nhl Game Recap
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres Recap - Maple Leafs Win 6-3
The Sabres came up short Friday against the Maple Leafs, falling 6-3.
Toronto was favored by -150 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Toronto got goals from Max Pacioretty, Auston Matthews, Max Domi, Bobby McMann, William Nylander, and Nicholas Robertson in the victory. McMann opened the scoring at 1:29 of the first period.
Matt Murray turned in a 24-save effort for the Maple Leafs.
Owen Power, JJ Peterka, and Mattias Samuelsson scored for the Sabres, finding the net behind Matt Murray.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 9 of 13 shots for the Sabres, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Toronto went 1-for-3, while the Sabres were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to Toronto by a margin of 29-27.
Next game, Toronto takes its act home to face New York looking for another win. For Buffalo, they head on the road to face Boston.