Sabres vs Maple Leafs

The Sabres put an exclamation mark on the season series with the Leafs, winning 5-2 at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday night. Buffalo won three of four against ...

Against Buffalo on March 13 in the Heritage Classic in Hamilton. It was just the third time in 17 games that Matthews, who finished with four shots on goal, did not score. Nights like this are holding us back from competing to win the division. That followed a pattern against the Sabres, as the Leafs were outscored 15-5 in the final three meetings. Article content Article content

The Buffalo Sabres have lost the first three games of a difficult four-game road trip that wraps up with a visit to Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday to bat...

Both teams to score 3 or more goals in full time - Yes (+150): The Maple Leafs have averaged 4.29 goals per game over the last month of the season while the Sabres have scored a respectable 3.00 goals over this stretch. Sabres over 2.5 goals (+105): Buffalo’s offence has been playing well, scoring three goals or more in 10 of its last 12 games. Oddly, the Sabres have faired well against the Maple Leafs this year. Even for a team playing as well as the Maple Leafs, this number has been a hard one to cover. Getting Buffalo +2.5 with very reasonable odds is simply too good of value to pass up. Toronto has not defeated an opponent by three or more goals in any of its last three games and has managed to do so in just four of its last 12 outings.

The good news about Toronto's first-round playoff opponent is that it won't be the Buffalo Sabres. With their decisive and deserved 5-2 road victory Tuesday ...

"Size. Skill. Poise. A lot of similarities to Dahlin, I think, in terms of how they move and the presence they have on the ice." The teenager didn’t look out of place at all, stealing a puck, throwing a hit, making a block, and finishing plus-2. He thrives in those matchups.” "He wants to prove that he's better,” Okposo said. Whether it’s this season or down the line, they’re going to go through that process.” Or he can stay in school and try for one more championship bid with the Gophers He asks for it,” Granato says. When the time is right for him, our team will, of course, welcome him. It comes down to a matter of execution and compete.” He wants the toughest matchup there is. “We've played really well against playoff teams, the high-quality teams in the league. But it doesn’t make it any less frustrating tonight,” said Keefe, finding the silver lining.

After officially clinching a playoff spot with their win over Montreal, the Maple Leafs will enter the final 10 games of their regular season tonight when ...

A lot of similarities to Rasmus Dahlin in terms of how they move and the presence that they have on the ice. We talked about it the other day — he gets 50, and he does it here on home ice. He gets his 50th goal in 50 games — and that’s great — but seconds later, he shoots another one in the net. Having been with him and known him for as long as I have, I do know that. The more time away he takes, the body doesn’t feel so good, and it takes time to get it going. That’s because he feels that — in particular at his age — the more he skates, the better it feels. With Power debuting in his hometown and the Sabres treating these games as the closest thing to playoffs for them this season, the Maple Leafs should have plenty of reason to get up for this one — and they should be motivated to exact some revenge after the Heritage Classic loss a month ago (Auston Matthews, in particular… Navigating a busy finish to the regular season, the Leafs are managing some rest and minor injuries at the moment. Thompson has tallied three goals and five points in the Leafs and Sabres’ three meetings this season, with Buffalo currently carrying the edge in the season series at 2-1-0. After missing the last two games as a healthy scratch, Timothy Liljegren will return tonight in Muzzin’s absence. That means Dahlin will be forced to his offside on a pairing with 22-year-old rookie Mattias Samuelsson. With Rasmus Dahlin having a career-best season offensively while averaging a career-high 23:59 of ice time per game over all situations, the Sabres are hoping they have added a second future stud to their blue line as they chart their path towards a return to respectability.

“It's four games against this team and we've been no-shows in all four,” Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe said after the game. In fact, it was difficult, if ...

And while the Leafs didn’t get the points on Tuesday, they appear to have got out of it without any injuries that we know of. Now it’s up to them to make sure the bad habits don’t creep in. Toronto’s got the ‘x’ next to their name in the standings. The point was that the Leafs learned so much from their playoffs disappointment last season that they’d make sure they get the job done. So far, that’s proven to be the case. “I really don’t think it’s that,” Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly said.

The Toronto Maple Leafs hold a four-point lead for second place in the Atlantic over the Tampa Bay Lightning but don't want to give up any ground tonight versus a Buffalo Sabres team that has given them problems all season. The Leafs are massive -450 ...

The duo leads the league in points since January 1 as Marner is averaging 1.77 points per game over his last 39 contests and Matthews is on a quest for 70 goals sitting at 58 on the season with 10 games to go. There is also a revenge angle here as Matthews was suspended two games for cross-checking Rasmus Dahlin in the face in the last meeting. The Buds have struggled with playing down to their opponents all season and the Sabres have the confidence of knowing they can beat this Toronto team that is due for poor performance. With the last two meetings cloning at 6.5, it’s tough for us to take the plunge on the 7.0 here. Kallgren played well and the rookie goalie hasn’t given up more than three goals in any of his last six games. Although the Leafs are 6-1 to the Over in their last seven games, this number might be high enough that we stay off. Marner and Matthews are unstoppable right now but the Leafs are having issues with secondary scoring — yet again. Muzzin had been playing solidly since returning from a concussion and likely will be replaced by Timothy Lijegren. The Leafs are deep on the blue line but missing Muzzin makes them worse defensively. The Toronto Maple Leafs hold a four-point lead for second place in the Atlantic over the Tampa Bay Lightning but don’t want to give up any ground tonight versus a Buffalo Sabres team that has given them problems all season. The Leafs will be looking to pick up their eighth win in nine games tonight when they host the Sabres as monstrous -450 ML favourites. Then they got owned on home ice (March 2) and lost 5-1 as -400 ML favourites, followed by a 5-2 loss in the outdoor game in Hamilton. The Under is 4-1-1 in the Maple Leafs’ last six home games.