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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, December 20, 2024 · KeyBank Center

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6–3

Final

SOG 29–27

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Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Friday, December 20, 2024 at KeyBank Center. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 29-27.

Goals came from Bobby McMann, Auston Matthews, Nick Robertson, JJ Peterka, Max Domi, Max Pacioretty, Mattias Samuelsson, Owen Power and William Nylander.

Matt Murray made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 9 of 13.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Toronto Maple LeafsTOR231629
Buffalo SabresBUF021327

Three stars

  1. ★1st starBobby McMannTOR · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starMax DomiTOR · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starWilliam NylanderTOR · 1G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:18

5–1 · 2nd 10:47 · Pacioretty. BUF stayed on through an icing. Clifton was 1:18 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTOR on iceBUF on ice

1–0 TOR

1st 1:29 · McMann

Clifton 0:26

2–0 TOR

1st 6:05 · PP · Matthews

Clifton 0:44

3–0 TOR

2nd 1:53 · Robertson

Samuelsson 0:54

3–1 BUF

2nd 2:22 · Peterka

Domi 0:38

4–1 TOR

2nd 4:27 · Domi

Long shift: Byram 1:03

5–1 TOR

2nd 10:47 · Pacioretty

Long shift: Clifton 1:18

5–2 BUF

2nd 15:56 · Samuelsson

Timmins 0:59

5–3 BUF

3rd 11:56 · Power

McCabe 0:26

6–3 TOR

3rd 19:40 · EN · Nylander

Dahlin 2:26

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

TORBUF
29Shots on goal27
57%Faceoff %43%
1/3Power play0/2
13Penalty minutes15
26Hits24
21Blocked shots11
11Giveaways8
2Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 02:34Jason Zucker · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 1st 12:40Morgan Rielly · roughing2 min
  • 1st 12:40Morgan Rielly · fighting5 min
  • 1st 12:40Tage Thompson · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 14:26Jake McCabe · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:26Dylan Cozens · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 17:43Pontus Holmberg · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 09:39John Tavares · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 09:39Jason Zucker · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 12:32Jason Zucker · slashing2 min

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