Game Recap
The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on October 24, 2025. Despite the result, the Toronto Maple Leafs held the edge in expected goals (6.11 to 5.14) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Toronto Maple Leafs created 12 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5. Mattias Samuelsson scored 2 goals. Beck Malenstyn was the most dangerous skater with 1.08 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Toronto Maple Leafs outshot the Buffalo Sabres 34-30 in total shots on goal.
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- Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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TOR3 - 5BUF
Oct 24, 2025 · Regular Season
Overview
| Period | Corsi | Fenwick | Shots | SC | HDSC | xG | Goals | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | A | % | F | A | % | F | A | % | F | A | % | F | A | % | F | A | % | F | A | % | ||
| BUF | P1 | 25 | 18 | 58.1 | 16 | 12 | 57.1 | 12 | 9 | 57.1 | 17 | 13 | 56.7 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 2.55 | 2.84 | 47.3 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
| P2 | 18 | 23 | 43.9 | 15 | 15 | 50.0 | 9 | 11 | 45.0 | 11 | 15 | 42.3 | 2 | 7 | 22.2 | 2.12 | 2.68 | 44.2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | |
| P3 | 16 | 27 | 37.2 | 14 | 18 | 43.8 | 9 | 14 | 39.1 | 11 | 19 | 36.7 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 2.36 | 4.15 | 36.3 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | |
| Total | 59 | 68 | 46.5 | 45 | 45 | 50.0 | 30 | 34 | 46.9 | 39 | 47 | 45.3 | 8 | 18 | 30.8 | 7.03 | 9.66 | 42.1 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | |
| TOR | P1 | 18 | 25 | 41.9 | 12 | 16 | 42.9 | 9 | 12 | 42.9 | 13 | 17 | 43.3 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 2.84 | 2.55 | 52.7 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
| P2 | 23 | 18 | 56.1 | 15 | 15 | 50.0 | 11 | 9 | 55.0 | 15 | 11 | 57.7 | 7 | 2 | 77.8 | 2.68 | 2.12 | 55.8 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| P3 | 27 | 16 | 62.8 | 18 | 14 | 56.3 | 14 | 9 | 60.9 | 19 | 11 | 63.3 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 4.15 | 2.36 | 63.7 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | |
| Total | 68 | 59 | 53.5 | 45 | 45 | 50.0 | 34 | 30 | 53.1 | 47 | 39 | 54.7 | 18 | 8 | 69.2 | 9.66 | 7.03 | 57.9 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | |
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Player Matchup Grid
This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BUF) performed against every skater on the away team (TOR) when they were on the ice at the same time.
- Rows = BUF players, Columns = TOR players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
- Green = the BUF player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
- Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
- Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.
| BUF ↓ / TOR → | Matthews | Tavares | McMann | Roy | Domi | Joshua | Lorentz | Jarnkrok | Knies | Maccelli | Nylander | Cowan | Ekman-Larsson | Carlo | McCabe | Benoit | Myers | Mermis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLeod | 26 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 38 | 46 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 63 | 25 | 60 | 33 | 62 | 47 | 42 | 78 | 64 |
| Thompson | 64 | 15 | 53 | 56 | 33 | 22 | 40 | 50 | 29 | 22 | 67 | 40 | 35 | 64 | 77 | 45 | 53 | 40 |
| Kulich | 59 | 18 | 53 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 33 | 50 | 33 | 22 | 64 | 33 | 32 | 56 | 40 | 38 | 57 | 40 |
| Krebs | 31 | 9 | 38 | 75 | 33 | 50 | 20 | 67 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 63 | 31 | 50 | 42 | 17 | 38 | 42 |
| Ostlund | 40 | 73 | 50 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 73 | 40 | 25 | 18 | 40 | 71 | 63 | 22 | 57 |
| Kozak | 50 | 0 | 50 | 100 | — | 100 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 50 | 100 | 33 | 33 | — | — | 50 | 50 |
| Benson | 65 | 46 | 59 | 50 | 44 | 29 | 56 | 57 | 54 | 44 | 71 | 38 | 50 | 65 | 69 | 50 | 63 | 50 |
| Zucker | 75 | 75 | 75 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 71 | 75 | 50 | 25 | 18 | 64 | 73 | 67 | 33 | 75 |
| Malenstyn | 36 | 27 | 40 | 75 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 60 | 31 | 0 | 42 | 67 | 42 | 46 | 33 | 0 | 38 | 42 |
| Tuch | 32 | 36 | 50 | 69 | 30 | 57 | 50 | 67 | 30 | 56 | 14 | 64 | 29 | 72 | 63 | 50 | 73 | 67 |
| Quinn | 67 | 82 | 71 | 33 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 77 | 77 | 50 | 50 | 29 | 62 | 64 | 63 | 33 | 83 |
| Doan | 71 | 71 | 56 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 100 | 100 | 73 | 79 | 50 | 63 | 63 | 70 | 57 | 50 | 78 | 75 |
| Samuelsson | 29 | 29 | 50 | 57 | 38 | 50 | 43 | 56 | 32 | 46 | 38 | 62 | 27 | 50 | 58 | 41 | 55 | 60 |
| Timmins | 19 | 22 | 36 | 40 | 33 | 22 | 25 | 40 | 27 | 50 | 24 | 55 | 19 | 43 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 38 |
| Dahlin | 55 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 44 | 58 | 38 | 50 | 53 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 52 | 71 | 67 | 58 | 56 | 40 |
| Power | 67 | 45 | 58 | 33 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 75 | 48 | 44 | 67 | 43 | 33 | 59 | 58 | 36 | 50 | 70 |
| Byram | 68 | 50 | 60 | 64 | 25 | 50 | 30 | 43 | 50 | 53 | 63 | 70 | 50 | 62 | 53 | 36 | 63 | 60 |
| Metsa | 50 | 56 | 50 | 30 | 17 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 56 | 33 | 43 | 25 | 43 | 25 | 33 | 50 | 71 |
