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2024-25 regular season

Sabres at Maple Leafs

🗓 📍 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto 🔁 Maple Leafs lead the season series 1–0

Maple Leafs beat Sabres 5–3 at Scotiabank Arena on December 15, 2024.

BUF – TOR
27–41
Shots on goal
1/2–1/4
Power play
13–37
Hits
16–4
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

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1st star 🍁 TOR
John Tavares
3 G
6 shots · 21:02 TOI
2nd star 🍁 TOR
Max Domi
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:25 TOI
3rd star 🍁 TOR
Nicholas Robertson
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 13:26 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jack Quinn PP Go-ahead 1st · 01:03
Assists: JJ Peterka, Bowen Byram · beat Dennis Hildeby
1–0
⚔️ Alex Tuch 1st · 02:46
Assists: Zach Benson, Tage Thompson · beat Dennis Hildeby
2–0
🍁 Max Domi 1st · 15:45
Assists: Nicholas Robertson, Bobby McMann · beat Devon Levi
2–1
2nd period
⚔️ Jack Quinn 2nd · 09:11
Assists: JJ Peterka, Mattias Samuelsson · beat Dennis Hildeby
3–1
🍁 Nicholas Robertson 2nd · 11:20
Assists: Bobby McMann, Max Domi · beat Devon Levi
3–2
🍁 John Tavares PP Tying 2nd · 12:41
Assists: Auston Matthews, William Nylander · beat Devon Levi
3–3
🍁 John Tavares Go-ahead 2nd · 13:51
Assists: Chris Tanev, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · beat Devon Levi
3–4
3rd period
🍁 John Tavares Empty net 3rd · 17:48
Assists: Matthew Knies, Mitchell Marner
3–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Tuch · Quinn · Peterka 18:18
L2 Benson · Thompson · Cozens 17:11
L3 Greenway · Krebs · McLeod 12:57
L4 Malenstyn · Zucker · Kulich 10:58
D1 Byram · Power 25:18
D2 Samuelsson · Jokiharju 22:04
D3 Bryson · Gilbert 11:56
🍁Maple Leafs
L1 Tavares · Nylander · Marner 21:12
L2 Pacioretty · Knies · Matthews 17:55
L3 Robertson · Domi · McMann 15:13
L4 Dewar · Lorentz · Reaves 7:07
D1 Rielly · McCabe 20:54
D2 Tanev · Ekman-Larsson 18:37
D3 Benoit · Myers 17:20

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF TOR🍁
27 Shots on goal 41
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
13 Hits 37
16 Blocked shots 4
1 Takeaways 9
11 Giveaways 12
18 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 11.1% (3/27) TOR shooting 12.2% (5/41)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Devon Levi
36/40
.900 SV% · 4 GA · 57:59 TOI
🍁Maple Leafs
Dennis Hildeby
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Jack Quinn · 1st 01:03 · 1–0 Alex Tuch · 1st 02:46 · 2–0 Max Domi · 1st 15:45 · 2–1 Jack Quinn · 2nd 09:11 · 3–1 Nicholas Robertson · 2nd 11:20 · 3–2 John Tavares · 2nd 12:41 · 3–3 John Tavares · 2nd 13:51 · 3–4 John Tavares · 3rd 17:48 · 3–5
BUF TOR
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-2-3 (50% win rate, 10 games)
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-5 (44% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 3–4
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-6 (25% win rate, 8 games)
Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Maple Leafs lead the season series 1–0
Mar 302024 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 3–0 Mar 62024 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 1–2 OT Dec 212023 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 3–9 Nov 42023 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 6–4 Mar 132023 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 4–3
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Who won Sabres vs Maple Leafs on December 15, 2024?

Maple Leafs won 5–3. The final score was Sabres 3, Maple Leafs 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jack Quinn (2), Alex Tuch.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

John Tavares (3), Max Domi, Nicholas Robertson.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Devon Levi made 36 saves on 40 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Dennis Hildeby made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Maple Leafs played?

At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the Maple Leafs home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Maple Leafs season series?

Maple Leafs lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 14 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–4 AfterDec 17 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–6
🍁 Maple Leafs
BeforeDec 14 🍁TOR @ 🐙DET 2–4 AfterDec 18 🍁TOR @ ⭐DAL 5–3
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