Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (29-29-4) at Toronto Maple Leafs (35-18-8) – 06 Mar 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (29-29-4) at Toronto [](/r/leafs) Maple Leafs (35-18-8)

#Scotiabank Arena

##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|TVAS, SN, TNT, MAX|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020990) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020990/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020990/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020990/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Matthew Knies|Auston Matthews|Mitch Marner|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Tyler Bertuzzi|Max Domi|William Nylander|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Casey Mittelstadt|Kyle Okposo|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Bobby McMann|John Tavares|Calle Jarnkrok|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Dylan Cozens|JJ Peterka|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Pontus Holmberg|David Kampf|Ryan Reaves|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Eric Robinson|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[TOR](/r/leafs)|T.J. Brodie|Timothy Liljegren|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Henri Jokiharju|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Morgan Rielly|Ilya Lyubushkin|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Connor Clifton|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Simon Benoit|Jake McCabe|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Jacob Bryson|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Ilya Samsonov|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Joseph Woll|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/toronto-maple-leafs/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[TOR](/r/leafs)|David Kampf|05 Mar 2024|Illness|DTD|Kampf (illness) wasn’t spotted at practice Tuesday, per Lance Hornby of The Toronto Sun.|unknown|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Mark Giordano|29 Feb 2024|Concussion|IR|General manager Brad Treliving said Friday that Giordano (concussion) will go on injured reserve, according to David Alter of The Hockey News.|09 Mar 2024|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Conor Timmins|10 Feb 2024|Illness|IR|Timmins (illness) told reporters he has “turned the corner” and would be ready to play when needed, Lance Hornby of The Toronto Sun reports Tuesday.|unknown|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Ty Voit||Shoulder|OUT||16 Sep 2024|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Matt Murray||Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|07 May 2024|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|John Klingberg||Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|19 Apr 2024|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Jake Muzzin||Neck|IR-LT|Not Specified|15 Sep 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Erik Johnson|29 Feb 2024|Illness|DTD|Johnson (illness) won’t play Sunday versus the Winnipeg Jets, Heather Engel of NHL.com reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|15 Feb 2024|Lower Body|IR|Quinn (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, according to Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.|27 Mar 2024|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|06 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Samuelsson (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.|15 Sep 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/toronto-maple-leafs/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[TOR](/r/leafs)|61|35|18|8|78|0.639|3.61|3.16|27.75|77.71|32.93|29.85|53.96|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|62|29|29|4|62|0.500|2.94|3.00|16.95|78.84|31.42|29.15|46.25|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Ilya Samsonov|28|28|15|5|6|2|3.23|0.883|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Martin Jones|20|18|11|7|1|2|2.71|0.907|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|38|35|19|16|2|4|2.46|0.914|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|20|19|9|7|2|0|3.30|0.891|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=10 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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