Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 2023 · KeyBank Center
SNO · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 9-3 on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 34-27.
Jeff Skinner scored twice and Kyle Okposo scored twice. Jordan Greenway, Auston Matthews, Max Domi, Owen Power, Rasmus Dahlin, Calle Jarnkrok, Tage Thompson and Jack Quinn also scored.
Devon Levi made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 14 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jordan Greenway (3)Connor Clifton (8), Zach Benson (8)0–102:27 BUF
Auston Matthews (26)Unassisted1–107:28 TOR
Max Domi (3)Morgan Rielly (19), Timothy Liljegren (2)2–112:39 TOR · PPG
Owen Power (2)Zach Benson (9), Casey Mittelstadt (20)2–213:44 BUF
Jeff Skinner (13)Alex Tuch (12)2–315:51 BUF
2nd period
Rasmus Dahlin (9)Tage Thompson (9), Alex Tuch (13)2–404:44 BUF · PPG
Calle Jarnkrok (8)William Nylander (27), Timothy Liljegren (3)3–405:42 TOR · SHG
Tage Thompson (9)Alex Tuch (14), Jeff Skinner (11)3–508:22 BUF
Kyle Okposo (7)Unassisted3–611:04 BUF · SHG
3rd period
Jack Quinn (1)JJ Peterka (12), Connor Clifton (9)3–711:08 BUF- Jeff Skinner (14)Alex Tuch (15), Tage Thompson (10)3–812:23 BUF
- Kyle Okposo (8)Peyton Krebs (4), Ryan Johnson (2)3–915:02 BUF
Team stats
TORBUF
27Shots on goal34
58%Faceoff %42%
1/4Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes8
20Hits28
14Blocked shots19
2Giveaways3
7Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 10:12
Mattias Samuelsson · holding2 min - 1st 11:51Jack Quinn · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 00:22Alex Tuch · hooking2 min
- 2nd 03:42
Simon Benoit · holding2 min - 2nd 04:34Noah Gregor · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:16Jack Quinn · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:56Jake McCabe · slashing2 min
- 3rd 04:35John Tavares · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:55Max Domi · roughing2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 37Timothy LiljegrenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 23:30 |
| 11Max DomiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 18:19 |
| 88William NylanderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17:18 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:26 |
| 16Mitch MarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 18Noah GregorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 23Matthew KniesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:26 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 74Bobby McMannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 89Nick RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:14 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:47 |
| 2Simon BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 22Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:53 |
| 25Conor TimminsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 78TJ BrodieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin JonesG | 15 | 11 | 4 | .733 | 31:38 | |
| 35Ilya SamsonovG | L | 19 | 14 | 5 | .737 | 28:12 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14:26 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15:20 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 11:57 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 2 | 19:44 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:24 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:33 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 2 | 23:29 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:45 |
| 33Ryan JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 09:25 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 27Devon LeviG | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 60:00 |