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Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 20, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Toronto Maple Leafs 6 29
Buffalo Sabres 3 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:29 TOR Bobby McMann (8) Max Domi (8), Nick Robertson (3) 1 - 0
06:05 TOR Auston Matthews (11) PP William Nylander (14), Mitch Marner (33) 2 - 0
2nd Period
01:53 TOR Nick Robertson (5) Morgan Rielly (14), Conor Timmins (6) 3 - 0
02:22 BUF JJ Peterka (9) Dylan Cozens (8), Connor Clifton (7) 3 - 1
04:27 TOR Max Domi (3) Bobby McMann (4), Mitch Marner (34) 4 - 1
10:47 TOR Max Pacioretty (5) William Nylander (15), John Tavares (15) 5 - 1
15:56 BUF Mattias Samuelsson (2) Owen Power (17), JJ Peterka (14) 5 - 2
3rd Period
11:56 BUF Owen Power (5) Jiri Kulich (1), Mattias Samuelsson (2) 5 - 3
19:40 TOR William Nylander (21) John Tavares (16), Chris Tanev (9) 6 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:34 BUF Jason Zucker High sticking double minor 4
12:40 TOR Morgan Rielly Roughing 2
12:40 TOR Morgan Rielly Fighting 5
12:40 BUF Tage Thompson Fighting 5
2nd Period
14:26 TOR Jake McCabe Roughing 2
14:26 BUF Dylan Cozens Roughing 2
17:43 TOR Pontus Holmberg Tripping 2
3rd Period
09:39 TOR John Tavares Slashing 2
09:39 BUF Jason Zucker Slashing 2
12:32 BUF Jason Zucker Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Toronto Maple Leafs 55 42 29 6 4.2 46.4
Buffalo Sabres 60 39 27 3 2.1 53.6

How the game went

505Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadToronto Maple Leafs ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Toronto Maple Leafs had.

Expected goals

Toronto Maple Leafs: 4.2 expected, 6 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndTOR goal, 1:29 of 1st, a 8% chanceTOR goal, 6:05 of 1st, a 14% chanceTOR goal, 1:53 of 2nd, a 10% chanceTOR goal, 4:27 of 2nd, a 17% chanceTOR goal, 10:47 of 2nd, a 14% chanceTOR goal, 19:40 of 3rd, a 44% chanceBUF goal, 2:22 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 15:56 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 11:56 of 3rd, a 26% chanceTOR 4.2BUF 2.1

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Toronto Maple Leafs
Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Max Pacioretty · John Tavares · William Nylander10:1250.062.91-0
Mitch Marner · Auston Matthews · Matthew Knies9:0657.975.70-0
Steven Lorentz · David Kampf · Pontus Holmberg8:0213.34.60-0
Max Domi · Nick Robertson · Bobby McMann7:4568.881.11-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Morgan Rielly · Conor Timmins11:3450.077.22-0
Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Chris Tanev11:0529.441.40-0
Jake McCabe · Simon Benoit8:4345.555.91-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
88 William Nylander R 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 19:22 0.32 11-11 1.09-0.58
11 Max Domi C 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 11:51 0.25 13-6 0.64-0.34
14 Nick Robertson L 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 11:26 0.10 13-7 0.55-0.34
74 Bobby McMann C 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 11:13 0.32 13-8 0.62-0.10
91 John Tavares C 0 2 2 2 2 2 5 17:44 0.24 9-11 0.85-0.58
93 Mitch Marner R 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 19:54 0.17 13-14 0.72-0.28
34 Auston Matthews C 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 19:18 0.83 13-15 0.61-0.28
67 Max Pacioretty L 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 15:07 0.60 10-9 0.91-0.50
8 Chris Tanev D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 21:02 15-14 0.58-0.63
21 Conor Timmins D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:52 12-16 1.13-0.55
44 Morgan Rielly D 0 1 1 1 7 0 1 18:25 12-10 0.99-0.23
18 Steven Lorentz C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:38 2-13 0.02-0.45
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 19:35 0.13 19-20 0.81-0.90
29 Pontus Holmberg R 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:29 0.18 3-16 0.20-0.55
44 Simon Benoit D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16:24 0.07 13-13 0.73-0.31
64 David Kampf C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14:26 4-13 0.29-0.45
89 Matthew Knies L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:09 0.06 12-12 0.58-0.50
95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 19:05 0.04 8-17 0.58-0.68
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray W 27 24 3 60:00 2.12 -0.88

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson11:0241.727.00-0
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka9:3653.857.41-1
Peyton Krebs · Jiri Kulich · Zach Benson7:5860.034.60-1
Sam Lafferty · Beck Malenstyn · Ryan McLeod7:3190.983.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram15:2550.032.10-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Owen Power12:1143.548.71-1
Connor Clifton · Dennis Gilbert6:4161.150.30-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
10 JJ Peterka R 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 16:00 0.16 14-14 0.53-0.62
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 21:25 0.09 14-15 0.64-0.69
25 Owen Power D 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 23:33 0.42 15-15 0.53-0.55
20 Jiri Kulich C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:25 0.17 8-7 0.34-0.40
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 -2 2 2 4 17:30 0.13 15-16 0.53-0.77
75 Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 12:56 0.02 14-11 0.42-0.49
6 Dennis Gilbert D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 08:07 0.08 13-9 0.27-0.44
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:41 6-4 0.09-0.16
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 1 8 1 1 17:07 0.01 13-17 0.62-1.28
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 11:32 0.01 10-5 0.10-0.34
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:37 0.04 16-15 0.53-0.63
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:16 0.01 10-1 0.41-0.08
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:43 0.14 14-13 0.56-1.33
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 27:33 0.32 21-16 0.86-1.25
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:20 0.26 10-2 0.41-0.22
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:47 0.02 11-3 0.66-0.22
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 15:55 11-15 0.36-1.05
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:09 0.24 11-18 0.37-1.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
47 James Reimer 15 14 1 33:26 2.22 +1.22
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L 13 9 4 24:27 1.11 -2.89