🍁 Away Maple Leafs 25-9-4 before this game

1–8

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	1	0	0	1
BUF	3	3	2	8

Maple Leafs at Sabres

Sabres beat Maple Leafs 8–1 at KeyBank Center on January 1, 2000.

🗓 Sat, Jan 1, 2000 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Curtis Brown

4 A

3 shots · 17:22 TOI · +4

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Maxim Afinogenov

2 G, 1 A

4 shots · 13:44 TOI · +3

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Stu Barnes

2 G

3 shots · 17:38 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Erik Rasmussen Go-ahead 1st · 00:48

Assists: Curtis Brown · beat Curtis Joseph

0–1

⚔️ Wayne Primeau 1st · 01:54

Assists: Miroslav Satan, Geoff Sanderson · beat Curtis Joseph

0–2

🍁 Mats Sundin PP 1st · 10:39

Assists: Steve Thomas, Bryan Berard · beat Martin Biron

1–2

⚔️ Erik Rasmussen 1st · 16:48

Assists: Michael Peca, Curtis Brown · beat Curtis Joseph

1–3

2nd period

⚔️ Michael Peca 2nd · 00:57

Assists: Curtis Brown · beat Curtis Joseph

1–4

⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov 2nd · 01:53

Assists: Wayne Primeau · beat Curtis Joseph

1–5

⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov 2nd · 18:54

Assists: Curtis Brown · beat Curtis Joseph

1–6

3rd period

⚔️ Stu Barnes 3rd · 02:38

Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Geoff Sanderson · beat Glenn Healy

1–7

⚔️ Stu Barnes PP 3rd · 06:00

Assists: Miroslav Satan, Jason Woolley · beat Glenn Healy

1–8

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR BUF⚔️

18 Shots on goal 35

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

12 Hits 20

13 Blocked shots 14

2 Takeaways 7

27 Giveaways 20

23 Penalty minutes 27

TOR shooting 5.6% (1/18) BUF shooting 22.9% (8/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Curtis Joseph

19/25

.760 SV% · 6 GA · 40:00 TOI

Glenn Healy

8/10

.800 SV% · 2 GA · 20:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

17/18

.944 SV% · 1 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–3

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–6

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Berezin · Korolev · Johnson 17:16

L2 Sundin · Khristich · Hoglund 15:48

L3 Antropov · Thomas · Domi 14:16

L4 Valk · King · Adams 11:27

D1 Markov · Kaberle 22:43

D2 Karpovtsev · Berard 19:46

D3 Yushkevich · Cross 17:31

⚔️Sabres

L1 Barnes · Brown · Satan 17:38

L2 Grosek · Peca · Holzinger 17:01

L3 Sanderson · Rasmussen · Afinogenov 13:57

L4 Primeau · Varada · Ray 6:45

D1 Zhitnik · McKee 24:13

D2 Sarich · Woolley 19:37

D3 Patrick · Warrener 16:16

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

Dec 6, 1999

⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR

2–3 (OT) · Maple Leafs won

3–6 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs BUF, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Sabres on January 1, 2000?

Sabres won 8–1.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Sabres?

The final score was Maple Leafs 1, Sabres 8.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Mats Sundin.

Who scored for Sabres?

Erik Rasmussen (2), Maxim Afinogenov (2), Stu Barnes (2), Michael Peca, Wayne Primeau.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 19 saves on 25 shots (.760 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 17 saves on 18 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Sabres season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 29

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Dec 28

Also on January 1, 2000

Maple Leafs season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule