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Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

NHLOctober 25, 2025Scotiabank Arena

SabresBuffaloBUF4-4-1

Sabres 3, Maple Leafs 4

Final/OT
Maple LeafsTorontoTORWon4-4-1
Score by period
Team123OTT
BUF11103
TOR11114

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
  3. 0:06Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  4. 0:12Beck Malenstyn hit Simon Benoit
  5. 0:16Icing
  6. 0:16Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  7. 0:32Dakota Joshua hit Mattias Samuelsson
  8. 0:40Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  9. 0:48Tage Thompson shot blocked by Jake McCabe
  10. 0:50Tage Thompson shot blocked by Jake McCabe
  11. 0:51Puck in Netting
  12. 0:51Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  13. 0:56Alex Tuch Wrap-around Wide Right
  14. 0:59Nicholas Robertson hit Conor Timmins
  15. 1:10Icing
  16. 1:10Auston Matthews faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  17. 1:28Bobby McMann hit Bowen Byram
  18. 2:32Josh Dunne Interference against Matthew Knies
  19. 2:32John Tavares faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  20. 2:38John Tavares Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  21. 2:45Morgan Rielly Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  22. 2:52Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  23. 2:54Puck in Benches
  24. 2:54Auston Matthews faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  25. 4:03Max Domi Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  26. 4:04Nicolas Roy Deflected Wide Left
  27. 4:37Giveaway by Steven Lorentz
  28. 4:53Jiri Kulich hit Jake McCabe
  29. 5:43Simon Benoit shot blocked by Jack Quinn
  30. 5:49Auston Matthews Tip-In Wide Right
  31. 5:57Simon Benoit hit Jason Zucker
  32. 6:26Matias Maccelli Snap Shot Wide Right
  33. 6:42Oliver Ekman-Larsson hit Alex Tuch
  34. 6:45Conor Timmins Wrist Shot Wide Right
  35. 6:48Puck in Netting
  36. 6:48Max Domi faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  37. 7:02Tage Thompson shot blocked by Max Domi
  38. 7:05Jake McCabe High-sticking against Jiri Kulich
  39. 7:05Auston Matthews faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  40. 7:26Auston Matthews Wrist Shot Wide Right
  41. 8:18Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  42. 8:50Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  43. 8:53Giveaway by Simon Benoit
  44. 8:58Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  45. 9:15Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  46. 9:18Goalie Stopped
  47. 9:18Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  48. 9:53Beck Malenstyn hit Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  49. 10:08Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  50. 10:09Oliver Ekman-Larsson Cross-checking against Peyton Krebs
  51. 10:09TV Timeout
  52. 10:09Auston Matthews faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  53. 10:17Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  54. 10:19Goalie Stopped
  55. 10:19Tage Thompson faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  56. 10:25Jason Zucker Snap Shot Off Crossbar
  57. 10:30Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  58. 10:45Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Auston Matthews
  59. 11:16Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Nicolas Roy
  60. 11:22Tage Thompson shot blocked by Philippe Myers
  61. 11:56Jason Zucker Wrap-around saved by Cayden Primeau
  62. 11:57Tage Thompson Poke saved by Cayden Primeau
  63. 11:58Goalie Stopped
  64. 11:58Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  65. 12:04Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Left
  66. 12:30Owen Power shot blocked by Jake McCabe
  67. 12:32Puck Frozen - Goalie
  68. 12:32John Tavares faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  69. 12:40Oliver Ekman-Larsson hit Peyton Krebs
  70. 12:57John Tavares Tip-In Hit Right Post
  71. 13:40Tage Thompson Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Jiri Kulich (2), Mattias Samuelsson (3)
  72. 13:40Auston Matthews faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  73. 13:44Josh Doan hit Brandon Carlo
  74. 13:52Bobby McMann Slap Shot Wide Left
  75. 14:00Auston Matthews shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  76. 14:18Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  77. 14:18Jake McCabe hit Bowen Byram
  78. 14:22Alex Tuch Instigator against Jake McCabe served by Jiri Kulich
  79. 14:22Jake McCabe Fighting against Alex Tuch
  80. 14:22Alex Tuch Fighting against Jake McCabe
  81. 14:22Alex Tuch Instigator - Misconduct
  82. 14:22TV Timeout
  83. 14:22Video Review
  84. 14:22John Tavares faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  85. 14:37Matthew Knies Deflected saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  86. 14:52Auston Matthews shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  87. 15:15Takeaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  88. 16:34Oliver Ekman-Larsson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  89. 16:42Bobby McMann shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  90. 16:48Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  91. 16:49Jiri Kulich shot blocked by Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  92. 16:51Oliver Ekman-Larsson hit Jiri Kulich
  93. 17:13Tage Thompson shot blocked by Brandon Carlo
  94. 17:37Off-side
  95. 17:37John Tavares faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  96. 18:04John Tavares shot blocked by Owen Power
  97. 18:11Oliver Ekman-Larsson hit Jack Quinn
  98. 18:33Nicholas Robertson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Easton Cowan (3), Auston Matthews (3)
  99. 18:33Tage Thompson faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  100. 18:45Giveaway by Morgan Rielly
  101. 19:11Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  102. 19:24Off-side
  103. 19:24Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  104. 19:35Brandon Carlo shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  105. 19:35Beck Malenstyn hit Brandon Carlo
  106. 19:37Dakota Joshua shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  107. 19:39Puck in Netting
  108. 19:39Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Max Domi
  109. 19:45Giveaway by Owen Power
  110. 19:50Off-side
  111. 19:50Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  112. 19:54Jake McCabe Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  113. 19:54Conor Timmins hit Jake McCabe
  114. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  3. 0:08Dakota Joshua hit Conor Timmins
  4. 0:21Beck Malenstyn Tip-In saved by Cayden Primeau
  5. 0:26Josh Dunne hit Dakota Joshua
  6. 1:23Mattias Samuelsson hit Bobby McMann
  7. 1:30Nicholas Robertson Tip-In Wide Right
  8. 1:59Matias Maccelli Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: John Tavares (7), Matthew Knies (7)
  9. 1:59Max Domi faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  10. 2:26Simon Benoit shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  11. 2:36Puck in Penalty Benches
  12. 2:36Auston Matthews faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  13. 2:57Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  14. 2:58Jiri Kulich shot blocked by Auston Matthews
  15. 3:08Owen Power shot blocked by Jiri Kulich
  16. 3:32Bobby McMann Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  17. 3:33Goalie Stopped
  18. 3:33Matias Maccelli faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  19. 3:39John Tavares hit Rasmus Dahlin
  20. 3:41Mattias Samuelsson hit John Tavares
  21. 3:49Morgan Rielly shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  22. 3:50John Tavares Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  23. 3:51John Tavares Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  24. 3:58Beck Malenstyn hit Morgan Rielly
  25. 4:07Peyton Krebs hit Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  26. 4:21Mattias Samuelsson Cross-checking against John Tavares
  27. 4:21John Tavares faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  28. 4:59Puck in Netting
  29. 4:59Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Nicholas Robertson
  30. 5:55Matias Maccelli shot blocked by Zach Benson
  31. 5:56Puck in Netting
  32. 5:56John Tavares faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  33. 6:00Morgan Rielly Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  34. 6:17John Tavares Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  35. 6:31Giveaway by Auston Matthews
  36. 6:55Takeaway by Jiri Kulich
  37. 6:59On-Ice Official
  38. 6:59Calle Jarnkrok faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  39. 7:03Beck Malenstyn hit Jake McCabe
  40. 7:17Icing
  41. 7:17Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Max Domi
  42. 7:21Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  43. 7:25Puck Frozen - Goalie
  44. 7:25Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  45. 8:08Nicolas Roy Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  46. 8:21Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  47. 8:23Jack Quinn hit Simon Benoit
  48. 8:52Auston Matthews Tip-In Wide Left
  49. 9:10Giveaway by Bobby McMann
  50. 9:16Noah Ostlund Slap Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  51. 9:22Bowen Byram shot blocked by Philippe Myers
  52. 9:42Matias Maccelli Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  53. 9:58Icing
  54. 9:58Jiri Kulich faceoff won against John Tavares
  55. 10:25Giveaway by Morgan Rielly
  56. 10:54Philippe Myers Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  57. 11:03Philippe Myers hit Josh Doan
  58. 11:11Steven Lorentz Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  59. 11:15Takeaway by Nicolas Roy
  60. 11:21Easton Cowan Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  61. 11:28Icing
  62. 11:28Auston Matthews faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  63. 11:58Giveaway by Josh Doan
  64. 12:14Dakota Joshua hit Zach Metsa
  65. 12:20Jake McCabe hit Beck Malenstyn
  66. 12:35Josh Dunne Wrap-around saved by Cayden Primeau
  67. 12:54Off-side
  68. 12:54Jiri Kulich faceoff won against John Tavares
  69. 13:28Jiri Kulich shot blocked by Jake McCabe
  70. 13:46Mattias Samuelsson hit John Tavares
  71. 14:01Simon Benoit Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  72. 14:23Bowen Byram Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Conor Timmins (2), Ryan McLeod (4)
  73. 14:23Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Max Domi
  74. 14:35Icing
  75. 14:35Max Domi faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  76. 14:46Noah Ostlund Tip-In saved by Cayden Primeau
  77. 14:50Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Left
  78. 14:57Conor Timmins shot blocked by Calle Jarnkrok
  79. 15:06Jack Quinn shot blocked by Steven Lorentz
  80. 15:18Off-side
  81. 15:18Auston Matthews faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  82. 15:34Takeaway by Auston Matthews
  83. 15:34Auston Matthews hit Zach Benson
  84. 15:45Takeaway by Zach Benson
  85. 16:24Nicolas Roy shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  86. 16:25Puck in Netting
  87. 16:25Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dakota Joshua
  88. 16:45Simon Benoit hit Josh Doan
  89. 17:12Oliver Ekman-Larsson Interference against Josh Doan
  90. 17:12Auston Matthews faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  91. 17:34Auston Matthews Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  92. 17:37Goalie Stopped
  93. 17:37Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  94. 18:27Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  95. 19:04Tage Thompson Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  96. 19:40Hand Pass
  97. 19:40Peyton Krebs faceoff won against John Tavares
  98. 19:54Icing
  99. 19:54Peyton Krebs faceoff won against John Tavares
  100. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  3. 0:11Puck in Benches
  4. 0:11Auston Matthews faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  5. 0:36Jake McCabe Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  6. 0:37Goalie Stopped
  7. 0:37John Tavares faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  8. 0:39Oliver Ekman-Larsson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  9. 1:17Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  10. 1:29Matthew Knies hit Zach Metsa
  11. 1:53Brandon Carlo shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  12. 2:23Takeaway by Conor Timmins
  13. 2:25Simon Benoit Slap Shot Wide Left
  14. 2:58Josh Dunne hit Easton Cowan
  15. 2:59Beck Malenstyn hit Philippe Myers
  16. 3:07Auston Matthews Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  17. 3:09Goalie Stopped
  18. 3:09Bobby McMann faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  19. 3:12Morgan Rielly shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  20. 3:34Jiri Kulich hit Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  21. 4:27Owen Power shot blocked by Matias Maccelli
  22. 4:34Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  23. 4:36Goalie Stopped
  24. 4:36Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  25. 4:39Max Domi Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  26. 4:58Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  27. 5:06Steven Lorentz hit Mattias Samuelsson
  28. 5:31Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  29. 5:32Peyton Krebs hit Easton Cowan
  30. 5:45Conor Timmins Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  31. 6:21Conor Timmins shot blocked by Nicolas Roy
  32. 6:25Simon Benoit Tripping against Josh Dunne
  33. 6:25TV Timeout
  34. 6:25Auston Matthews faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  35. 7:03Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Jake McCabe
  36. 7:06Tage Thompson Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Jason Zucker (2), Rasmus Dahlin (7)
  37. 7:06Ryan McLeod faceoff won against John Tavares
  38. 7:54John Tavares Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  39. 7:56Goalie Stopped
  40. 7:56Auston Matthews faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  41. 8:07Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  42. 8:30Oliver Ekman-Larsson hit Mattias Samuelsson
  43. 9:21Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  44. 9:57Giveaway by Conor Timmins
  45. 10:07Icing
  46. 10:07Auston Matthews faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  47. 10:21Alex Tuch Poke saved by Cayden Primeau
  48. 10:22Goalie Stopped
  49. 10:22Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  50. 11:21Simon Benoit shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  51. 11:26Jack Quinn hit John Tavares
  52. 12:21Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  53. 12:28Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  54. 12:42Nicolas Roy hit Bowen Byram
  55. 13:10Dakota Joshua Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Jake McCabe (2), Brandon Carlo (2)
  56. 13:10Auston Matthews faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  57. 13:15Giveaway by Brandon Carlo
  58. 13:29Giveaway by Jiri Kulich
  59. 14:07Takeaway by Bowen Byram
  60. 14:31Puck Frozen - Goalie
  61. 14:31John Tavares faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  62. 14:38Matthew Knies shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  63. 15:17Beck Malenstyn Backhand saved by Cayden Primeau
  64. 15:18Josh Dunne Backhand Wide Left
  65. 15:28Peyton Krebs hit Nicholas Robertson
  66. 15:36Nicholas Robertson hit Beck Malenstyn
  67. 15:37Off-side
  68. 15:37Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  69. 16:00Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  70. 16:06Jake McCabe hit Jiri Kulich
  71. 16:11Dakota Joshua hit Tage Thompson
  72. 16:52Easton Cowan hit Rasmus Dahlin
  73. 17:06Off-side
  74. 17:06John Tavares faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  75. 17:23Off-side
  76. 17:23Josh Dunne faceoff won against John Tavares
  77. 17:59Conor Timmins shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  78. 18:31Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  79. 19:00Giveaway by Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  80. 19:04Giveaway by Simon Benoit
  81. 19:10Dakota Joshua hit Josh Doan
  82. 20:00End of 3rd Period

OT

  1. 0:00Start of Overtime
  2. 0:00Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  3. 0:17Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Nicolas Roy
  4. 0:38Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Cayden Primeau
  5. 1:21Giveaway by Owen Power
  6. 1:28John Tavares Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Knies (8)
  7. 1:28End of OT
  8. 1:28Game End

1st

  1. 13:40BUF 1, TOR 0Tage Thompson Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Jiri Kulich (2), Mattias Samuelsson (3)
  2. 18:33BUF 1, TOR 1Nicholas Robertson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Easton Cowan (3), Auston Matthews (3)

2nd

  1. 1:59BUF 1, TOR 2Matias Maccelli Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: John Tavares (7), Matthew Knies (7)
  2. 14:23BUF 2, TOR 2Bowen Byram Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Conor Timmins (2), Ryan McLeod (4)

3rd

  1. 7:06BUF 3, TOR 2Tage Thompson Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Jason Zucker (2), Rasmus Dahlin (7)
  2. 13:10BUF 3, TOR 3Dakota Joshua Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Jake McCabe (2), Brandon Carlo (2)

OT

  1. 1:28BUF 3, TOR 4John Tavares Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Knies (8)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

Maple LeafsToronto

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Tage Thompson C200000018:35100.0502001024413:584:290:08
Alex Tuch RW0000001713:340.011013111939:572:101:27
Beck Malenstyn LW000061014:190.0200000022012:140:002:05
Jack Quinn RW00-2021015:190.0300002020310:592:142:06
Jason Zucker LW010000014:540.0150101020410:234:310:00
Jiri Kulich C011020015:2426.71114100122313:201:570:07
Josh Doan RW00-2010015:080.0000100021310:544:140:00
Josh Dunne C000020212:14100.0101011019112:140:000:00
Noah Ostlund C00000208:3920.024100001308:390:000:00
Peyton Krebs C00-1032015:0446.2276100026014:530:000:11
Ryan McLeod C01-2000017:4733.30105200025313:370:113:59
Zach Benson LW001001019:500.0100000126013:214:351:54
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D10-1002018:2120030010.025114:172:191:45
Conor Timmins D010013021:4800010210.027018:330:003:15
Mattias Samuelsson D01-1032222:4310001000.027220:270:012:15
Owen Power D00-1001023:5520020000.029118:312:282:56
Rasmus Dahlin D01-1000023:4220020110.028017:344:161:52
Zach Metsa D00100007:0800000000.0807:080:000:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G23419.82661:2800144100

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