Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Tuesday, December 17, 2019 · Scotiabank Arena
NBCSN · TVAS · TSN4
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Scotiabank Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 33-30.
Auston Matthews scored twice. Frederik Gauthier, Rasmus Dahlin, Dmytro Timashov, Jack Eichel, Kyle Okposo and Ilya Mikheyev also scored.
Frederik Andersen made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Frederik Gauthier (4)Unassisted0–102:30 TOR
2nd period
Auston Matthews (20)Morgan Rielly (20), Mitch Marner (20)0–204:47 TOR- Auston Matthews (21)William Nylander (13), Tyson Barrie (11)0–317:39 TOR
3rd period
Rasmus Dahlin (2)Jack Eichel (26), Victor Olofsson (17)1–301:29 BUF · PPG
Dmytro Timashov (3)Tyson Barrie (12), Frederik Gauthier (4)1–404:58 TOR
Jack Eichel (24)Victor Olofsson (18), Sam Reinhart (16)2–406:30 BUF
Kyle Okposo (4)Conor Sheary (5), Rasmus Dahlin (18)3–414:41 BUF
Ilya Mikheyev (6)Unassisted3–517:26 TOR · SHG · EN
Team stats
BUFTOR
30Shots on goal33
36%Faceoff %64%
1/2Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes4
25Hits16
10Blocked shots13
7Giveaways12
9Takeaways13
Penalties
- 2nd 12:06
Zemgus Girgensons · hooking2 min - 2nd 19:47
John Tavares · holding the stick2 min - 3rd 15:31Zach Hyman · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 23:48 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 23:32 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 23:28 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:24 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:16 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 10:19 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:05 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:36 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:51 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:46 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 58:15 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 33Frederik GauthierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 07:35 |
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:29 |
| 94Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 19:11 |
| 16Mitch MarnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:50 |
| 41Dmytro TimashovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 07:04 |
| 65Ilya MikheyevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 88William NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 21:07 |
| 11Zach HymanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 15Alexander KerfootC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:14 |
| 19Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 07:20 |
| 24Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 47Pierre EngvallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:50 |
| 3Justin HollD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:06 |
| 8Jake MuzzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:28 |
| 23Travis DermottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 83Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michael HutchinsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Frederik AndersenG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 60:00 |