Maple Leafs at Sabres
Sabres 5, Maple Leafs 3 · first star Mattias Samuelsson (2 G, 0 A).
2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Buffalo Sabres 5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Maple Leafs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Sabres | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Shot chart
Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Maple Leafs attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: TOR 34, BUF 30.
Shots by period
| Period | TOR SOG | TOR G | BUF SOG | BUF G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| 2nd | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 3rd | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Total | 34 | 3 | 30 | 5 |
Shots by situation
| Situation | TOR SOG | TOR G | BUF SOG | BUF G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even strength | 26 | 2 | 26 | 4 |
| Power play | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Short-handed | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Attempt share by period
Maple Leafs took 53.5% of the shot attempts, and 51.0% of the 96 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Maple Leafs hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams
| Period | BUF CF% | BUF FF% |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 58.1 | 57.1 |
| 2nd | 43.9 | 50.0 |
| 3rd | 37.2 | 43.8 |
| Game | 46.5 | 50.0 |
Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.
Scoring summary
1st period
- 04:38 Mattias Samuelsson (1) Ryan McLeod (3), Alex Tuch (4) · wrist 0–1
- 05:01 William Nylander (3) Oliver Ekman-Larsson (5), Brandon Carlo (1) · wrist 1–1
- 06:12 Jiri Kulich (3) Zach Benson (7), Tage Thompson (4) · snap 1–2
- 12:45 Auston Matthews (5) PP John Tavares (6), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (6) · slap 2–2
2nd period
- 07:20 Tage Thompson (2) Bowen Byram (3), Jiri Kulich (1) · wrist 2–3
- 13:10 Mattias Samuelsson (2) Rasmus Dahlin (6), Peyton Krebs (3) · slap 2–4
3rd period
- 01:55 Dakota Joshua (1) Easton Cowan (2), Nicolas Roy (2) · wrist 3–4
- 16:59 Alex Tuch (3) SH Owen Power (2) · backhand 3–5
Three stars
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Mattias Samuelsson BUF · D #23 · 2 G, 0 A -
Alex Tuch BUF · R #89 · 1 G, 1 A -
Alex Lyon BUF · G #34 · 0 GA, .912 SV%
Boxscore
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Oliver Ekman-Larsson #95 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25:50 |
 Auston Matthews #34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23:48 |
 Dakota Joshua #81 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12:36 |
 William Nylander #88 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:39 |
 John Tavares #91 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19:16 |
 Nicolas Roy #55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15:11 |
 Easton Cowan #53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11:05 |
 Brandon Carlo #25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:31 |
 Bobby McMann #74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:09 |
 Calle Jarnkrok #19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:16 |
 Max Domi #11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:16 |
 Steven Lorentz #18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:49 |
 Matias Maccelli #63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 |
 Matthew Knies #23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:03 |
 Dakota Mermis #36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:12 |
 Jake McCabe #22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:32 |
 Philippe Myers #51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:05 |
 Simon Benoit #2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Anthony Stolarz #41 | L | 30 | 5 | .833 | 57:09 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattias Samuelsson #23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23:38 |
 Jiri Kulich #20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16:50 |
 Tage Thompson #72 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19:06 |
| Alex Tuch #89 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19:34 |
 Peyton Krebs #19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:43 |
 Ryan McLeod #71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:03 |
 Zach Benson #6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20:25 |
 Bowen Byram #4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:25 |
 Owen Power #25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:02 |
 Rasmus Dahlin #26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:28 |
 Noah Ostlund #86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
 Tyson Kozak #48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:49 |
 Beck Malenstyn #29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:14 |
 Jason Zucker #17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:47 |
 Jack Quinn #22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:55 |
 Josh Doan #91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:57 |
 Conor Timmins #21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:37 |
 Zach Metsa #73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon #34 | W | 34 | 3 | .912 | 60:00 |
SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.