The Toronto Maple Leafs have made themselves at home on the road this season, collecting at least a point in 11 of 13 games (7-2-4).

The Maple Leafs will look to continue their good fortune on the road and avenge an early-season loss to the Sabres when the teams reconvene on Thursday night in Buffalo, N.Y.

Toronto finished a three-game homestand with a 1-1-1 mark following a 5-2 setback against the New York Rangers on Tuesday.

Auston Matthews continued his torrid stretch in the loss, responding to sitting out on Saturday due to an illness by recording his third straight two-goal performance and fifth in seven games in which he has played.

Matthews found some holes in his last meeting with Buffalo. The former Hart Trophy recipient registered his third hat trick of the season and 10th of his career in the Maple Leafs' 6-4 setback to the Sabres on Nov. 4.

William Nylander notched an assist on Matthews' second goal on Tuesday to extend his point streak to nine games (three goals, 11 assists). Nylander also set up Matthews with an assist in last month's contest against the Sabres.

Buffalo's Tage Thompson scored in that encounter vs. Toronto and also tallied on Tuesday in a 9-4 drubbing by the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets. The Sabres yielded seven straight goals at one point en route to losing for the eighth time in their past 11 games (3-7-1).

A sizable portion of those in attendance at KeyBank Center voiced their displeasure by booing the team off the ice at the conclusion of the game. Audible chants of "Fire Donnie" were directed toward Buffalo coach Don Granato, who became the interim head coach during the 2020-21 season before having the interim tag removed on June 29, 2021.

After the game, Thompson pushed back when asked if the Sabres have quit on their coach.

Captain Kyle Okposo scored to snap the Blue Jackets' run of unanswered goals on Tuesday.

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Forwards
Matthew Knies - Auston Matthews - William Nylander
Tyler Bertuzzi - John Tavares - Mitchell Marner
Nicholas Robertson - Max Domi - Calle Jarnkrok
Bobby McMann - David Kampf - Noah Gregor

Defencemen
Morgan Rielly - Timothy Liljegren
TJ Brodie - Jake McCabe
Simon Benoit - Connor Timmins

Goalies
Ilya Samsonov
Martin Jones

Scratched: William Lagesson, Pontus Holmberg
Injured: John Klingberg (hip), Mark Giordano (broken finger), Joseph Woll (lower body), Ryan Reaves (lower body)

Sabres projected lineup

Forwards
Jeff Skinner - Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka - Dylan Cozens - Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway - Casey Mittelstadt - Zach Benson
Victor Olofsson - Peyton Krebs - Kyle Okposo

Defencemen
Rasmus Dahlin - Mattias Samuelsson
Owen Power - Henri Jokiharju
Ryan Johnson - Connor Clifton

Goalies
Devon Levi
Eric Comrie

Scratched: Eric Robinson, Tyson Jost, Erik Johnson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injured: Zemgus Girgensons (lower body)

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