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Post-Game Report: 11/29 vs. Toronto

Posted on November 29, 2019 by | Leave a comment

Final Score

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final SOG
Maple Leafs
(12-11-4)		 1 1 2 – – 4 29
Sabres
(12-10-4)		 0 4 2 – – 6 36

Game Summary

Event Summary

 

Top Notes

  • Buffalo has not lost the home portion of a home-and-home series with Toronto since the first such series (a 4-2 loss on Dec. 20, 1970).
  • The Sabres are now 11-1-2 (two ties) all-time in the home portion of their 14 home-and-home series with the Maple Leafs.
  • Buffalo’s four goals and plus-3 goal differential in the second period both marked season-highs for the team in a single period.
  • Jack Eichel recorded three points (2+1) today to extend his point streak to eight games (8+7).
  • Eichel now has 12 goals in 14 career games against the Maple Leafs. It’s his highest goal total and his best per-game goal output (.86) against any NHL opponent.
  • Jimmy Vesey’s two-point effort extended his point streak to a career-high four games (3+2). He now has goals in three straight.
  • With Buffalo’s fourth goal of the game, Victor Olofsson extended his career-best point streak to six games (3+3).
  • Olofsson has now recorded points in 10 of his last 11 games (4+6), including a point in each of his last six home games (2+4).
  • Marco Scandella recorded two assists, good for his first two-point effort since Dec. 29, 2018 vs. Boston.
  • With his goal today, Jeff Skinner has scored each of his 10 goals this season at 5-on-5.

 

Tonight’s Goaltenders

Tonight’s Stats
Team Goaltender Decision GA SA
Maple Leafs
 Hutchinson L 5 35
Sabres Ullmark W 4 29
Updated Season Stats
Team Goaltender Record SV% GAA
Maple Leafs Hutchinson 0-5-1 .876 4.55
Sabres Ullmark 6-5-2 .911 3.00

 

Post-Game Audio

Sabres head coach Ralph Krueger

Sabres forward Casey Mittelstadt

Sabres forward Victor Olofsson

Sabres forward Jimmy Vesey

Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews

Maple Leafs forward John Tavares

Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly

Maple Leafs goaltender Michael Hutchinson

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Post-Game Report: 3/20 vs. Toronto

Posted on March 20, 2019 by | Leave a comment

Final Score

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final SOG
Maple Leafs
(44-25-5)		 0 2 2 – – 4 46
Sabres
(31-33-9)		 1 0 1 – – 2 24

Game Summary

Event Summary

 

Top Notes

  • Rasmus Dahlin, who recorded the primary assist on Casey Mittelstadt’s goal, now has 39 points (8+31) on the season, passing Bobby Orr for second-most points by an 18-year-old defenseman in NHL history. He trails only Phil Housley (57 points in 1982-83).
  • With the secondary assist on the Mittelstadt goal, Jack Eichel has now totaled 16 points (10+6) in 13 games against the Maple Leafs, including eight (5+3) in six home games.
  • With his first goal of the season, Alexander Nylander has now recorded points (1+2) in consecutive games for the first time in his NHL career.

 

Tonight’s Goaltenders

Tonight’s Stats
Team Goaltender Decision SV% GAA
Maple Leafs
 Sparks W .917 2.00
Sabres Hutton L .933 3.05

 

Updated Season Stats
Team Goaltender Record SV% GAA
Maple Leafs Sparks 8-7-1 .903 3.16
Sabres Hutton 17-21-5 .911 2.88

 

Post-Game Audio

Sabres head coach Phil Housley

Sabres forward Casey Mittelstadt

Sabres forward Alexander Nylander

Sabres goaltender Carter Hutton

Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock

Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews

Maple Leafs forward John Tavares

Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner

Maple Leafs goaltender Garret Sparks

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Post-Game Report: 12/4 vs. Toronto

Posted on December 4, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Final Score

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final SOG
Maple Leafs
(20-8-0)		 0 2 1 1 – 4 30
Sabres
(17-8-4)		 0 1 2 0 – 3 41

Game Summary

Event Summary

 

Top Notes

  • With the overtime loss, the Sabres extended their home point streak to nine games (7-0-2), marking the team’s first nine-game home point streak since Feb. 17 to March 24, 2012 (7-0-2).
  • Tonight’s loss dropped the Sabres to 12-2-4 in one-goal games this season.
  • With a goal and an assist tonight, Sam Reinhart extended his point streak to five games (5+3). He now has goals in a career-best four straight games.
    • In his last 16 games, Reinhart has 18 points (7+11), including seven two-point efforts.
  • Jack Eichel’s two-goal night gave him 11 points (7+4) in his last six games against the Maple Leafs.
  • Rasmus Ristolainen, who recorded two assists tonight, now has six assists in five games against Toronto since the beginning of the 2017-18 season.
  • Rasmus Dahlin led both teams with 29:15 of ice time tonight, topping his previous career-high total (25:51) by 3:24.
  • Jeff Skinner’s assist extended his point streak against the Maple Leafs to four games (1+4).

 

Tonight’s Goaltenders

Tonight’s Stats
Team Goaltender Decision SV% GAA
Maple Leafs
 Andersen W .927 2.77
Sabres Ullmark O .897 2.73

 

Updated Season Stats
Team Goaltender Record SV% GAA
Maple Leafs
 Andersen 16-7-0 .931 2.32
Sabres Ullmark 5-0-3 .924 2.59

 

Post-Game Audio

Sabres head coach Phil Housley

Sabres forward Sam Reinhart

Sabres forward Jack Eichel

Sabres goaltender Linus Ullmark

Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock

Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews

Maple Leafs forward John Tavares

Maple Leafs forward Patrick Marleau

Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen

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Post-Game Report: 3/25 vs. Toronto

Posted on March 25, 2017 by | Leave a comment

Final Score

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final SOG
Maple Leafs
(35-24-15)		 1 1 0 – – 2 34
Sabres
(31-32-12)		 2 3 0 – – 5 38

Game Summary

Event Summary

Top Notes

  • After tonight’s Sabres win, the home team has won 24 of the last 28 games between Buffalo and Toronto.
    • The Sabres are now 18-2-1 in their last 21 home games against the Maple Leafs, who haven’t won in consecutive visits to Buffalo since March 21 and Dec. 21, 2008.
  • With two goals and an assist, Jack Eichel recorded his fifth three-point game of the season and the sixth of his career.
    • It was Eichel’s 11th multi-point game in his last 33 games. The Sabres improved to 13-2-0 this season (and 22-5-0 in his career) when Eichel records at least two points.
    • Eichel now has eight points (3+5) in six career games against the Maple Leafs.
  • The Sabres improved to 10-0-1 in 2016-17 when Ryan O’Reilly (1+1) records two or more points in a game.
  • Dmitry Kulikov, playing in his 500th NHL game tonight, notched his 10th career power-play goal and his first since Feb. 10, 2015 vs. Anaheim.
  • With his goal, Evander Kane now has nine points (7+2) in his last nine games against the Maple Leafs.
  • Sam Reinhart’s assist tonight gave him four points (1+3) in four games against the Maple Leafs this season.

Tonight’s Goaltenders

Tonight’s Stats
Team Goaltender Decision SV% GAA
Maple Leafs
 Andersen
McElhinney		 ND
L		 .875
.864		 6.11
4.50
Sabres Lehner W .941 2.00

 

Updated Season Stats
Team Goaltender Record SV% GAA
Maple Leafs
 Andersen
McElhinney		 30-15-14
6-6-2		 .919
.921		 2.64
2.61
Sabres Lehner 21-23-8 .921 2.61

Post-Game Audio

Sabres head coach Dan Bylsma

Sabres forward Jack Eichel

Sabres defenseman Zach Bogosian

Sabres defenseman Dmitry Kulikov

Sabres goaltender Robin Lehner

Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock

Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews

Maple Leafs forward Connor Brown

Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly

Maple Leafs goaltender Curtis McElhinney

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