Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (5-5-0) at Toronto Maple Leafs (5-3-2) – 04 Nov 2023 – 7:00PM EDT

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (5-5-0) at Toronto [](/r/leafs) Maple Leafs (5-3-2)

#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|11:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|CBC, MSG-B, SN360, SNO, SNW, SNP, NHLN|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020165) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020165/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020165/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020165/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Calle Jarnkrok|Auston Matthews|Mitch Marner|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Tage Thompson|Brandon Biro|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Tyler Bertuzzi|John Tavares|William Nylander|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Casey Mittelstadt|John Jason Peterka|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Matthew Knies|David Kampf|Max Domi|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Lukas Rousek|Dylan Cozens|Alex Tuch|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Noah Gregor|Pontus Holmberg|Ryan Reaves|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Morgan Rielly|T.J. Brodie|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Mark Giordano|John Klingberg|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|William Lagesson||[BUF](/r/sabres)|Connor Clifton|Erik Johnson|

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

[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)|Timothy Liljegren|02 Nov 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Liljegren (lower body) won’t return to Thursday’s game versus the Boston Bruins.|19 Nov 2023|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Jake McCabe|26 Oct 2023|Groin|OUT|McCabe (groin) definitely won’t play against the Boston Bruins on Thursday and is “unlikely” for Saturday’s matchup with Buffalo as well, David Alter of Sports Illustrated reports.|06 Nov 2023|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Conor Timmins|30 Sep 2023|Lower Body|IR-LT|Timmins (lower body) has resumed skating, but he’s still “a ways away from playing,” coach Sheldon Keefe informed Mark Masters of TSN on Wednesday.|11 Nov 2023|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Matt Murray|20 Sep 2023|Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|07 May 2024|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Jake Muzzin|20 Sep 2023|Neck|IR-LT|Not Specified|15 Sep 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|03 Nov 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Samuelsson (lower body) will not return to Friday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|31 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR|The Sabres put Benson (lower body) on injured reserve Friday, Sabres insider Joe Yerdon reports.|17 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|27 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR|Comrie (lower body) is considered week-to-week, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.|07 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Matthew Savoie|19 Sep 2023|Shoulder|IR-NR|Savoie (shoulder) was sent to AHL Rochester on Sunday for a conditioning assignment.|07 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|14 Nov 2023|

[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)|10|5|3|2|12|0.600|3.10|3.00|29.41|75.76|33.40|30.30|49.83|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|10|5|5|0|10|0.500|3.20|2.90|10.00|90.00|28.50|31.30|45.71|

[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|6|6|2|1|2|0|3.56|0.871|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Joseph Woll|5|4|3|2|0|0|1.89|0.942|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|5|4|3|2|0|1|3.14|0.901|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|4|4|1|3|0|0|3.26|0.892|

[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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