The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 to 3, in overtime on December 4, 2018.
Final
2nd period
TOR
BUF
Auston Matthews (EV) assisted by Ron Hainsey
1
0
Sam Reinhart (EV) assisted by Nathan Beaulieu and Rasmus Ristolainen
1
1
Jake Gardiner (EV) assisted by John Tavares and Mitch Marner
2
1
3rd period
TOR
BUF
Jack Eichel (EV) assisted by Jeff Skinner and Rasmus Ristolainen
2
2
Jack Eichel (EV) assisted by Sam Reinhart
2
3
Patrick Marleau (EV) assisted by Auston Matthews and Morgan Rielly
3
3
OT
TOR
BUF
Auston Matthews (EV) assisted by Kasperi Kapanen and Jake Gardiner
4
3
Maple Leafs
Sabres
Goals
4
3
Shots
30
41
Penalty Minutes
4
4
Power-Play Goals
0
0
Power-Play Opportunities
2
2
Faceoff Wins
37
29
Hits
11
14
Giveaways
11
10
Takeaways
0
2
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F. Andersen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 38 | .927 | 3 | 2.77 | 0 | 65 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:11 | |
T. Dermott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 | |
T. Ennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:49 | |
J. Gardiner | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:48 | |
F. Gauthier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:23 | |
R. Hainsey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:31 | |
Z. Hyman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:23 | |
A. Johnsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:38 | |
N. Kadri | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:57 |
K. Kapanen | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:07 | |
P. Lindholm | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:52 | |
P. Marleau | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:20 | |
M. Marner | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:20 | |
A. Matthews | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 40.0 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:22 |
I. Ozhiganov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13:48 | |
M. Rielly | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:50 | |
J. Tavares | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:00 |
N. Zaitsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:22 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Ullmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 26 | .867 | 4 | 3.70 | 0 | 65 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Beaulieu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 | ||
P. Berglund | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:27 |
Z. Bogosian | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26:34 | |
R. Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 29:15 | |
J. Eichel | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | 4 | 16 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:49 |
Z. Girgensons | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:27 | ||
J. Larsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:20 |
C. Mittelstadt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
C. Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:39 | ||
K. Okposo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:07 |
L. Pilut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:49 | |
S. Reinhart | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:35 | |
R. Ristolainen | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27:00 | |
E. Rodrigues | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:57 |
C. Sheary | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15:33 | |
J. Skinner | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:32 |
V. Sobotka | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:55 |
T. Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 |
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G/GP
3.17
12th
GA/GP
3.40
29th
PP%
16.8
27th
PK%
77.1
19th
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