Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, March 2, 2019 · Scotiabank Arena
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Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Scotiabank Arena. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 37-32.
Goals came from John Tavares, Jason Pominville, Conor Sheary, Morgan Rielly, Nic Petan, Nikita Zaitsev and Mitch Marner.
Frederik Andersen made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
John Tavares (37)Mitch Marner (54), Martin Marincin (3)0–104:20 TOR
Jason Pominville (15)Zemgus Girgensons (11), Marco Scandella (7)1–106:00 BUF
Conor Sheary (12)Kyle Okposo (14)2–107:34 BUF
Morgan Rielly (16)Auston Matthews (30), Ron Hainsey (15)2–219:40 TOR
2nd period
Nic Petan (1)Trevor Moore (4)2–315:02 TOR
Nikita Zaitsev (3)Mitch Marner (55), John Tavares (33)2–419:05 TOR
3rd period
Mitch Marner (23)John Tavares (34), Jake Muzzin (24)2–518:03 TOR · EN
Team stats
BUFTOR
37Shots on goal32
36%Faceoff %64%
0/2Power play0/2
9Penalty minutes9
27Hits27
17Blocked shots13
10Giveaways12
7Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 11:21
Kyle Okposo · hooking2 min - 1st 14:08
Mitch Marner · slashing2 min - 2nd 11:40Kasperi Kapanen · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:40Evan Rodrigues · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:00Brandon Montour · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 02:22John Tavares · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:02 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:45 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:32 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:38 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 17:49 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:46 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:35 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 22:31 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 23:27 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 58:56 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 16Mitch MarnerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 19:37 |
| 91John TavaresC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 19:44 |
| 19Nic PetanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:45 |
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:27 |
| 42Trevor MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:35 |
| 2Ron HainseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:31 |
| 8Jake MuzzinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 22Nikita ZaitsevD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:32 |
| 52Martin MarincinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 11Zach HymanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 14:18 |
| 18Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 24Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 28Connor BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 29William NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 33Frederik GauthierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:31 |
| 92Igor OzhiganovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Frederik AndersenG | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 60:00 |
| 40Garret SparksG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |