Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

Sat, Oct 25, 2025 · Scotiabank Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 4

Final/OT

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at Scotiabank Arena. Tage Thompson scored twice. Cayden Primeau made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	0	3	26
TOR	1	1	1	1	4	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	13:40	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (3) · wrist	Jiri Kulich (2), Mattias Samuelsson (3)	1–0
1st	18:33	TOR	EV	Nick Robertson (1) · wrist	Easton Cowan (3), Auston Matthews (3)	1–1
2nd	01:59	TOR	EV	Matias Maccelli (2) · tip-in	John Tavares (7), Matthew Knies (7)	1–2
2nd	14:23	BUF	EV	Bowen Byram (1) · wrist	Conor Timmins (2), Ryan McLeod (4)	2–2
3rd	07:06	BUF	PP	Tage Thompson (4) · wrist	Jason Zucker (2), Rasmus Dahlin (7)	3–2
3rd	13:10	TOR	EV	Dakota Joshua (2) · wrist	Jake McCabe (2), Brandon Carlo (2)	3–3
OT	01:28	TOR	EV	John Tavares (5) · wrist	Matthew Knies (8)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:32	BUF	Josh Dunne	interference	2
1st	07:05	TOR	Jake McCabe	high sticking	2
1st	10:09	TOR	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	cross checking	2
1st	14:22	BUF	Alex Tuch	instigator	2
1st	14:22	TOR	Jake McCabe	fighting	5
1st	14:22	BUF	Alex Tuch	fighting	5
1st	14:22	BUF	Alex Tuch	instigator misconduct	10
2nd	04:21	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	cross checking	2
2nd	17:12	TOR	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	interference	2
3rd	06:25	TOR	Simon Benoit	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.46 · TOR 2.37 · xG% BUF 51.0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Tage Thompson	C	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	100.0	18:35	24
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0		23:42	28
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	3	2		22:43	27
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3		21:48	27
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		19:50	26
4	Bowen Byram	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	2		18:21	25
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	33.3	17:47	25
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	26.7	15:24	22
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		23:55	29
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	1		15:19	20
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		15:08	21
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2	38.5	15:04	26
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:54	20
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1		14:19	22
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0		13:34	19
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	100.0	12:14	19
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	20.0	8:39	13
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		7:08	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	OTL	22	18	4	.818	61:28

Toronto Maple Leafs

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Matthew Knies	L	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0		22:26	23
91	John Tavares	C	1	1	2	+2	0	5	1	0	60.0	17:23	19
34	Auston Matthews	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	2	66.7	23:24	27
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1		22:19	32
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	1	1	+1	7	2	3	5		19:30	28
63	Matias Maccelli	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	100.0	15:27	17
89	Nick Robertson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0		14:54	19
81	Dakota Joshua	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	0		12:55	19
53	Easton Cowan	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		10:58	16
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	0	0	0	+1	4	0	5	1		20:17	29
44	Morgan Rielly	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		19:29	26
2	Simon Benoit	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0		18:09	27
74	Bobby McMann	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	17:52	20
51	Philippe Myers	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		16:54	25
55	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	3	90.9	16:07	25
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	100.0	10:34	14
11	Max Domi	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	50.0	10:29	16
18	Steven Lorentz	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		8:36	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Cayden Primeau	W	26	23	3	.885	61:28