Buffalo take losing streak against Toronto

Buffalo Sabers (7-9-0, 7th Atlantic Division) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (9-5-3, 2nd Atlantic Division)

Toronto; Saturday, 7:00 p.m. ET

Bottom line: The Buffalo Sabers are looking to end a seven-game slide with a win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Toronto has a 2-1-0 record in Atlantic Division play and an overall record of 9-5-3. The Maple Leafs went 8-1-3 with three or more goals.

Buffalo are 2-5-0 against the Atlantic Division and 7-9-0 overall. The Sabers went 1-3-0 in a one-goal game.

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Saturday’s matchup will be the fifth meeting of the season between these teams. The Sabers won his last matchup 5-2.

Top performer: William Nylander has 8 goals and 10 assists for the Maple Leafs. Orston Matthews has 6 goals and 6 assists in his last 10 games.

Tage Thompson has 12 goals and 10 assists for the Sabers. Victor Olofsson has scored five goals in the last ten games.

Last 10 games: Maple Leafs: 5-2-3, averaging 3 goals, 5.9 assists, 3.7 penalties, 8.5 penalty minutes and giving up 2.6 goals per game.

Sabers: 3-7-0, averaging 3.5 goals, 6.3 assists, 3.7 penalties, 7.6 penalty minutes and giving up 3.7 goals per game.

Injured: Maple Leafs: Ilya Samsonov: out (knee), Joseph Wall: out (shoulder), Kyle Clifford: out (shoulder), Karl Dalstrom: out (shoulder), TJ Brody: out (diagonal), Jake Mazin: out (neck).

Sabers: Jack Quinn: Out (Undisclosed), Matthias Samuelsson: Out (Lower Body), Eric Comrie: Out (Undisclosed).

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.