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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, October 24, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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3–5

Final

SOG 34–30

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Friday, October 24, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 34-30.

Mattias Samuelsson scored twice. William Nylander, Jiri Kulich, Auston Matthews, Tage Thompson, Dakota Joshua and Alex Tuch also scored.

Alex Lyon made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Anthony Stolarz stopped 25 of 30.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Toronto Maple LeafsTOR201334
Buffalo SabresBUF221530

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMattias SamuelssonBUF · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starAlex TuchBUF · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starAlex LyonBUF · .912 SV%

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+
1:55

3–5 · 3rd 16:59 · Tuch. Knies was 1:55 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTOR on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 4:38 · Samuelsson

Mermis 0:46

1–1 TOR

1st 5:01 · Nylander

Malenstyn 0:23

1–2 BUF

1st 6:12 · Kulich

Jarnkrok 0:41

2–2 TOR

1st 12:45 · PP · Matthews

Stuck out there: Samuelsson 1:54

2–3 BUF

2nd 7:20 · Thompson

Myers 0:37

2–4 BUF

2nd 13:10 · Samuelsson

Ekman-Larsson 0:50

3–4 TOR

3rd 1:55 · Joshua

Quinn 0:52

3–5 BUF

3rd 16:59 · SH · Tuch

Stuck out there: Knies 1:55

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

TORBUF
34Shots on goal30
58%Faceoff %42%
1/4Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes10
30Hits8
13Blocked shots21
18Giveaways13
7Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 09:01Rasmus Dahlin · tripping2 min
  • 1st 11:39Tage Thompson · hooking2 min
  • 1st 13:23Max Domi · hooking2 min
  • 1st 13:26Calle Jarnkrok · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 15:23Rasmus Dahlin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 19:48Peyton Krebs · high sticking double minor4 min

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