Toronto Maple Leafs 3 — 9 Buffalo Sabres
2023-12-21 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | TOR | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 12 | 11 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Levi start | BUF | W | 24 | 27 | 3 | 17/18 | 6/7 | 1/2 | 60:00 |
| Martin Jones | TOR | 11 | 15 | 4 | 8/11 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 31:38 | |
| Ilya Samsonov start | TOR | L | 14 | 19 | 5 | 12/16 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 28:12 |
TOR skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Liljegren | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 23:30 |
| William Nylander | R | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| Max Domi | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:48 |
| Auston Matthews | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:19 |
| Morgan Rielly | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:26 |
| John Tavares | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:47 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:14 |
| Matthew Knies | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 |
| Nicholas Robertson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:14 |
| Simon Benoit | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14:28 |
| David Kampf | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:57 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20:53 |
| TJ Brodie | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:36 |
| Noah Gregor | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:02 |
| Mitch Marner | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:48 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:29 |
| Bobby McMann | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:24 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16:14 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:26 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:20 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11:57 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19:44 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:33 |
| Owen Power | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23:29 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 09:24 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22:45 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16:29 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 |
| Ryan Johnson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:51 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 19:03 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:06 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:25 |
| Erik Johnson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14:42 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | 2025-26 | TOR | 2 | BUF | 3 | SO |
| 2026-01-27 | 2025-26 | BUF | 7 | TOR | 4 | |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | TOR | 4 | OT |
| 2025-10-24 | 2025-26 | TOR | 3 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2025-04-15 | 2024-25 | TOR | 4 | BUF | 0 | |
| 2024-12-20 | 2024-25 | TOR | 6 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2024-12-15 | 2024-25 | BUF | 3 | TOR | 5 | |
| 2024-03-30 | 2023-24 | TOR | 3 | BUF | 0 | |
| 2024-03-06 | 2023-24 | BUF | 1 | TOR | 2 | OT |
| 2023-12-21 | 2023-24 | TOR | 3 | BUF | 9 |