The Sabres have announced that the start times for the team's games against the Toronto Maple Leafs have been moved due to the start of the World Series

The Toronto Raptors, Toronto Maple Leafs and even Buffalo Sabres are making time changes to upcoming games to avoid too much overlap with the Blue Jays. That includes the Raptors' home opener and multiple NHL games getting altered to make everything line up just right.

MONTREAL – A late comeback bid fell short as the Buffalo Sabres lost 4-2 to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday at Bell Centre.

The start times of three Toronto Maple Leafs and two Toronto Raptors games have been changed to avoid overlapping with the Toronto Blue Jays’ games in the World Series.

The Buffalo Sabres two-game winning streak was snapped in Montreal on Monday, as third-period goals by Juraj Slafkovsky and Lane Hutson catapulted the Canadiens to a 4-2 victory at the Bell Centre. Sabres goalie Alex Lyon made 27 saves in his six consecutive start and it is likely that the veteran netminder will make his seventh straight start against his former club,

UPL is 26 years old and coming off a season in which he started 55 games for the Sabres. In 2024-25, Luukkonen finished with a 24-24-5 record. He had a 3.20 goals against average and 88.7 save percentage. His numbers were all better in 2023-24 (27-22-4, 2.57, 91.0).