Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

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Toronto Maple Leafs

28-27-12

Final
2 - 3

Buffalo Sabres

41-20-6

Jack Quinn scores in regulation and shootout in the Sabres' 3-2 win over the Maple Leafs

Buffalo was coming off a 2-1 home loss to Washington on Thursday night that ended an eight-game winning streak. The Atlantic Division-leading Sabres stretched their advantage over second-place Tampa Bay to four points and remained two points behind Carolina in the Eastern Conference.

Toronto played its first game since captain Auston Matthews’ season-ending knee injury. Matthews tore the medial collateral ligament in his left knee Thursday night at home in a 6-4 victory over Anaheim on a knee-on-knee hit from Radko Gudas. Gudas was given a major penalty and ejected, then suspended five games for kneeing.

Defenseman Owen Power also scored for Buffalo, and Alex Lyon stopped 16 shots.

Max Domi scored for Toronto in his 800th NHL game. Dakota Joshua also scored, and Joseph Woll made 30 saves.

The Maple Leafs lost their first eight after the Olympic break before beating the Ducks.

Quinn tied it at 2 on a power play with 8:39 left in the second. He beat Woll with a wrist shot from the left side off a nifty pass from Noah Ostlund.

Power opened the scoring at 2:01 of the first with a wrist shot from the high slot off Zach Benson's feed from behind the goal. Joshua tied it at 7:09 of the period with a snap shot from the middle, and Domi put Toronto ahead at 53 seconds of second on a break with William Nylander.

Up next Maple Leafs: At Minnesota on Sunday night.

Sabres: At Vegas on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

BUF wins series 3-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 2:01	Owen Power Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Zach Benson (22), Sam Carrick (7)
Goal	1st Period 6:09	Dakota Joshua Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Nicholas Robertson (15)
Goal	2nd Period 0:53	Max Domi Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: William Nylander (40), Matthew Knies (39)
Goal	2nd Period 11:21	Jack Quinn Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Ostlund (15), Ryan McLeod (37)
Goal	5 0:00	Jack Quinn Goal Wrist Shot
Goal	5 0:00	Alex Tuch Goal Wrist Shot

Statistics

TOR		BUF
22	Blocked Shots	9
35	Hits	21
6	Takeaways	5
18	Shots	33
0	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	4
0.0	Power Play Percentage	25.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
27	Faceoffs Won	24
52.9	Faceoff Win Percent	47.1
22	Giveaways	15
8	Total Penalties	6
19	Penalty Minutes	15

Buffalo Sabres Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Tanner Pearson, LW	Day-To-Day	Mar 15
Mattias Samuelsson, D	Day-To-Day	Mar 15
Colten Ellis, G	Day-To-Day	Mar 15
Tyson Kozak, C	Day-To-Day	Mar 15
Jiri Kulich, C	Injured Reserve	Mar 6