Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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Sports
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Owen Power had the overtime winner as the Buffalo Sabres reeled off three unanswered goals to rally past the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Thursday.
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Sabres → have → Thursday
Jack Quinn had a pair of goals for Buffalo (4-3-1) before Dennis Gilbert and Mattias Samuelsson scored in the third to tie it 4-4.
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Gilbert → have → it
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 26 shots in net for the win.
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Luukkonen → stop → win
Kirill Marchenko had a hat trick, the fifth of his career, in his 300th NHL game to give Toronto (3-3-2) a 4-2 lead.
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Marchenko → have → game
Auston Matthews opened the scoring and John Tavares added two assists before the Sabres battled back in the third.
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Sabres → open → third
Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves for the Maple Leafs.
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Bobrovsky → make → Leafs
Marchenko was traded by the Columbus Blue Jackets to Toronto on Sept. 28, just before the season began and had only scored once in a Maple Leafs sweater before Thursday’s game.
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season → trade → game
Tavares left the game early in the third after he collided with Buffalo forward Josh Norris.
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he → leave → Norris
The former Toronto captain appeared to favour his left leg as he skated off the ice.
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he → appear → ice
Toronto was sloppy with the puck in the first period — Quinn’s first goal came on a bad giveaway by Maple Leafs defenceman Nick Blankenburg — but the Sabres only managed eight shots to Toronto’s 15 in the frame.
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Sabres → come → frame
Buffalo clawed its way back into the game in the third with Tavares not available to anchor the Leafs’ second line.
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Tavares → claw → line
Marchenko had played his first seven games with Toronto on the same line as Matthews but head coach Jim Hiller decided to shake up his forwards before Thursday’s game.
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Hiller → play → game
He bumped William Nylander up to the top line with Matthews and put Marchenko on Tavares’s wing.
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He → bump → wing
Tavares passed from the slot to Marchenko as he skated backwards across the Sabres’ crease.
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he → pass → crease
Marchenko slid the puck between his own legs and then flipped the puck past Luukkonen 13:10 into the first for a 2-1 Toronto lead.
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Marchenko → slide → lead
Key stat
Special teams remained Toronto’s calling card.
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teams → remain → stat
It killed all three penalties, improving on its NHL-best 95.8 per cent rate entering the game.
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It → kill → game
The Maple Leafs went 1 for 3 on the power play, improving on its fifth-best 29.2 per cent scoring with the man advantage.
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Leafs → go → advantage
Up next
Toronto: Hosts the New York Islanders on Saturday.
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Toronto → host → Saturday
Buffalo: Visits the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
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Buffalo → visit → Saturday
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.
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report → publish → Press
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