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Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

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

Alex Tuch nets SO winner for Sabres

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

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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 Buffalo Sabres Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tanner Pearson, LW Day-To-Day Mar 22
Jiri Kulich, C Injured Reserve Mar 6
Jordan Greenway, LW Injured Reserve Feb 25
Justin Danforth, RW Injured Reserve Jan 26
Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Morgan Rielly, D Day-To-Day Mar 22
Auston Matthews, C Out Mar 19
Chris Tanev, D Injured Reserve Mar 4

Game Information

KeyBank Center

Location: Buffalo, NY
Attendance: 19,070 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Buffalo 44 20 95 7
Tampa Bay 43 21 91 5
Montreal 38 21 86 10
Boston 39 23 86 8
Detroit 38 24 84 8
Ottawa 37 24 83 9
Florida 34 32 71 3
Toronto 29 29 71 13
Full Standings