Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Preseason · Friday, September 21, 2018 · Scotiabank Arena
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Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Friday, September 21, 2018 at Scotiabank Arena.
John Tavares scored twice. Andrew Oglevie, Ron Hainsey, Pierre Engvall, C.J. Smith, Tage Thompson and Chris Mueller also scored.
Curtis McElhinney made 20 saves on 20 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Oglevie (2)Casey Nelson (1)1–000:30 BUF
Ron Hainsey (1)Unassisted1–100:48 TOR
Pierre Engvall (1)Colin Greening (1), Josh Jooris (1)1–201:11 TOR
John Tavares (3)Timothy Liljegren (1), Mitch Marner (3)1–303:42 TOR
C.J. Smith (1)Nick Baptiste (1)2–311:28 BUF
2nd period
Tage Thompson (1)Unassisted3–306:08 BUF
Chris Mueller (1)Unassisted3–410:55 TOR
3rd period
John Tavares (4)Unassisted3–519:16 TOR ·
Team stats
BUFTOR
3232
39%61%
0/30/1
26
2325
1415
1118
912
Penalties
- 3:23 into the second period
Matt Tennyson · slashing2 min
- 19:47 into the second period
Josh Jooris · tripping2 min
- 6:44 into the third period
Timothy Liljegren · holding2 min
- 9:47 into the third period
Timothy Liljegren · hooking2 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 13Nick BaptisteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:55 |
| 49C.J. SmithL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 52Andrew OglevieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 19:30 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:53 |
| 12Kevin PorterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 13:20 |
| 41Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:18 |
| 46Eric CornelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 92Alex NylanderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 19:19 |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 24Lawrence PilutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 25:31 |
| 38Zach RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:52 |
| 44Brandon HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Adam WilcoxG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 91John TavaresC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 17:03 |
| 16Mitch MarnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 36Josh JoorisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 38Colin GreeningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 47Pierre EngvallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 49Chris MuellerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:45 |
| 2Ron HainseyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:30 |
| 37Timothy LiljegrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 11Zach HymanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:22 |
| 28Connor BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 32Josh LeivoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 41Dmytro TimashovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 43Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:10 |
| 85Semyon Der-ArguchintsevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:48 |
| 8Connor CarrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:10 |
| 52Martin MarincinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 78Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 15:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | W | 20 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 40Garret SparksG | 12 | 3 | .750 |