{"id":416524,"date":"2023-02-21T23:46:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T04:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=416524"},"modified":"2023-02-21T23:47:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T04:47:42","slug":"oreilly-hat-trick-lifts-maple-leafs-past-sabres","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/oreilly-hat-trick-lifts-maple-leafs-past-sabres\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Reilly&#8217; hat trick lifts Maple Leafs past Sabres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newcomer Ryan O\u2019Reilly, who was acquired last week, scored a hat trick, including two goals on Toronto\u2019s first two shots, to inspire the Maple Leafs to a 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OLG_CA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@OLG_CA<\/a> Game Winning Numbers | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LeafsForever<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OnJLbwOjIa\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/OnJLbwOjIa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MapleLeafs\/status\/1628241922757398530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The forward, who is from Ontario, said he&#8217;s trying to help the franchise win the Stanley Cup since 1967, let alone a Stanley Cup Playoff series since 2004.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not bad for a Tuesday \u2b50\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Molson_Canadian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Molson_Canadian<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LeafsForever<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x8VUYiAueE\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/x8VUYiAueE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MapleLeafs\/status\/1628238284450316288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Reilly, playing his third game in four nights since being acquired from St. Louis, netted 37 seconds apart in the opening period and the Maple Leafs led 4-0 on goals in a span of 8:18 in front of 18,641 spectators at KeyBank Center.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">O\u2019Reilly, who spent two seasons playing for the Sabres before being traded to St. Louis in July 2018, added two assists and sealed the win with the first five-point outing of his career by scoring into an empty-net goal with 1:10 remaining \u2014 and after the Sabres scored three times to cut Toronto\u2019s lead to 5-3.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">In earning their 78th point, the Maple Leafs (35-15-8) matched a franchise record for points through their first 58 games of a season and set last year, when they were 37-16-5.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">O\u2019Reilly\u2019s new linemates got in on the fun, with captain John Tavares, who has been nudged to left wing, scoring and adding three assists.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Mitchell Marner set up career-high five goals. Michael Bunting and William Nylander also scored, and Ilya Samsonov made 29 saves.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Alex Tuch, with the 100th goal of his career, Jack Quinn and Jeff Skinner scored for Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>The Maple Leafs host the Minnesota Wild on Friday before departing for a five-game trip. The Sabres travel to play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  id=\"_ytid_73615\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJsxks7aw38?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;controls=1&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cJsxks7aw38\/maxresdefault.jpg\" title=\"\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcomer Ryan O\u2019Reilly, who was acquired last week, scored a hat trick, including two goals on Toronto\u2019s first two shots, to inspire the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":416525,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16743,17219,17609,16734],"news_category":[16709,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"Ilya Samsonov made 29 saves, O'Reilly finished with five-points for the first time in his career","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/416524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/416524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416524"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=416524"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=416524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}