NHL Highlights | Sabres vs. Maple Leafs – October 25, 2025

NHL Highlights | Sabres vs. Maple Leafs – October 25, 2025

of one of William Knander’s most dynamic games. He was all around the puck last night. That’s a big loss. See who ends up getting on that right side with Austin Matthews. The puck shot down on to Primo who is able to turn that towards Benois up the boards. Dakota Joshua, Nick Wah, and Eastan Cowan. Primo able to get good positioning at the top of the blue and make a save. Keep and Uncle Wayne also in attendance. There’s Dene again. That last shot was 92.1 offensive zone time. Here’s the intight play that Tucker sometimes Zucker gets it up and off the crossbar. Then the quick shot that Thompson gets through and that’s probably the best save for Primo. But Primo really doesn’t have a control of it. Looks back behind him twice. does a good job though of trying to keep those pads anchored. Watch the quick little peak behind. Oh my gosh. Where is it? It’s in between. He feels it. Gets his glove behind and boy, great positioning by the official Jason Zooker. Seven times the 20 goal scorer. Benson Zucker tries to jam it and Primo down underneath Primo and finally the whistle sounds. Around it goes to Connor Timonss who played 2337 last night. played 101 games with the Leafs and never had that much ice time in a single game. Over the line it goes. And here’s Kulick working across. Another big shot. Scores. Tage Thompson has opened the scoring and goals backto back against the Leafs. You got the monkey off the back and sometimes all you need is just a little bit of confidence to get you going. That That’s an NHL shot there by Thompson. Just the quick release. Look at that top corner. There’s about boy, just not much there at all. As you can see at the last second, Primo tries to get the shoulder off. He’s down early and Thompson puts it to duck a check from Robertson up ahead for Tuck and Mloud and Byum. That’s turned aside on a good stop by Primo. And now we’ve got McCabe and Tuck after a hit by Byum. And a knockdown by McCabe who’s been fired up throughout this first period. Yeah, McCabe’s had a burn and saddle the entire game. He’s been at it with the officials. He is frustrated with an earlier penalty. Coming back, pucks in the feet and a hard hit that gets by him. The reaction of Tuck. I don’t think he expected the gloves to come off for McCabe. Looks like contact on the shoulder, contact right on the chin, and down he went. gets it across from Machelli and back. Matthews up front along with Tamaris and Ny parked in front deflecting it and it stays out as look at it. Nice will swing it around behind the net. There’s Matthews trying to come out in front. Watched by Pyro Cowan up with the Robertson scores. Nick Robertson from East Cowan and the Leafs have tied it. Continuing on this shift, Matthews starts it with a couple of one battles against Byron. Protect the puck, loses it once, gets some help from Cowan and then right on the doorstep. You know, part of the thing, you watch that play in the corner and then get to the area in front of the net and it’s Robertson who gets inside Don and gets on his stick on it before and you talk about a guy who’s looking for something find a way to stay in the lineup. So we start the second period that’s been a minefield. Matthew Ny and Matias Machelli Charlotte up to hit Tvaris. In comes NY had a close call in the opening period. Davaris down. He’ll scores. Machelli and the Leafs have their first lead of the night [Music] in the league. And here’s another simple play. You’re trapped along the boards. Follow it up. Nice play by Knives, but he gets the puck taken away from him. But look at the nifty little play through three sticks. to Mars. The one thing he does so effectively is can handle the puck in tight areas. Gets it here, gets it to an area around the sticks and then just slides it off to Machelli. Wants his team to be heavy on the fore do have the lead for the first time on an early goal. But Kate stops it in front and Primo rebound and that was stopped by Matthews in behind Primo. Your own goalender, but it Matthews does here. He gets the wrong side of the play here. So Thompson makes the play at the net, but Matthews gets behind. Ends up saving a goal there. That’s as good as putting one in at the other end. You can see the quick little shuttle pass. Great patience there by Thompson, but right on the doorstep. Boy, Matthews helps his knocked off the stick of Ecin Larson. Here’s Benson to the net. Great poke check. Rebound scores. Koulick has tied it with his second. And here’s Oliver Ecman Larson. End of a long shift after the power play. Benson comes and he gets that little push. That’s what Craig Barui will having a look at here. You be the judge. Nobody takes Benson in. Oh, I’m challenging that if I’m the Maple Leafs. See, that’s that’s his positioning. Nobody there around Benson. Good aggressive play, but that contact there just blew the goalender out. Left the whole half. After discussion by the All Nice officials, there was goalender interference. We have one. Okay, they don’t even need the ch. You know, that’s what the system is there for now. And Lorett with a burst. Here’s Lorettz in tied up, but got a shot away. Oh, almost a spectacular play. Scoring chance and almost highlight reel material. Mloud swinging in deep. He’ll feed back to the line and across for Byum. Back it goes to Timonss. Byum will send it to the net. Scores. Byum through some heavy traffic in front has tied it. Get the puck from the corner back to the point. It starts with Tuck. Gets inside position on Ben Wad. Now you got Dome. A double whammy. Dome gets underneath on Doy. Byron with his head up. Loren can’t get the block there. And that one finds its way through the myriad of bodies and legs. And you can see how deep and he’s turned into a pretty good player. The Don family divided ahead of the third here. Big third period indeed. Kyle back to Dalene. [Applause] Zack Benson watched by Ny able to get that pass to Dalene through traffic. A chance scores and Tage Thompson’s got another and a go-ahead goal for Buffalo. Well, another is right. three in the last two nights for Thompson after one in the first seven. Lost sight of the rebound. He’s got Zucker in front. So, you’re just trying to track the puck and when it comes down, look at the late reaction. He never saw it pass the body of Mabe and McCabe as he goes down unable to get it and a quick release there. No reaction of Primo except hearing it go in the back of the net behind him. Look at the eyes of Primo. Didn’t see it right through. And up a hit for Tavaris. Jake McCabe. Back to Joshua over the line. Here’s Dakota. Joshua in. Scores. [Music] Dakota Joshua. The fundamentals of the game. Nothing really happening. It’s end to end action. You make one play and go hard to the net. And it’s Nick Dwah who goes hard to the net, takes a couple of bodies with him. Not sure if they hit him in front, but Joshua just extended it to the outside far enough. Oh, that one just got by Luc and watch Lucin’s reaction as this one came through underneath the glove. He thought that he had it. Instead, will drain and the Dakota Joshua goal will give the Leafs one point and they’ll play for a bonus point. time, but you might have for the first face off since he’s 10 and one. Yeah, but he’s not taking it. That’s an interesting call. And the faceoff was won by Ryan Mloud to Tvaris. And he’s checked. And back the other way goes Quinn and Thompson. Jack Quinn and the path broken up. Power over skates the puck as he had a clear break. Now the other way, it’s a breakaway. John Polaris scores 499 is a game winner. [Applause] [Applause] guys with a heads up play. No panic, quick pass, good acceleration, and just a wicked wrist up and over the blocker side. Look at Tamar take a quick peek and he beats Lucan into that short side. Up and over. A point back to great defensive play. A good read by Matthew Ny and in all alone. And Tompson had been on the ice and he couldn’t catch John Devaris. So, one away from 500, but tonight he celebrates his 19th career overtime goal. [Music]

Dakota Joshua tied the game in the third period before John Tavares scored the overtime winner for career goal 499 as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3.

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