Morning Coffee: Sabres stun Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs played in front of a capacity crowd at home for the first time since early December on Wednesday night.

It’s safe to say that fans in attendance expected to see a much different performance than the one they got.

The Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto 5-1 as a +330 underdog.

While I’d never recommend betting on an NHL favourite at -430 odds, seeing the Maple Leafs at that number has suddenly turned into an opportunity to fade them.

Toronto has been a favourite of -320 or longer four times since Jan. 12. They’ve lost three of those four games.

Last night’s win by Buffalo was the biggest upset in regulation this NHL season.

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Thursday March 3, 2022.

Sabres stun Maple Leafs

The Maple Leafs had scored three or more goals in four straight games heading into Wednesday night, including a season-high 10 goals in a win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.

But they hit a wall against the Sabres on Wednesday night. Craig Anderson turned aside 29 of the 30 shots he faced to pull off the upset and hold Toronto under its team total.

The Maple Leafs have been -320 or longer favourites four times since January 12th, but have lost three of those games. -320 at ARI (2-1 L) -420 at MTL (5-2 L) -430 vs BUF (5-1 L) Tonight's loss to Buffalo is the biggest upset regulation loss in the NHL this season. pic.twitter.com/DHfc1ciWUA

Meanwhile, the Sabres to go over 2.5 goals cashed at +135. The win snapped a six-game losing streak for Buffalo.

By the time it was over, the capacity crowd booed the home team off the ice.

Keefe’s assessment: “It was terrible from start to finish.”

Sheldon Keefe said after the game that his team was “terrible from start to finish” and that “we just didn’t have