Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 15, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Toronto Maple Leafs	4	32
Buffalo Sabres	0	35

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
14:15	TOR	Steven Lorentz (8)	Scott Laughton (18), Calle Jarnkrok (5)	1 - 0
3rd Period
15:39	TOR	Mitch Marner (27)	Auston Matthews (45), Matthew Knies (27)	2 - 0
18:08	TOR	Auston Matthews (32)	Unassisted	3 - 0
18:43	TOR	Nick Robertson (15)	Pontus Holmberg (11), Bobby McMann (14)	4 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
15:57	TOR	Nick Robertson	High sticking	2
17:32	BUF	Jack Quinn	Holding	2
2nd Period
02:23	BUF	Jack Quinn	Hooking	2
3rd Period
03:49	TOR	William Nylander	High sticking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Toronto Maple Leafs	61	49	32	4	4.0	51.4
Buffalo Sabres	69	50	35	0	3.4	48.6

How the game went

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: 4.0 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.4 expected, 0 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mitch Marner · Auston Matthews · Matthew Knies	12:44	72.2	83.0	1-0
John Tavares · Max Domi · William Nylander	11:35	38.5	19.0	0-0
Calle Jarnkrok · Scott Laughton · Steven Lorentz	9:08	62.5	70.2	1-0
Pontus Holmberg · Nick Robertson · Bobby McMann	8:01	75.0	89.1	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Tanev · Simon Benoit	14:44	52.0	47.1	2-0
Morgan Rielly · Philippe Myers	13:26	45.9	65.7	1-0
Dakota Mermis · Brandon Carlo	12:23	60.7	49.1	0-0

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
34	Auston Matthews	C	1	1	2	2	0	6	1	19:37	0.90	13-9	0.90-0.53
14	Nick Robertson	L	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	10:38	0.53	19-8	0.95-0.35
18	Steven Lorentz	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	12:21	0.25	10-9	0.57-0.29
93	Mitch Marner	R	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	19:56	0.24	15-7	1.17-0.29
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	12:27		10-14	0.57-0.38
21	Scott Laughton	C	0	1	1	2	0	1	3	14:34	0.27	12-15	0.66-0.42
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	10:40	0.13	18-7	0.86-0.14
74	Bobby McMann	C	0	1	1	1	0	5	3	11:04	0.18	16-7	0.74-0.23
89	Matthew Knies	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	19:23	0.06	14-9	1.00-0.42
8	Chris Tanev	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20:28		16-16	0.88-0.86
11	Max Domi	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:14	0.26	13-28	0.50-1.48
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19:53	0.02	21-15	1.11-0.93
36	Dakota Mermis	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:12	0.08	18-12	0.88-0.83
44	Morgan Rielly	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	21:51	0.01	24-26	1.39-0.65
44	Simon Benoit	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	19:56		15-14	0.65-0.74
51	Philippe Myers	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	17:03	0.03	18-21	1.08-0.61
88	William Nylander	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	18:22	0.21	10-23	0.24-1.30
91	John Tavares	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	18:21	0.26	13-20	0.51-1.12

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Anthony Stolarz	W, SO	35	35	0	60:00	3.41	+3.41

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tage Thompson · Jiri Kulich · Zach Benson	11:32	37.5	26.1	0-1
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Peyton Krebs	10:22	47.4	43.7	0-0
Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka	9:20	35.0	36.1	0-0
Sam Lafferty · Isak Rosen · Noah Ostlund	6:02	68.4	53.6	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	17:14	53.1	62.5	0-0
Connor Clifton · Bowen Byram	12:48	42.3	40.8	0-2
Jacob Bryson · Jacob Bernard-Docker	10:04	40.0	19.3	0-0

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
6	Zach Benson	L	-2	0	1	0	17:50	0.15	15-12	1.00-0.90
10	JJ Peterka	R	-1	0	4	0	16:19	0.30	9-21	0.40-1.05
17	Jason Zucker	L	-1	0	5	1	16:24	0.54	10-14	0.36-0.49
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	5	17:04	0.09	12-15	0.44-0.80
20	Jiri Kulich	C	-1	0	4	0	17:15	0.47	16-11	0.98-0.72
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	4	1	1	13:58	0.18	16-15	0.82-0.71
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	1	1	25:01	0.03	19-20	1.04-0.87
24	Sam Lafferty	C	-2	0	0	0	08:49	0.26	13-8	0.35-0.43
24	Bowen Byram	D	-2	0	0	0	19:14	0.07	19-18	1.05-1.04
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	0	0	2	0	13:04	0.06	14-16	0.53-0.84
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	-1	0	4	3	25:41	0.16	22-16	1.07-0.67
27	Isak Rosen	R	-1	0	1	0	07:00	0.01	14-7	0.36-0.39
71	Ryan McLeod	C	-1	0	2	0	16:22	0.48	11-20	0.59-0.88
72	Tage Thompson	C	-2	0	4	0	22:26	0.14	12-21	0.55-1.35
75	Connor Clifton	D	-3	0	0	2	20:40	0.02	17-22	0.69-1.34
78	Jacob Bryson	D	-1	0	1	0	11:40	0.00	12-18	0.20-1.11
86	Noah Ostlund	C	-2	0	1	0	09:30	0.04	16-9	0.40-0.52
89	Alex Tuch	R	-1	0	4	0	18:40	0.40	13-12	0.73-0.54

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	31	28	3	59:03	3.43	+0.43