Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 15, 2018 · KeyBank Center
TSN4 · MSG-B
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 40–39.
James van Riemsdyk scored twice. Sam Reinhart, Connor Carrick, Tyler Bozak, Jason Pominville and Patrick Marleau also scored.
Curtis McElhinney made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 34 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
James van Riemsdyk (30)Morgan Rielly (37), Connor Brown (12)1–003:39 TOR- James van Riemsdyk (31)Roman Polak (9), Jake Gardiner (38)2–006:39 TOR
Sam Reinhart (18)Scott Wilson (7), Evan Rodrigues (11)2–114:29 BUF ·
2nd period
Connor Carrick (4)Patrick Marleau (17), William Nylander (37)3–106:22 TOR
Tyler Bozak (11)James van Riemsdyk (16), Mitch Marner (40)4–114:10 TOR · 
Jason Pominville (12)Rasmus Ristolainen (28), Evan Rodrigues (12)4–219:01 BUF ·
3rd period
Patrick Marleau (23)Unassisted5–219:16 TOR ·
Team stats
TORBUF
3940
48%52%
1/32/5
1511
1618
189
78
76
Penalties
- 13:33 into the first period
Nathan Beaulieu · fighting5 min - 13:33 into the first period
Matt Martin · fighting5 min - 13:36 into the first periodRoman Polak · interference2 min
- 3:51 into the second periodJake Gardiner · slashing2 min
- 12:28 into the second periodBrendan Guhle · slashing2 min
- 15:12 into the second periodNick Baptiste · tripping2 min
- 15:21 into the second periodNazem Kadri · hooking2 min
- 16:13 into the second periodMitch Marner · hooking2 min
- 17:45 into the second periodNazem Kadri · cross checking2 min
- 2:44 into the third periodJohan Larsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 16:06 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:08 |
| 16Mitch MarnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:18 |
| 28Connor BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 29William NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:49 |
| 42Tyler BozakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:47 |
| 8Connor CarrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:25 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:09 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:10 |
| 11Zach HymanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 15Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:45 |
| 19Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:45 |
| 24Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 43Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 47Leo KomarovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:11 |
| 2Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 24:58 |
| 23Travis DermottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | W | 40 | 2 | .950 |
| 40Garret SparksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 16:28 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:45 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 23:43 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 14:55 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8 | 27:11 |
| 10Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:58 |
| 13Nick BaptisteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 10:12 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:14 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 24:05 |
| 95Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 09:00 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:46 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | L | 38 | 4 | .895 |