Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 · KeyBank Center · 2025–26 Regular Season

Toronto Maple Leafs

3 – 5

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 on Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at KeyBank Center. Mattias Samuelsson scored twice. Alex Lyon made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TOR	2	0	1	3	34
BUF	2	2	1	5	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:38	BUF	EV	Mattias Samuelsson (1) · wrist	Ryan McLeod (3), Alex Tuch (4)	0–1
1st	05:01	TOR	EV	William Nylander (3) · wrist	Oliver Ekman-Larsson (5), Brandon Carlo (1)	1–1
1st	06:12	BUF	EV	Jiri Kulich (3) · snap	Zach Benson (7), Tage Thompson (4)	1–2
1st	12:45	TOR	PP	Auston Matthews (5) · slap	John Tavares (6), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (6)	2–2
2nd	07:20	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (2) · wrist	Bowen Byram (3), Jiri Kulich (1)	2–3
2nd	13:10	BUF	EV	Mattias Samuelsson (2) · slap	Rasmus Dahlin (6), Peyton Krebs (3)	2–4
3rd	01:55	TOR	EV	Dakota Joshua (1) · wrist	Easton Cowan (2), Nicolas Roy (2)	3–4
3rd	16:59	BUF	SH	Alex Tuch (3) · backhand	Owen Power (2)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:01	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	tripping	2
1st	11:39	BUF	Tage Thompson	hooking	2
1st	13:23	TOR	Max Domi	hooking	2
1st	13:26	TOR	Calle Jarnkrok	high sticking	2
3rd	15:23	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	19:48	BUF	Peyton Krebs	high sticking double minor	4

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: TOR 3.10 · BUF 2.66 · xG% TOR 53.8

Toronto Maple Leafs

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	0		25:50	32
34	Auston Matthews	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	64.7	23:48	27
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		21:31	30
91	John Tavares	C	0	1	1	-2	0	3	0	1	52.4	19:16	20
88	William Nylander	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		17:39	23
55	Nicolas Roy	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	3	0	60.0	15:11	21
81	Dakota Joshua	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	0		12:36	20
53	Easton Cowan	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		11:05	15
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6		20:32	29
23	Matthew Knies	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	4	2		19:03	21
74	Bobby McMann	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		18:09	24
2	Simon Benoit	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1		16:53	26
63	Matias Maccelli	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		14:40	17
11	Max Domi	C	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	75.0	14:16	20
51	Philippe Myers	D	0	0	0	-3	0	3	1	2		14:05	20
36	Dakota Mermis	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		13:12	22
18	Steven Lorentz	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0		10:49	15
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	100.0	10:16	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Anthony Stolarz	L	30	25	5	.833	57:09

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	2	0	2	+4	0	3	0	4		23:38	31
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	4	100.0	19:34	25
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	+3	2	5	0	2	50.0	19:06	24
20	Jiri Kulich	C	1	1	2	+3	0	1	0	2	56.3	16:50	22
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2		21:25	27
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	2		20:28	30
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	1		20:25	25
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	22.7	20:03	27
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		20:02	26
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	75.0	13:43	19
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		23:37	29
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		14:55	21
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	50.0	12:47	17
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	36.4	12:28	18
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	2		12:14	16
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0		11:57	18
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		9:41	14
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50.0	1:49	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Alex Lyon	W	34	31	3	.912	60:00