John Tavares scored his 499th NHL goal on a breakaway at 1:28 of overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Saturday night to end a three-game losing streak

Tavares' overtime winner puts him one goal away from 500 goals, something not many players in the league have accomplished.

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.

Defenseman Mattias Samuelsson scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres snapped a five-game skid against the rival Toronto Maple Leafs with a 5-3 victory Friday night.

Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly will miss at minimum Friday's game against the Sabres due to an undisclosed injury. Toronto is already without Chris Tanev.

The Toronto Maple Leafs were already entering the weekend without Chris Tanev, and now they’re forced to play Friday with another notable absence on the blue line.

Toronto's Maple Leafs and Raptors are changing the times of their games this weekend and next week to avoid overlap with the Blue Jays' World Series games.