Buffalo Sabres 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 5: final score and stats
Toronto Maple Leafs beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 3 to Toronto Maple Leafs 5, on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLSunday, December 15, 2024
DateDec 15, 2024
Start time5:00 PM ET
VenueScotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
TVESPN+
Attendance18,588
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresToronto Maple Leafs
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
11-16-4Record19-10-2
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding8th in Atlantic Division
4-6Road record / home record4-10
LLLLWLast 5LLLLL
L4StreakL6
Team stats
Buffalo SabresToronto Maple Leafs
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveToronto Maple Leafs
Morgan Rielly D · Lower Body
OutColton Sissons C · Lower Body
Injured ReserveKirill Marchenko RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveMiles Wood LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveNick Blankenburg D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:27 | 0:46 | 0:42 | 15:59 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 14:33 | 0:00 | 0:11 | 14:22 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 68.4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Jordan Greenway | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:13 | 0:00 | 4:18 | 9:55 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 12:12 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:23 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 | 0:00 | 2:08 | 8:50 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 | 0:00 | 1:33 | 11:10 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:33 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 16:47 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:18 | 0:46 | 0:06 | 17:26 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:11 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 16:25 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 21.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:25 | 0:13 | 4:03 | 14:09 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 9:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:51 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 13:05 | 0:00 | 1:27 | 11:38 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 25:53 | 0:46 | 2:13 | 22:54 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 10:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:47 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 20:59 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Owen Power | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:44 | 0:00 | 4:50 | 19:54 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:08 | 0:00 | 5:16 | 17:52 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Levi | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .900 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 57:59 | 0 | 0 |
Toronto Maple Leafs Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:50 | 0:00 | 0:13 | 7:37 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Domi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:25 | 1:41 | 0:00 | 13:44 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Knies | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:21 | 1:40 | 0:13 | 14:28 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Lorentz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:50 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21:12 | 5:11 | 0:33 | 15:28 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Auston Matthews | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 20:54 | 5:12 | 0:33 | 15:09 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 68.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby McMann | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:13 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Nylander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:18 | 6:22 | 0:00 | 15:56 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Pacioretty | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 16:13 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Reaves | 1 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 7:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:07 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Robertson | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:26 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Tavares | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:02 | 5:13 | 0:00 | 15:49 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 64.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Toronto Maple Leafs Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Benoit | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 | 0:00 | 0:21 | 17:18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:41 | 1:49 | 0:00 | 15:52 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake McCabe | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:51 | 0:31 | 0:38 | 18:42 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Philippe Myers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 16:27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Rielly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:57 | 5:04 | 0:00 | 16:53 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Tanev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:33 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Toronto Maple Leafs Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Hildeby | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .889 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs?
Toronto Maple Leafs won, 5-3, on Sunday, December 15, 2024.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs?
Buffalo Sabres 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 5.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Jack Quinn (2 goals). Toronto Maple Leafs: John Tavares (3 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs played?
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON.
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