The Leafs got out to a pretty quick start in the first period, out-shooting the Sabres 14-4 and scoring the game’s opening goal. After a power play came up empty, John Klingberg found Sam Lafferty entering the offensive zone with a stretch pass. Lafferty entered, took a shot, recovered his own rebound, and passed to Matthew Knies, who teed up Conor Timmins for a blast to make it 1-0 Toronto.
The Sabres tied it off a nice feed from Dylan Cozens to Jérémy Davies sliding down the slot, where the Buffalo defenseman’s shot beat Martin Jones.