - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 20 17:32 13:19 4:13 0:00 0 0 - - 8 8 50
Jeff Skinner LW 2 1 3 E 0 5 20 14:26 11:18 3:08 0:00 0 0 - 1 1 3 25
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 +2 0 1 11 9:25 9:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Tage Thompson C 1 2 3 E 0 5 21 15:20 12:12 3:07 0:01 0 0 1 - 3 6 33
Connor Clifton D 0 2 2 +5 0 2 24 19:44 17:01 0:00 2:43 0 0 6 1 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 17 16:31 11:42 4:49 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 4 4 +2 2 1 23 16:14 11:30 3:02 1:42 0 0 - 2 - - -
Goaltending
Toronto
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ilya Samsonov L (10-4-6) 19 14 5 .737 0 28:12
Martin Jones 15 11 4 .733 0 31:38
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Devon Levi W (9-7-2) 27 24 3 .889 0 60:00