TORONTO -- John Tavares scored his 499th NHL goal 1:28 into overtime to help the Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 at Scotiabank Arena Saturday.

Tavares took a lead pass from Matthew Knies and shot over Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen’s blocker from the slot on a breakaway for the game-winning goal.

Tavares also had an assist, Nicholas Robertson, Mattias Maccelli and Dakota Joshua scored and Knies had two assists for the Maple Leafs (4-4-1), who were 0-2-1 in their previous three games. Cayden Primeau made 23 saves.

Toronto was without forward William Nylander because of an injury sustained on Friday in a 5-3 loss to the Sabres. He had played in 267 consecutive games, last missing a game on April 4, 2022.

Tage Thompson scored twice for the Sabres (4-4-1), who had won three in a

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