NHL · Friday 16 October · Scotiabank Arena
Toronto Maple Leafs – Buffalo Sabres 4:5 (after overtime): NHL, 16/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs – Buffalo Sabres 4:5 (16 October). Buffalo Sabres won after overtime. Venue: Scotiabank Arena.
By period: 2:1, 2:1, 0:2, 0:1. Toronto Maple Leafs led after the first period (2:1), but their opponents came back to win.
Goals: A. Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs); J. Quinn (Buffalo Sabres) ×2; K. Marchenko (Toronto Maple Leafs) ×3; D. Gilbert (Buffalo Sabres); M. Samuelsson (Buffalo Sabres); O. Power (Buffalo Sabres).
Table now: Toronto Maple Leafs — 11th, 18 points from 19 matches; Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches.
Latvians in this match
Latvian players in this match and their contribution
The data source carries no player nationality, so for club matches we use the desk's list of Latvian players; for national-team matches, every Latvia player.
- 🇱🇻 Elvis MerzlikinsToronto Maple Leafsseason: 0+0=0
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 02'
🏒 A. Matthews1:0
assist: J. Roslovic
- 03'
- 12'pen.
Hooking
- 13'
🏒 K. Marchenko2:1
assist: J. Tavares, D. Raddysh · Power-play
- 18'pen.
High sticking
- 18'pen.
Roughing
- 18'pen.
Roughing
2nd period
- 02'
🏒 J. Quinn2:2
assist: N. Ostlund, M. Samuelsson
- 11'
🏒 K. Marchenko3:2
assist: J. Tavares
- 14'pen.
Holding
- 15'pen.
Fighting
- 15'pen.
Fighting
- 16'
🏒 K. Marchenko4:2
assist: C. Sissons, E. Cowan
- 18'pen.
Hooking
- 18'pen.
Interference
3rd period
- 10'
🏒 D. Gilbert4:3
- 12'
🏒 M. Samuelsson4:4
assist: T. Thompson
Overtime
- 03'
🏒 O. Power4:5
assist: J. Quinn, N. Ostlund
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 14
- 23
- 32
- 42
- 52
- 62
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Marchenko | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Tavares | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Matthews | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Sissons | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Raddysh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Cowan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Roslovic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Rielly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| O. Ekman-Larsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Stecher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Quinn | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| M. Samuelsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Ostlund | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| D. Gilbert | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| O. Power | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Thompson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Metsa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Carrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Toronto Maple Leafs
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Bobrovsky | 35 | 30 | 5 | 85.7% |
Buffalo Sabres
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen(W) | 30 | 26 | 4 | 86.7% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 30Shots on goal35
- 30Saves26
- 85%Save %86%
- 32Faceoffs won25
- 11Penalty minutes13
- 4Penalties5
- 1Power-play goals0
- 20%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %80%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | LWLLL | |
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | WWLWL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away