Buffalo Sabres - Toronto Maple Leafs Game Preview
10/24/25 - 7:00pm at KeyBank Center, in Buffalo, NY
Buffalo – 3-4-0 | - 6 points – 6th place in the Atlantic Division
Toronto – 3-3-1 | - 7 points – 4th place in the Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 25.0% (9th)
Penalty Kill – 96.2% (2nd)
Toronto
Power Play – 12.5% (28th)
Penalty Kill - 78.9% (14th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Jack Quinn: 7 GP, 3 G, 3 A, 6 PTS
Josh Doan: 7 GP, 2 G, 4 A, 6 PTS
Zach Benson: 4 GP, 0 G, 6 A, 6 PTS
Toronto
William Nylander: 7 GP, 2 G, 11 A, 13 PTS
John Tavares: 7 GP, 4 G, 5 A, 9 PTS
Matthew Knies: 7 GP, 2 G, 6 A, 8 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Alex Lyon (2-4-0, 2.55 GAA, .924 save %)
Toronto – Anthony Stolarz (2-3-1, 3.01 GAA, .894)
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Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings
Forwards
Zach Benson - Jiri Kulich - Tage Thompson
Josh Doan - Ryan McLeod - Alex Tuch
Tyson Kozak - Noah Ostlund - Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn - Peyton Krebs - Mason Geersten
Defense
Bowen Byram - Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power - Conor Timmins,
Mattias Samuelsson - Zach Metsa
Goaltenders
Alex Lyon
Colten Ellis
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injuries
Jordan Greenway (IR – mid body)
Michael Kesselring (IR - undisclosed)
Josh Norris (IR - upper body)
Justin Danforth (IR - lower body)
Jacob Bryson (day-to-day - concussion)
Notes
The Sabres have earned a win in three straight home games and a win tonight would give them their first home winning streak of four or more games since they earned seven straight home wins from March 10 to April 8, 2025.
Buffalo has a points percentage of .671 at home against Toronto in franchise history and the Sabres have outscored the Maple Leafs 450-320 in those games.
Buffalo’s 123 total wins all-time against Toronto are the third-most it has recorded against any team in franchise history. Boston (131 wins) and Montreal (136) are the only two teams the Sabres have earned more victories against.
Tyson Kozak has registered one goal in back-to-back games. • A goal in tonight’s game would mark his first goal streak of three or more games in his career.
Jack Quinn has six points (3+3) in his last four games, including at least one point in two consecutive games.
An assist in tonight’s game would give Quinn the third assist streak of three or more games in his career and his first since March 27 to April 1, 2025 (four games).
Alex Tuch has recorded five points (2+3) in his last five games. Tuch is riding a four-game home point streak and a point in tonight’s game would give him the third-longest home point streak of his career. Tuch recorded an eight-game home point streak from Dec. 27, 2018 to Jan. 23, 2019 (2+6) and a six-game home point streak from Dec. 29, 2021 to Feb. 15, 2022 (3+5).
In his last four games, Josh Doan has posted six points (2+4), including at least one point in three consecutive home games.
Rasmus Dahlin has posted five assists in his last five games.
Ryan McLeod has collected four assists in his last four games.
In his last four games, Jason Zucker has posted four points (3+1).
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