BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 60th goal, Ilya Samsonov stopped 34 shots and Toronto beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 on Saturday night
by JOHN WAWROW | AP Hockey WriterToronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews puts the puck past Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to score his 60th goal of the season during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Buffalo, N.Y.
Matthews became the league’s first two-time 60-goal scorer in 30 years, scoring with 5:37 left to cap the scoring. With chants of “MVP! MVP!” raining from the stands, Matthews matched the franchise record he set when he led the NHL two seasons ago. Among the Maple Leafs fans was a group of eight wearing white shirts that spelled out “M-A-T-T-H-E-W-S,” sitting directly behind the Sabres bench. In celebrating Matthews’ goal, they raised two gold air balloons of a 6 and 0.
Luukkonen had 19 saves in his first outing since allowing four goals on nine shots in a 6-2 loss to Ottawa on Wednesday night. First, he got his left pad out to stop Dylan Cozens on a short-handed breakaway attempt with 10:28 remaining. Some 20 seconds later, he lunged to stop Jeff Skinner on a breakaway and, while lying face down in his crease, Samsonov got his glove up to get a piece of Cozens’ attempt to convert the rebound, leading to Leafs fans chanting “Sammy! Sammy!”
The outing this resembled more of a Toronto home game, with Maple Leafs fans taking advantage of a four-day Easter long weekend. The buzz in the building had very familiar blue-and-white electric hue to it, given the large number of Maple Leafs fans who made the 90-minute cross-border drive west from Toronto.
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