Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

Tue, Jan 27, 2026 · Scotiabank Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

7 – 4

Final

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7–4 on Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at Scotiabank Arena. Rasmus Dahlin scored a hat trick. Colten Ellis made 16 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	3	1	3	7	31
TOR	2	1	1	4	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:44	TOR	EV	Matthew Knies (13) · wrist	John Tavares (26), Matias Maccelli (14)	0–1
1st	09:29	BUF	EV	Rasmus Dahlin (9) · wrist	Ryan McLeod (24), Mattias Samuelsson (21)	1–1
1st	10:49	TOR	EV	Auston Matthews (26) · backhand	Max Domi (19), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (24)	1–2
1st	13:16	BUF	PP	Josh Doan (16) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (30)	2–2
1st	18:05	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (28) · wrist	Unassisted	3–2
2nd	11:17	TOR	EV	Bobby McMann (17) · wrist	Auston Matthews (18), Max Domi (20)	3–3
2nd	18:17	BUF	EV	Rasmus Dahlin (10) · tip-in	Mattias Samuelsson (22), Peyton Krebs (16)	4–3
3rd	00:16	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (19) · wrist	Tage Thompson (27), Mattias Samuelsson (23)	5–3
3rd	11:33	BUF	EV	Jack Quinn (12) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (31)	6–3
3rd	14:59	TOR	EV	Max Domi (8) · wrist	Auston Matthews (19), Bobby McMann (12)	6–4
3rd	19:16	BUF	SH EN	Rasmus Dahlin (11) · wrist	Unassisted	7–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:27	TOR	Steven Lorentz	cross checking	2
3rd	06:53	TOR	Brandon Carlo	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 3.20 · TOR 2.82 · xG% BUF 53.1

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	3	2	5	+2	7	0	1		26:24	28
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	3	3	+2	0	4	2		21:41	27
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	+1	2	1	3	14.3	18:57	23
91	Josh Doan	R	1	0	1	0	5	0	2		17:19	18
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+2	2	1	1		15:44	21
22	Jack Quinn	R	1	0	1	0	2	0	0		14:21	19
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	64.3	13:36	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	30.0	11:47	19
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1		23:02	28
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		22:48	24
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14.3	18:33	19
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1		17:02	21
94	Konsta Helenius	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	50.0	16:12	17
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	25.0	15:55	20
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2		15:08	17
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3		11:54	18
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	+1	0	6	0		11:20	18
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		8:17	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
92	Colten Ellis	W	18	16	2	.889	47:46
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen		5	3	2	.600	12:14

Toronto Maple Leafs

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
34	Auston Matthews	C	1	2	3	0	0	3	1	1	82.4	19:36	23
11	Max Domi	C	1	2	3	+1	0	3	1	0	100.0	15:55	21
74	Bobby McMann	C	1	1	2	-1	0	4	2	0		17:40	21
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	0	1	1	-3	0	1	0	1		21:43	31
91	John Tavares	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	1	45.5	19:58	22
23	Matthew Knies	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	3	0		17:44	21
63	Matias Maccelli	L	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0		15:36	21
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1		21:54	32
44	Morgan Rielly	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		20:52	29
28	Troy Stecher	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		19:47	27
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	2		17:15	28
2	Simon Benoit	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1		16:40	23
24	Scott Laughton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	61.5	15:05	20
89	Nick Robertson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		13:17	14
18	Steven Lorentz	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0		13:04	16
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	100.0	11:59	18
53	Easton Cowan	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		11:14	13
55	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	83.3	9:44	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
60	Joseph Woll	L	30	24	6	.800	58:08