Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, December 4, 2018 · KeyBank Center
NBCSN · TSN4
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 41-30.
Auston Matthews scored twice and Jack Eichel scored twice. Sam Reinhart, Jake Gardiner and Patrick Marleau also scored.
Frederik Andersen made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Auston Matthews (14)Ron Hainsey (9)1–008:33 TOR
Sam Reinhart (8)Nathan Beaulieu (3), Rasmus Ristolainen (13)1–114:01 BUF
Jake Gardiner (2)John Tavares (14), Mitch Marner (33)2–119:50 TOR
3rd period
Jack Eichel (6)Rasmus Ristolainen (14), Jeff Skinner (9)2–202:39 BUF- Jack Eichel (7)Sam Reinhart (16)2–312:57 BUF
Patrick Marleau (7)Morgan Rielly (21), Auston Matthews (8)3–314:47 TOR
OT period
- Auston Matthews (15)Kasperi Kapanen (9), Jake Gardiner (11)4–304:57 TOR
Team stats
TORBUF
30Shots on goal41
56%Faceoff %44%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
11Hits14
11Blocked shots22
11Giveaways10
0Takeaways2
Penalties
- 2nd 11:19
Connor Brown · interference2 min - 2nd 11:39
Tage Thompson · hooking2 min - 3rd 07:16Tage Thompson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:44Patrick Marleau · interference2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 23:22 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 24:48 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:20 |
| 16Mitch MarnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:20 |
| 24Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 22:00 |
| 2Ron HainseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 25:50 |
| 11Zach HymanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:23 |
| 18Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:38 |
| 26Par LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 28Connor BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:11 |
| 33Frederik GauthierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 05:23 |
| 43Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:49 |
| 22Nikita ZaitsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 20:22 |
| 23Travis DermottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:10 |
| 92Igor OzhiganovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Frederik AndersenG | W | 41 | 38 | 3 | .927 | 64:57 |
| 40Garret SparksG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 8 | 21:49 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 21:35 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 27:00 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 18:32 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 10Patrik BerglundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:27 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:20 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:27 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:28 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:33 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 16:57 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 26:34 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:39 |
| 24Lawrence PilutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:49 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | O | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 64:57 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |