Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 31, 2016 · First Niagara Center
BELL TV · TSN4 · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 37-26.
Johan Larsson scored twice and Cal O'Reilly scored twice. Brooks Laich also scored.
Chad Johnson made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Garret Sparks stopped 33 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Johan Larsson (8)Brian Gionta (20), Marcus Foligno (13)0–107:09 BUF
Cal O'Reilly (2)Jack Eichel (28), Ryan O'Reilly (38)0–219:41 BUF · PPG
2nd period
- Cal O'Reilly (3)David Legwand (9), Josh Gorges (9)0–303:41 BUF
Brooks Laich (2)Tobias Lindberg (1), Frank Corrado (5)1–313:32 TOR
3rd period
- Johan Larsson (9)Jake McCabe (10), Zach Bogosian (16)1–419:57 BUF · EN
Team stats
TORBUF
26Shots on goal37
40%Faceoff %60%
0/3Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes18
14Hits18
8Blocked shots22
4Giveaways7
0Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 07:45
Andrew Campbell · slashing2 min - 1st 18:12Frank Corrado · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:31TJ Brennan · interference2 min
- 2nd 10:12
Josh Gorges · high sticking2 min - 3rd 12:17Casey Nelson · holding2 min
- 3rd 13:53Jake Gardiner · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:47Marcus Foligno · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:57Nazem Kadri · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:57Johan Larsson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:57Jake McCabe · misconduct10 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 23Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:29 |
| 46Tobias LindbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 20Frank CorradoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 15PA ParenteauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:06 |
| 18Milan MichalekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 28Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:16 |
| 37Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:07 |
| 38Colin GreeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:58 |
| 39William NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:48 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:55 |
| 42Tyler BozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 43Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 16:21 |
| 56Byron FroeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 29TJ BrennanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:32 |
| 48Andrew CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:11 |
| 52Martin MarincinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Garret SparksG | L | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 56:49 |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Cal O'ReillyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:12 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 17:29 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:01 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 18:12 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 15:49 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:13 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:50 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:08 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:32 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 52Hudson FaschingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:49 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 34Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:30 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | W | 26 | 25 | 1 | .962 | 59:59 |
| 50Nathan LieuwenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |