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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Toronto 5, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, April 2, 2018
Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Andrew Smith, Devin Berg
Attendance: 18846
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0112
Toronto 1315
Periods:
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1
Buffalo   Toronto
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Auston Matthews. 0:00  
Giveaway by Ryan O'Reilly. 0:27  
Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 0:34  
Jason Pominville wins the faceoff against Nazem Kadri. 0:34  
Shot by Justin Falk misses the net 0:51  
  0:56 Ron Hainsey hits Jack Eichel.
  1:01 Nikita Zaitsev hits Zemgus Girgensons.
Josh Gorges hits James van Riemsdyk. 1:54  
  2:15 Tomas Plekanec hits Nicholas Baptiste.
Shot by Nicholas Baptiste misses the net 2:33  
  2:43 Andreas Johnsson blocks shot from Marco Scandella.
  3:10 Auston Matthews wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  3:38 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  3:52 Nikita Zaitsev hits Zemgus Girgensons.
Shot by Marco Scandella misses the net 3:59  
Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 4:03  
  4:03 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Mitchell Marner. 4:09  
  4:15 Tyler Bozak wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
Josh Gorges blocks shot from Connor Brown. 4:22  
Giveaway by Casey Mittelstadt. 4:44  
  5:01 Jake Gardiner hits Evan Rodrigues.
Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Tomas Plekanec. 5:36  
  5:38 Roman Polak shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  5:39 Andreas Johnsson shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  5:44 Andreas Johnsson scores. Assisted by Tomas Plekanec and Roman Polak.
  5:45 William Nylander wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  5:53 William Nylander shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 6:05  
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against William Nylander. 6:07  
Justin Falk shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 6:17  
Scott Wilson shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 6:23  
  6:28 Shot by William Nylander misses the net
  6:47 Ron Hainsey blocks shot from Sam Reinhart.
Zemgus Girgensons wins the faceoff against Nazem Kadri. 6:55  
  6:59 Patrick Marleau blocks shot from Marco Scandella.
Zemgus Girgensons hits Ron Hainsey. 7:02  
  7:22 Mitchell Marner shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Marco Scandella penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Mitchell Marner. 7:24  
  7:24 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  7:52 Nazem Kadri shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  7:58 Morgan Rielly shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  8:05 James van Riemsdyk shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  8:05 William Nylander wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Takeaway by Jack Eichel. 8:17  
  8:22 Takeaway by Jake Gardiner.
  8:29 Jake Gardiner shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  8:37 Shot by Auston Matthews misses the net
  9:28 Shot by James van Riemsdyk misses the net
  9:33 Connor Carrick shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Scott Wilson blocks shot from James van Riemsdyk. 9:37  
Marco Scandella blocks shot from Connor Carrick. 9:43  
  9:57 Jake Gardiner hits Nicholas Baptiste.
  10:33 Jake Gardiner shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Auston Matthews. 10:33  
  10:52 Zach Hyman shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Kyle Okposo hits Zach Hyman. 10:55  
Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 11:30  
Giveaway by Casey Nelson. 11:52  
  12:07 Shot by Roman Polak misses the net
  12:18 Matt Martin hits Zemgus Girgensons.
Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 12:59  
  13:00 Tyler Bozak wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
  13:04 Giveaway by Roman Polak.
  13:11 Roman Polak penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Kyle Okposo.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Zach Hyman. 13:12  
  13:37 Nikita Zaitsev blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
Takeaway by Kyle Okposo. 14:17  
  14:27 Ron Hainsey blocks shot from Rasmus Ristolainen.
  14:31 Takeaway by Ron Hainsey.
  14:46 Giveaway by Nikita Zaitsev.
  14:52 Takeaway by Zach Hyman.
Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Nazem Kadri. 15:12  
Benoit Pouliot shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 15:37  
  15:39 Auston Matthews wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Zach Hyman. 16:03  
  16:19 Roman Polak hits Sam Reinhart.
Giveaway by Jason Pominville. 16:55  
Giveaway by Kyle Okposo. 17:43  
  17:48 Giveaway by Connor Carrick.
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 18:08  
  18:33 Tomas Plekanec hits Scott Wilson.
Jason Pominville wins the faceoff against Auston Matthews. 19:06  
  19:09 Roman Polak penalty for high sticking - 4 mins (Double Minor). Drawn by Jack Eichel.
  19:09 Tomas Plekanec wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Shot by Jack Eichel misses the net 19:31  
2
Buffalo   Toronto
  0:00 Tomas Plekanec wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 0:17  
  0:21 Giveaway by Nikita Zaitsev.
Sam Reinhart scores a power play goal. Assisted by Rasmus Ristolainen and Ryan O'Reilly. 2:27  
  2:27 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  2:46 Roman Polak hits Zemgus Girgensons.
Shot by Justin Falk misses the net 2:53  
Kyle Okposo wins the faceoff against Tyler Bozak. 2:53  
  3:19 Connor Brown shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  3:28 Morgan Rielly hits Casey Mittelstadt.
Scott Wilson hits Jake Gardiner. 3:51  
Justin Falk penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by William Nylander. 3:59  
  3:59 Patrick Marleau wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  4:29 Giveaway by Jake Gardiner.
Zemgus Girgensons shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 4:35  
Marco Scandella blocks shot from Patrick Marleau. 4:53  
  5:01 Auston Matthews scores a power play goal. Assisted by Morgan Rielly and Andreas Johnsson.
  5:01 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Scott Wilson hits Nikita Zaitsev. 5:28  
Josh Gorges hits Zach Hyman. 5:37  
  5:42 Giveaway by Zach Hyman.
  6:27 Shot by Morgan Rielly misses the net
  6:30 Connor Carrick hits Casey Mittelstadt.
  6:37 James van Riemsdyk shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Auston Matthews. 6:37  
Scott Wilson hits Roman Polak. 6:42  
  7:23 Auston Matthews blocks shot from Casey Nelson.
  7:39 William Nylander scores. Assisted by Auston Matthews.
  7:39 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  7:45 Takeaway by Mitchell Marner.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Mitchell Marner. 7:56  
  8:00 Mitchell Marner shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nazem Kadri. 8:00  
  8:14 Takeaway by Nazem Kadri.
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Tomas Plekanec. 8:25  
  8:29 Matt Martin hits Matt Tennyson.
  8:37 Connor Carrick shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  9:06 Matt Martin hits Justin Falk.
  9:13 Giveaway by Morgan Rielly.
Casey Nelson shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 9:22  
  9:28 Connor Carrick blocks shot from Evan Rodrigues.
  9:39 Andreas Johnsson blocks shot from Justin Falk.
Shot by Casey Nelson misses the net 9:45  
  10:10 Connor Brown shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Auston Matthews. 10:11  
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against William Nylander. 10:20  
  10:32 William Nylander scores. Assisted by Zach Hyman.
  10:32 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  10:39 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  10:46 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Jack Eichel blocks shot from Mitchell Marner. 11:03  
  11:13 Nazem Kadri penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Chad Johnson.
  11:13 Tomas Plekanec wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Shot by Ryan O'Reilly misses the net 11:43  
Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 11:52  
Shot by Kyle Okposo misses the net 12:03  
  12:03 Connor Brown wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  12:09 Giveaway by Ron Hainsey.
  13:05 Tomas Plekanec hits Nicholas Baptiste.
  13:08 Giveaway by Ron Hainsey.
  13:34 Morgan Rielly shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Josh Gorges hits Mitchell Marner. 13:37  
  13:47 James van Riemsdyk shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  13:54 Shot by Mitchell Marner misses the net
Johan Larsson hits James van Riemsdyk. 13:58  
  14:07 James van Riemsdyk shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against William Nylander. 14:08  
  14:18 Zach Hyman hits Ryan O'Reilly.
Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 14:29  
Shot by Johan Larsson misses the net 14:56  
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 15:02  
Zemgus Girgensons wins the faceoff against William Nylander. 15:07  
  15:17 Nazem Kadri blocks shot from Marco Scandella.
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 15:23  
Marco Scandella shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 15:34  
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Tyler Bozak. 15:36  
Giveaway by Matt Tennyson. 15:54  
  16:07 James van Riemsdyk hits Kyle Okposo.
  16:16 Tomas Plekanec wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
  16:22 Andreas Johnsson shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  16:36 Matt Martin hits Casey Nelson.
Shot by Nicholas Baptiste misses the net 17:02  
  17:08 Giveaway by Auston Matthews.
Shot by Rasmus Ristolainen misses the net 17:09  
  17:10 Auston Matthews wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Scott Wilson hits Morgan Rielly. 17:16  
  17:24 Auston Matthews wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  17:36 Connor Carrick hits Sam Reinhart.
  18:02 Auston Matthews shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  18:06 Nazem Kadri shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  18:30 Patrick Marleau shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Giveaway by Casey Nelson. 18:33  
  19:05 Tyler Bozak wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Tyler Bozak. 19:18  
  19:43 Giveaway by Ron Hainsey.
Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 19:58  
3
Buffalo   Toronto
  0:00 William Nylander wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  0:29 Auston Matthews shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  0:31 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Shot by Justin Falk misses the net 0:52  
Zemgus Girgensons shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 0:58  
  0:59 Nikita Zaitsev penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jack Eichel.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Tomas Plekanec. 0:59  
  1:03 Zach Hyman hits Jack Eichel.
Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 1:17  
  1:34 Tomas Plekanec hits Kyle Okposo.
Shot by Kyle Okposo misses the net 2:00  
  2:30 Giveaway by Morgan Rielly.
Nicholas Baptiste shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 2:54  
Nicholas Baptiste shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 2:55  
Jason Pominville scores a power play goal. Assisted by Nicholas Baptiste and Marco Scandella. 2:56  
Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Tyler Bozak. 2:56  
Casey Nelson blocks shot from Jake Gardiner. 3:10  
Justin Falk shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 3:26  
  3:26 William Nylander wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  3:35 Giveaway by Auston Matthews.
Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 3:55  
  4:00 Jake Gardiner hits Scott Wilson.
  4:37 Ron Hainsey blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
Jason Pominville wins the faceoff against Nazem Kadri. 4:37  
  4:42 Nazem Kadri blocks shot from Jason Pominville.
  4:58 Shot by Mitchell Marner misses the net
Justin Falk blocks shot from Morgan Rielly. 5:15  
  5:31 James van Riemsdyk shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Casey Mittelstadt penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Connor Brown. 5:44  
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Patrick Marleau. 5:44  
Marco Scandella blocks shot from William Nylander. 6:05  
Marco Scandella blocks shot from William Nylander. 6:17  
  6:29 Auston Matthews scores a power play goal. Assisted by William Nylander and Jake Gardiner.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Tyler Bozak. 6:29  
  6:43 Roman Polak hits Scott Wilson.
  7:05 Roman Polak hits Sam Reinhart.
Justin Falk hits Andreas Johnsson. 7:30  
  7:34 Takeaway by Tomas Plekanec.
  7:43 Matt Martin hits Justin Falk.
  7:51 Connor Carrick blocks shot from Casey Mittelstadt.
  8:15 Takeaway by Nikita Zaitsev.
  8:20 Nikita Zaitsev hits Jack Eichel.
Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 8:22  
  8:22 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Zemgus Girgensons.
Marco Scandella hits Nazem Kadri. 8:36  
Zemgus Girgensons hits Nikita Zaitsev. 8:58  
  9:17 Roman Polak hits Ryan O'Reilly.
  9:20 Auston Matthews blocks shot from Sam Reinhart.
  9:30 Tyler Bozak wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
Casey Mittelstadt hits Tyler Bozak. 9:45  
Casey Mittelstadt blocks shot from James van Riemsdyk. 9:45  
  9:49 Takeaway by James van Riemsdyk.
  9:57 Tomas Plekanec wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson.
  10:04 Tomas Plekanec hits Johan Larsson.
  10:14 Morgan Rielly shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Patrick Marleau. 10:16  
  10:28 Takeaway by Mitchell Marner.
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Nazem Kadri. 11:20  
Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 11:51  
Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 11:58  
Scott Wilson hits Zach Hyman. 12:00  
  12:05 Auston Matthews shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  12:22 Giveaway by Jake Gardiner.
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 12:24  
  12:24 Tyler Bozak wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
Shot by Kyle Okposo misses the net 12:54  
Matt Tennyson hits Tyler Bozak. 13:02  
Shot by Josh Gorges misses the net 13:10  
Shot by Kyle Okposo misses the net 13:17  
Josh Gorges hits Connor Carrick. 13:19  
Zemgus Girgensons wins the faceoff against Tyler Bozak. 13:23  
Shot by Jason Pominville misses the net 13:34  
  13:34 Mitchell Marner wins the faceoff against Zemgus Girgensons.
  14:32 Jake Gardiner blocks shot from Sam Reinhart.
Matt Tennyson shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 14:53  
Shot by Matt Tennyson misses the net 15:11  
  15:11 Matt Martin wins the faceoff against Kyle Okposo.
Kyle Okposo hits Andreas Johnsson. 15:24  
Evan Rodrigues hits Connor Carrick. 15:38  
Shot by Evan Rodrigues misses the net 16:02  
  16:19 Roman Polak blocks shot from Benoit Pouliot.
Marco Scandella shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 16:31  
  16:46 Takeaway by Connor Brown.
  16:51 Tyler Bozak shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  16:51 Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  16:56 Nazem Kadri shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Giveaway by Zemgus Girgensons. 17:00  
  17:10 Patrick Marleau hits Ryan O'Reilly.
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 17:16  
  17:20 Giveaway by Nikita Zaitsev.
  18:18 Roman Polak hits Evan Rodrigues.
  18:22 Takeaway by Roman Polak.
Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney. 18:32  
Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Tomas Plekanec. 18:32  
  18:36 Tomas Plekanec wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson.
  18:52 Morgan Rielly hits Benoit Pouliot.
  19:02 Connor Carrick hits Nicholas Baptiste.
Giveaway by Chad Johnson. 19:08  
Casey Nelson blocks shot from Matt Martin. 19:09  
  19:32 Auston Matthews shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Giveaway by Johan Larsson. 19:35  
  19:39 William Nylander shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  19:44 Takeaway by Auston Matthews.
  19:47 Shot by Zach Hyman misses the net
Johan Larsson hits Zach Hyman. 19:51