Toronto Maple Leafs 6 — 3 Buffalo Sabres
2024-12-20 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | TOR | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | 11 |
| 3 | 8 | 7 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Reimer | BUF | 14 | 15 | 1 | 13/14 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 33:26 | |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | L | 9 | 13 | 4 | 8/11 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 24:27 |
| Matt Murray start | TOR | W | 24 | 27 | 3 | 19/22 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
TOR skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Nylander | R | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:22 |
| Bobby McMann | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:13 |
| Max Domi | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 |
| John Tavares | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17:44 |
| Mitch Marner | R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:54 |
| Nicholas Robertson | L | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:26 |
| Auston Matthews | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:18 |
| Max Pacioretty | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 |
| Chris Tanev | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21:02 |
| Morgan Rielly | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18:25 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 20:52 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19:35 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19:05 |
| Pontus Holmberg | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:29 |
| Matthew Knies | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15:09 |
| Simon Benoit | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:24 |
| David Kampf | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:26 |
| Steven Lorentz | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:38 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Power | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23:33 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21:25 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17:30 |
| Jiri Kulich | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12:56 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:33 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23:43 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:09 |
| Sam Lafferty | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:16 |
| Dennis Gilbert | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:07 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:37 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:32 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:55 |
| Zach Benson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 |
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 |