Game

Sabres at Maple Leafs

Sabres 7, Maple Leafs 4 · first star Rasmus Dahlin (3 G, 2 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Buffalo Sabres 7 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Sabres BUF

7 FINAL 4

Maple Leafs TOR

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	3	1	3	7	31
Maple Leafs	2	1	1	4	23

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sabres attack left, Maple Leafs attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: BUF 31, TOR 23.

BUF in red TOR in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 31 shots on goal (7 goals, 15 missed, 13 blocked) attacking left; Maple Leafs 23 shots on goal (4 goals, 10 missed, 20 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT	TOR SOG	TOR G	TOR ATT
1st	10	3	18	6	2	14
2nd	16	1	26	7	1	16
3rd	5	3	15	10	1	23
Total	31	7	59	23	4	53

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BUF SOG	BUF G	TOR SOG	TOR G
Even strength	29	6	23	4
Power play	2	1	0	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 52.7% of the shot attempts, and 51.5% of the 103 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 Maple Leafs and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sabres hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sabres at Maple Leafs
Period	TOR CF%	TOR FF%
1st	43.8	33.3
2nd	38.1	34.5
3rd	60.5	55.2
Game	47.3	41.8

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

07:44 Matthew Knies (13) John Tavares (26), Matias Maccelli (14) · wrist 0–1
09:29 Rasmus Dahlin (9) Ryan McLeod (24), Mattias Samuelsson (21) · wrist 1–1
10:49 Auston Matthews (26) Max Domi (19), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (24) · backhand 1–2
13:16 Josh Doan (16) PP Rasmus Dahlin (30) · wrist 2–2
18:05 Tage Thompson (28) Unassisted · wrist 3–2

2nd period

11:17 Bobby McMann (17) Auston Matthews (18), Max Domi (20) · wrist 3–3
18:17 Rasmus Dahlin (10) Mattias Samuelsson (22), Peyton Krebs (16) · tip-in 4–3

3rd period

00:16 Alex Tuch (19) Tage Thompson (27), Mattias Samuelsson (23) · wrist 5–3
11:33 Jack Quinn (12) Rasmus Dahlin (31) · wrist 6–3
14:59 Max Domi (8) Auston Matthews (19), Bobby McMann (12) · wrist 6–4
19:16 Rasmus Dahlin (11) EN Unassisted · wrist 7–4

Three stars

Rasmus Dahlin BUF · D #26 · 3 G, 2 A
Alex Tuch BUF · R #89 · 1 G, 0 A
Mattias Samuelsson BUF · D #23 · 0 G, 3 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	12:27	TOR	Steven Lorentz	cross checking	2	Noah Ostlund
3rd	06:53	TOR	Brandon Carlo	tripping	2	Zach Benson

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	FO%	TOI
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	3	2	5	+2	7	0	1	0.0	26:24
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	3	3	+2	0	4	2	0.0	21:41
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	1	2	+1	2	1	3	14.3	18:57
Alex Tuch #89	R	1	0	1	+2	2	1	1	0.0	15:44
Jack Quinn #22	R	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	14:21
Josh Doan #91	R	1	0	1	0	5	0	2	0.0	17:19
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	30.0	11:47
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	64.3	13:36
Konsta Helenius #94	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	50.0	16:12
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14.3	18:33
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	+1	0	6	0	0.0	11:20
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0.0	11:54
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	25.0	15:55
Zach Benson #6	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0	17:02
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	22:48
Michael Kesselring #8	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0.0	15:08
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0.0	23:02
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	08:17

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	—	5	3	2	.600	3/5	0/0	12:14
Colten Ellis #92	W	18	16	2	.889	16/18	0/0	47:46

Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Auston Matthews #34	C	1	2	3	0	3	1	1	0	82.4	19:36
Max Domi #11	C	1	2	3	+1	3	1	0	0	100.0	15:55
Bobby McMann #74	C	1	1	2	-1	4	2	0	0	0.0	17:40
Matthew Knies #23	L	1	0	1	-1	2	3	0	0	0.0	17:44
John Tavares #91	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0	45.5	19:58
Matias Maccelli #63	L	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	0	0.0	15:36
Oliver Ekman-Larsson #95	D	0	1	1	-3	1	0	1	0	0.0	21:43
Calle Jarnkrok #19	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	100.0	11:59
Nicolas Roy #55	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	83.3	09:44
Scott Laughton #24	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	61.5	15:05
Steven Lorentz #18	C	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	0.0	13:04
Nick Robertson #89	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	13:17
Easton Cowan #53	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	11:14
Brandon Carlo #25	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	0.0	17:15
Jake McCabe #22	D	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0.0	21:54
Morgan Rielly #44	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	20:52
Simon Benoit #2	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	0.0	16:40
Troy Stecher #28	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	19:47

Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Joseph Woll #60	L	30	24	6	.800	23/28	1/2	58:08

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.