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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

Post-Game Audio

Sabres head coach Ralph Krueger

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

Post-Game Report: 10/28 vs. Arizona

Final Score

Top Notes

With tonight’s shootout loss, the Sabres have finished the month of October with a 9-2-2 record. Their 20 points in the month fell one shy of tying the franchise record for the opening month of a season (21, October 2006).
Buffalo’s points percentage of .769 in October ranks as the fifth-best season-opening month in franchise history.
The Sabres fell to 5-0-1 at home this season, becoming the final team to lose a game on home ice in 2019-20. Their five consecutive home wins to open the season left them one win shy of tying the franchise-best mark of six set in 1975-76.
With their goals tonight, Jack Eichel and Jeff Skinner share the team lead and are tied for seventh in the NHL with seven goals each this season.
Eichel’s goal moved him into a tie for the NHL lead with nine power-play points this season (4+5).
Skinner is now tied for second in the league with seven even-strength goals.
Skinner’s two-point night (1+1) gives him 10 points (5+5) in his last eight games against Arizona.
Sam Reinhart picked up an assist on Eichel’s goal and now has four points (2+2) in his last four games.
Marcus Johansson earned the primary assist on Skinner’s goal, giving him four assists in his last four games against the Coyotes.

Tonight’s Goaltenders

Post-Game Audio

Sabres head coach Ralph Krueger

Sabres forward Jack Eichel

Sabres forward Jeff Skinner

Coyotes head coach Rick Tocchet

Coyotes forward Conor Garland

Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper

Final Score

Top Notes

With tonight’s win, the Sabres are 4-0-1 through five games. It’s the first time Buffalo has started a season with points in five straight games since the team went 4-0-1 through its first five games of the 2009-10 season.
Buffalo has also begun the season with wins in each of the team’s first three home games for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
The Sabres went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill tonight. They have now killed each of their last six penalties.
Linus Ullmark, who earned the shootout win tonight, has the sixth-best career shootout save percentage (15-for-18, .833) of any NHL goaltender with at least 15 shots faced in shootouts.
With his goal tonight, Johan Larsson now has a point in each of his last two games against the Panthers.
Zemgus Girgensons notched two assists tonight to record the 19th two-point game of his career. He now has three assists in his last two games against Florida.
With primary assists on both of the team’s goals tonight, Kyle Okposo registered his first two-assist game since Nov. 19 at Pittsburgh.