
Game No: 1223
Started: 2018-04-02 20:06:00
Ended: 2018-04-02 22:38:00
Attendance: 18,846
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| Period | Time | Team | Scorer | Shot Type | Distance (ft) | Assist | Assist | Highlight | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5:44 | TOR | Andreas Johnsson | Tip-In | 11 | Tomas Plekanec | Roman Polak | |
| 2 | 2:27 | BUF | Sam Reinhart | Tip-In | 10 | Rasmus Ristolainen | Ryan O'Reilly | |
| 2 | 5:01 | TOR | Auston Matthews | Wrist | 27 | Morgan Rielly | Andreas Johnsson | |
| 2 | 7:39 | TOR | William Nylander | Wrist | 18 | Auston Matthews | ||
| 2 | 10:32 | TOR | William Nylander | Wrist | 13 | Zach Hyman | ||
| 3 | 2:56 | BUF | Jason Pominville | Nicholas Baptiste | Marco Scandella | |||
| 3 | 6:29 | TOR | Auston Matthews | Wrist | 23 | William Nylander | Jake Gardiner | 
#23 Brad Watson
#22 Ghislain Hebert
#87 Devin Berg
#51 Andrew Smith
| Period | Time | Team | Player | Penalty | PIM | Drawn By | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:24 | BUF | Marco Scandella | Hi-sticking | 2 | Mitchell Marner | 
| 1 | 13:11 | TOR | Roman Polak | Hi-sticking | 2 | Kyle Okposo | 
| 1 | 19:09 | TOR | Roman Polak | Hi stick - double minor | 4 | Jack Eichel | 
| 2 | 3:59 | BUF | Justin Falk | Interference | 2 | William Nylander | 
| 2 | 11:13 | TOR | Nazem Kadri | Interference on goalkeeper | 2 | Chad Johnson | 
| 3 | 0:59 | TOR | Nikita Zaitsev | Hooking | 2 | Jack Eichel | 
| 3 | 5:44 | BUF | Casey Mittelstadt | Hi-sticking | 2 | Connor Brown | 
Coach: Phil Housley
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Josh Gorges | D | 
| 5 | Matt Tennyson | D | 
| 6 | Marco Scandella | D | 
| 8 | Casey Nelson | D | 
| 13 | Nicholas Baptiste | R | 
| 15 | Jack Eichel | C | 
| 20 | Scott Wilson | C | 
| 21 | Kyle Okposo | R | 
| 22 | Johan Larsson | L | 
| 23 | Sam Reinhart | C | 
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | C | 
| 29 | Jason Pominville | R | 
| 31 | Chad Johnson | G | 
| 32 | Adam Wilcox | G | 
| 37 | Casey Mittelstadt | C | 
| 41 | Justin Falk | D | 
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 
| 67 | Benoit Pouliot | L | 
| 71 | Evan Rodrigues | C | 
| 90 | Ryan O'Reilly | C | 
Coach: Mike Babcock
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ron Hainsey | D | 
| 8 | Connor Carrick | D | 
| 11 | Zach Hyman | C | 
| 12 | Patrick Marleau | C | 
| 15 | Matt Martin | L | 
| 16 | Mitchell Marner | C | 
| 18 | Andreas Johnsson | L | 
| 19 | Tomas Plekanec | C | 
| 22 | Nikita Zaitsev | D | 
| 25 | James Van Riemsdyk | L | 
| 28 | Connor Brown | R | 
| 29 | William Nylander | C | 
| 31 | Frederik Andersen | G | 
| 34 | Auston Matthews | C | 
| 35 | Curtis McElhinney | G | 
| 42 | Tyler Bozak | C | 
| 43 | Nazem Kadri | C | 
| 44 | Morgan Rielly | D | 
| 46 | Roman Polak | D | 
| 51 | Jake Gardiner | D | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Jacob Josefson | C | 
| 17 | Jordan Nolan | C | 
| 35 | Linus Ullmark | G | 
| 40 | Robin Lehner | G | 
| 45 | Brendan Guhle | D | 
| 82 | Nathan Beaulieu | D | 
| 93 | Victor Antipin | D | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Dominic Moore | C | 
| 23 | Travis Dermott | D | 
| 24 | Kasperi Kapanen | R | 
| 32 | Josh Leivo | L | 
| 47 | Leo Komarov | C | 
| 2 | Goals | 5 | 
| 4 | Assists | 8 | 
| -15 | Plus / Minus | 15 | 
| 3 | Penalties | 4 | 
| 6 | PIM | 10 | 
| 53 | Corsi For | 44 | 
| 54.64 | Corsi % | 45.36 | 
| 34 | Fenwick For | 44 | 
| 43.59 | Fenwick % | 56.41 | 
| 34 | Shots | 36 | 
| 15 | Shots Blocked | 12 | 
| 19 | Missed Shots | 8 | 
| 23 | Hits | 32 | 
| 10 | Giveaways | 15 | 
| 2 | Takeaways | 12 | 
| 12 | Blocked Shots | 15 | 
| 27 | Faceoffs Won | 35 | 
| 35 | Faceoffs Lost | 27 | 
| 44% | Faceoff Percentage | 56% | 
| Buffalo Sabres | Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Time With Lead | Lead | Time With Lead | 
| 1 | 16:43 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2:34 | 2 | |
| 3 | 2:38 | 3 | |
| 4 | 2:53 | 4 | |
| 5 | 12:24 | 5 | |
| 6 | 3:33 | 6 | |
| 7 | 13:31 | 7 | |
| Buffalo Sabres - Toronto Maple Leafs | Time With Lead | 
|---|---|
| 1 - 0 | 16:43 | 
| 2 - 0 | 2:34 | 
| 3 - 0 | 2:38 | 
| 4 - 0 | 2:53 | 
| 5 - 0 | 12:24 | 
| 6 - 0 | 3:33 | 
| 7 - 0 | 13:31 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Josh Gorges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 5 | Matt Tennyson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 6 | Marco Scandella | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 8 | Casey Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 13 | Nicholas Baptiste | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 15 | Jack Eichel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 
| 20 | Scott Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 21 | Kyle Okposo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 
| 22 | Johan Larsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 
| 23 | Sam Reinhart | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 
| 29 | Jason Pominville | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 
| 31 | Chad Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 32 | Adam Wilcox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 37 | Casey Mittelstadt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 
| 41 | Justin Falk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 67 | Benoit Pouliot | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 71 | Evan Rodrigues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 
| 90 | Ryan O'Reilly | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ron Hainsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 8 | Connor Carrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 11 | Zach Hyman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 12 | Patrick Marleau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 
| 15 | Matt Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 
| 16 | Mitchell Marner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 
| 18 | Andreas Johnsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 19 | Tomas Plekanec | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 67 | 
| 22 | Nikita Zaitsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 25 | James Van Riemsdyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 28 | Connor Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 
| 29 | William Nylander | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 
| 31 | Frederik Andersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 34 | Auston Matthews | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 
| 35 | Curtis McElhinney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 42 | Tyler Bozak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 
| 43 | Nazem Kadri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 71 | 
| 44 | Morgan Rielly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 46 | Roman Polak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 51 | Jake Gardiner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 4 | Josh Gorges | 21 | 00:35 | 12:30 | 00:00 | 01:23 | 11:07 | 
| 5 | Matt Tennyson | 22 | 00:37 | 13:54 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 13:54 | 
| 6 | Marco Scandella | 28 | 00:40 | 18:45 | 02:40 | 01:47 | 14:18 | 
| 8 | Casey Nelson | 27 | 00:48 | 21:48 | 00:00 | 00:37 | 21:11 | 
| 13 | Nicholas Baptiste | 12 | 00:53 | 10:43 | 02:42 | 00:00 | 08:01 | 
| 15 | Jack Eichel | 22 | 01:02 | 22:49 | 07:20 | 00:37 | 14:52 | 
| 20 | Scott Wilson | 20 | 00:45 | 15:03 | 00:00 | 00:42 | 14:21 | 
| 21 | Kyle Okposo | 21 | 00:52 | 18:19 | 07:01 | 00:00 | 11:18 | 
| 22 | Johan Larsson | 16 | 00:50 | 13:30 | 00:00 | 02:28 | 11:02 | 
| 23 | Sam Reinhart | 24 | 00:49 | 19:55 | 06:33 | 00:00 | 13:22 | 
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | 21 | 00:42 | 14:44 | 00:00 | 02:06 | 12:38 | 
| 29 | Jason Pominville | 22 | 00:40 | 14:49 | 02:06 | 00:00 | 12:43 | 
| 37 | Casey Mittelstadt | 20 | 00:36 | 12:01 | 01:55 | 00:00 | 10:06 | 
| 41 | Justin Falk | 26 | 00:41 | 18:04 | 00:00 | 01:23 | 16:41 | 
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | 31 | 00:50 | 26:00 | 06:43 | 02:24 | 16:53 | 
| 67 | Benoit Pouliot | 11 | 00:31 | 05:41 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 05:41 | 
| 71 | Evan Rodrigues | 20 | 00:49 | 16:22 | 02:48 | 00:00 | 13:34 | 
| 90 | Ryan O'Reilly | 27 | 00:47 | 21:25 | 06:27 | 01:41 | 13:17 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 2 | Ron Hainsey | 23 | 00:56 | 21:37 | 00:00 | 07:59 | 13:38 | 
| 8 | Connor Carrick | 20 | 00:42 | 14:05 | 00:14 | 00:00 | 13:51 | 
| 11 | Zach Hyman | 27 | 00:44 | 20:02 | 00:00 | 05:49 | 14:13 | 
| 12 | Patrick Marleau | 20 | 00:44 | 14:43 | 02:42 | 00:08 | 11:53 | 
| 15 | Matt Martin | 11 | 00:45 | 08:16 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 08:16 | 
| 16 | Mitchell Marner | 19 | 00:49 | 15:31 | 01:05 | 00:08 | 14:18 | 
| 18 | Andreas Johnsson | 20 | 00:44 | 14:56 | 02:42 | 03:18 | 08:56 | 
| 19 | Tomas Plekanec | 20 | 00:42 | 14:05 | 00:00 | 05:49 | 08:16 | 
| 22 | Nikita Zaitsev | 22 | 00:47 | 17:25 | 00:00 | 04:10 | 13:15 | 
| 25 | James Van Riemsdyk | 18 | 00:43 | 13:02 | 01:05 | 00:00 | 11:57 | 
| 28 | Connor Brown | 20 | 00:42 | 14:02 | 00:00 | 03:18 | 10:44 | 
| 29 | William Nylander | 20 | 00:49 | 16:26 | 02:42 | 00:00 | 13:44 | 
| 34 | Auston Matthews | 20 | 00:47 | 15:50 | 02:42 | 00:00 | 13:08 | 
| 42 | Tyler Bozak | 18 | 00:44 | 13:22 | 01:05 | 00:00 | 12:17 | 
| 43 | Nazem Kadri | 19 | 00:44 | 14:12 | 00:41 | 00:00 | 13:31 | 
| 44 | Morgan Rielly | 25 | 00:47 | 19:56 | 01:24 | 02:46 | 15:46 | 
| 46 | Roman Polak | 27 | 00:42 | 19:13 | 00:00 | 03:18 | 15:55 | 
| 51 | Jake Gardiner | 27 | 00:53 | 24:02 | 02:33 | 00:17 | 21:12 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Chad Johnson | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0.917 | 
| 2 | 3 | 15 | 0.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.889 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Curtis McElhinney | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 
| 2 | 1 | 10 | 0.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 15 | 0.933 |