TOR 6 @ BUF 3 · Dec 20, 2024

Fri, Dec 20, 2024·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Away

Toronto Maple Leafs

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Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 82% of the time.

12%

77%

BUF winsTOR wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against TOR's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Pacioretty–Tavares–Nylander	Marner–Matthews–Knies	Lorentz–Kampf–Holmberg	Domi–Robertson–McMann	Rielly–Timmins	Ekman-Larsson–Tanev	McCabe–Benoit	Tanev–McCabe	Timmins–Benoit	McCabe–Timmins
Zucker–Tuch–Thompson	5:180.31–0.54	2:210.00–0.37	0:410.00–0.00		1:560.00–0.12	4:340.11–0.10	1:170.02–0.16		1:290.00–0.31
Cozens–Quinn–Peterka	0:590.00–0.08		2:280.30–0.03	4:160.06–0.29	1:050.00–0.17	2:520.12–0.06	3:080.32–0.07	1:250.00–0.11
Krebs–Kulich–Benson	1:100.05–0.00	3:300.07–0.07	1:020.00–0.00	1:030.00–0.00	3:580.05–0.10	1:030.01–0.00	1:070.00–0.06	1:050.05–0.01
Lafferty–Malenstyn–McLeod	2:030.17–0.07	0:560.00–0.00	2:360.18–0.00	1:140.03–0.00	3:160.18–0.07	1:040.10–0.00	1:280.00–0.00
Cozens–Quinn–Kulich		0:400.00–0.00				0:350.00–0.00
Dahlin–Byram	6:150.47–0.42	2:170.00–0.38	2:180.13–0.00	1:560.00–0.08	4:120.12–0.32	4:580.12–0.10	1:430.00–0.10	1:110.05–0.00	0:550.00–0.31
Samuelsson–Power	2:150.00–0.19	4:410.07–0.06	1:220.00–0.00	1:250.03–0.07	4:100.08–0.17	2:010.02–0.03	1:480.02–0.16	1:330.25–0.05	0:370.00–0.00
Clifton–Gilbert			3:000.30–0.03	2:410.00–0.21	0:450.00–0.08	1:170.00–0.03	2:330.26–0.05	0:370.00–0.07		0:420.04–0.00
Dahlin–Power		0:310.00–0.00	0:440.03–0.00		0:410.03–0.00	0:400.00–0.09	1:090.00–0.00
Samuelsson–Byram		0:560.01–0.00			0:300.00–0.00	1:120.01–0.00
Samuelsson–Dahlin									0:310.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

BUFTORFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Rasmus DahlinBUF	31	27:33	0:53	2:26	7	1
Bowen ByramBUF	30	23:43	0:47	1:48	2	1
Owen PowerBUF	29	23:33	0:49	2:25	1	1
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	29	21:25	0:44	1:44	1	4
Chris TanevTOR	33	21:02	0:38	1:17	1	5
Conor TimminsTOR	30	20:52	0:42	1:39	3	2
Alex TuchBUF	25	20:09	0:48	1:42	3	1
Mitch MarnerTOR	23	19:54	0:52	2:10	2	3
Jake McCabeTOR	27	19:35	0:44	2:09	0	5
William NylanderTOR	22	19:22	0:53	1:31	2	0
Auston MatthewsTOR	23	19:18	0:50	2:10	2	4
Oliver Ekman-LarssonTOR	28	19:05	0:41	1:19	1	2
Morgan RiellyTOR	24	18:25	0:46	1:21	4	0
John TavaresTOR	22	17:44	0:48	1:28	2	0
Dylan CozensBUF	24	17:30	0:44	1:25	7	3
Jason ZuckerBUF	22	17:07	0:47	1:37	2	1
Simon BenoitTOR	23	16:24	0:43	1:58	0	2
JJ PeterkaBUF	20	16:00	0:48	1:17	6	1
Tage ThompsonBUF	20	15:55	0:48	1:37	3	1
Jack QuinnBUF	20	15:37	0:47	1:13	8	1
Matthew KniesTOR	21	15:09	0:43	1:09	2	1
Max PaciorettyTOR	20	15:07	0:45	1:36	3	0
Ryan McLeodBUF	21	14:47	0:42	1:00	2	4
David KampfTOR	19	14:26	0:46	1:26	0	3
Jiri KulichBUF	18	14:25	0:48	1:27	1	0
Connor CliftonBUF	18	12:56	0:43	1:18	2	3
Zach BensonBUF	17	12:41	0:45	1:12	3	0
Max DomiTOR	17	11:51	0:42	1:10	1	0
Peyton KrebsBUF	16	11:32	0:43	1:17	1	1
Nick RobertsonTOR	17	11:26	0:40	1:16	0	0
Beck MalenstynBUF	17	11:20	0:40	1:04	1	1
Bobby McMannTOR	15	11:13	0:45	1:32	0	0
Steven LorentzTOR	14	10:38	0:46	1:05	0	2
Pontus HolmbergTOR	14	10:29	0:45	1:29	0	2
Sam LaffertyBUF	14	8:16	0:35	0:57	1	1
Dennis GilbertBUF	13	8:07	0:37	0:53	2	0

Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Buffalo Sabres 3

Who was on the ice

Shift totals