“Technically,” because this was more or less a home game for them if the makeup of the crowd was any indication.
One would think a Sabres team on a massive losing streak, whose home rink was invaded by the opposing fans, would come out flying. Instead, the Leafs raced out to an early lead and never really looked back.
It’s a three-game winning streak and counting and it pushes the Leafs back into first place in the Atlantic 33 games into the season.
Your game in 10:
1. To start the game, Craig Berube reverted his top-six lines to the more traditional look with Matthew Knies alongside Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner and Max Pacioretty with John Tavares and William Nylander, but it was the third line that made an early impact by scoring just 1:29 into the game.