Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Buffalo Sabres 3: final score and stats
Toronto Maple Leafs beat Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs 6 to Buffalo Sabres 3, on Friday, December 20, 2024 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs.
NHLFriday, December 20, 2024
DateDec 20, 2024
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+/Hulu/Disney+
Attendance18,267
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Toronto Maple LeafsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
21-10-2Record11-18-4
8th in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
4-4Road record / home record4-6
LLLLLLast 5LLLLW
L6StreakL4
Team stats
Toronto Maple LeafsBuffalo Sabres
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.
Toronto 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 ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Domi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 | 1:46 | 0:00 | 10:05 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:29 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 9:53 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| David Kampf | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 | 0:01 | 2:08 | 12:17 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Knies | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:09 | 1:47 | 1:23 | 11:59 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Lorentz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 9:28 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:54 | 3:45 | 1:33 | 14:36 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Auston Matthews | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:18 | 3:44 | 1:09 | 14:25 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby McMann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:13 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Nylander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:22 | 3:48 | 0:00 | 15:34 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Pacioretty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 13:22 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Robertson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 | 1:06 | 0:00 | 10:20 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Tavares | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17:44 | 3:43 | 0:00 | 14:01 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16:24 | 0:03 | 1:20 | 15:01 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:05 | 2:12 | 0:10 | 16:43 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake McCabe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 | 0:02 | 2:30 | 17:03 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Morgan Rielly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:25 | 3:16 | 0:00 | 15:09 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Chris Tanev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:02 | 0:00 | 2:28 | 18:34 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:52 | 0:37 | 1:33 | 18:42 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Toronto Maple Leafs Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Murray | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .889 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:41 | 1:54 | 0:51 | 9:56 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 17:30 | 2:12 | 1:29 | 13:49 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 11:32 | 0:00 | 0:55 | 10:37 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:25 | 2:03 | 0:00 | 12:22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:20 | 0:00 | 2:25 | 8:55 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 | 0:00 | 3:11 | 11:36 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 | 1:57 | 0:00 | 14:03 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:37 | 1:56 | 0:00 | 13:41 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 15:08 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:09 | 1:55 | 2:11 | 16:03 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 | 2:09 | 0:00 | 14:58 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:43 | 1:07 | 1:57 | 20:39 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 4 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:56 | 0:00 | 3:37 | 9:19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 27:33 | 3:01 | 0:00 | 24:32 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 8:07 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 7:33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:33 | 0:59 | 1:35 | 20:59 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:25 | 0:00 | 3:19 | 18:06 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .692 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24:27 | 0 | 0 |
| James Reimer | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .933 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 33:26 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
TOR leads series 2-0
Apr 15, 2025TOR 4, BUF 0
Dec 20, 2024TOR 6, BUF 3
Dec 15, 2024BUF 3, TOR 5
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres?
Toronto Maple Leafs won, 6-3, on Friday, December 20, 2024.
What was the final score of Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres?
Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Buffalo Sabres 3.
Who were the top performers?
Toronto Maple Leafs: William Nylander (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Owen Power (1 goals).
Where is Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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