National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Utah 5, Buffalo 2
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 20, 2025
Where: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Referees: Graedy Hamilton, Jean Hebert
Linesmen: Trent Knorr, Ben O'Quinn
Attendance: 11131
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1012
Utah 1135
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
17:27 - Hockey Club Logan Cooley (EV) Assists: Nick Schmaltz , Clayton Keller
19:49 - Sabres JJ Peterka (PP) Assists: Jason Zucker , Tage Thompson
Penalties
6:25 - Hockey Club Ian Cole (2) Holding
 9:29 - Sabres Tyson Kozak (2) Holding
 18:35 - Hockey Club Ian Cole (2) Cross checking
2nd Period
Scoring
11:50 - Hockey Club Mikhail Sergachev (EV) Assists: Jack McBain
Penalties
5:40 - Sabres Sam Lafferty (2) High sticking
 7:15 - Hockey Club Sean Durzi (2) Hooking
 18:41 - Hockey Club Logan Cooley (2) Roughing
 18:41 - Sabres Connor Clifton (2) Roughing
 19:54 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (2) Delay of game
3rd Period
Scoring
1:32 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (SH) Unassisted
14:13 - Hockey Club Dylan Guenther (EV) Assists: Barrett Hayton , Michael Carcone
18:50 - Hockey Club Kevin Stenlund (EV) (EN) Unassisted
19:41 - Hockey Club Mikhail Sergachev (SH) (EN) Assists: Karel Vejmelka
Penalties
9:24 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (2) Hooking
 9:38 - Hockey Club Clayton Keller (2) Hooking
 18:50 - Hockey Club Kevin Stenlund (2) High sticking
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 58:19 47:08 5:22 5:49 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 28 23:20 20:30 0:28 2:22 0 0 1 2 - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 14:09 10:23 0:00 3:46 0 0 3 2 0 3 0
Jason Zucker LW 0 1 1 -3 0 5 19 16:32 11:07 5:25 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 4 0 21 11:21 10:48 0:33 0:00 0 0 2 - 5 5 50
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 9:50 9:39 0:11 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 17:52 13:58 0:00 3:54 0 0 1 2 - - -
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 26 20:36 20:24 0:12 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -4 0 2 27 24:27 18:05 5:40 0:42 0 0 1 - - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 21 12:27 10:48 0:19 1:20 0 0 3 - - - -
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 23 13:33 13:33 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 4 4 5 44
Brett Murray LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12 5:55 5:42 0:13 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 28 20:12 15:05 2:11 2:56 0 1 - - 10 8 56
Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 -3 0 3 22 20:56 15:12 5:42 0:02 0 0 - - 5 4 56
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 22 14:09 10:41 0:19 3:09 0 0 2 3 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 1 0 1 -3 0 6 23 21:01 16:29 4:31 0:01 1 0 - 1 - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 24 14:29 12:22 0:19 1:48 0 0 2 - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 E 2 1 21 12:19 11:55 0:24 0:00 0 0 4 - 5 3 62
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 23 18:33 10:35 5:29 2:29 0 0 2 - 1 1 50
Utah Hockey Club
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jaxson Stauber G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Karel Vejmelka G 0 1 1 0 0 59:50 47:48 5:49 6:13 0 0 - - - - -
Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 19:09 16:51 0:00 2:18 0 0 2 - - - -
John Marino D 0 0 0 +4 0 1 26 21:37 18:51 0:02 2:44 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 13:50 13:48 0:00 0:02 0 0 - 2 - - -
Nick Schmaltz C 0 1 1 +2 0 2 25 19:27 14:29 4:00 0:58 0 0 1 - 5 2 71
Clayton Keller RW 0 1 1 E 2 2 24 17:47 13:16 4:31 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Dylan Guenther RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 19 14:51 10:23 4:18 0:10 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Alexander Kerfoot C 0 0 0 +2 0 1 22 15:36 12:20 0:00 3:16 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Jack McBain C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 21 14:26 11:03 1:14 2:09 0 0 4 - 2 5 29
Barrett Hayton C 0 1 1 E 0 1 19 14:11 9:59 1:52 2:20 0 0 1 1 3 4 43
Ian Cole D 0 0 0 +2 4 3 20 16:49 14:19 0:00 2:30 0 0 3 3 - - -
Sean Durzi D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 26 19:24 15:39 2:32 1:13 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Carcone LW 0 1 1 E 0 1 15 10:47 9:26 1:21 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Matias Maccelli LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 10:46 10:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Lawson Crouse LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 19 11:21 9:59 1:22 0:00 0 0 2 - 2 0 100
Kevin Stenlund C 1 0 1 +1 2 2 22 14:03 11:36 0:06 2:21 0 0 1 1 5 6 45
Josh Doan RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 12:12 11:53 0:00 0:19 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Logan Cooley C 1 0 1 E 2 2 25 19:23 14:39 3:49 0:55 0 0 2 - 7 9 44
Mikhail Sergachev D 2 0 2 +4 0 3 28 24:07 17:19 3:11 3:37 0 1 1 1 - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer L (2-8-2) 30 27 3 .900 0 58:19
Utah
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Karel Vejmelka W (20-18-6) 27 25 2 .926 0 59:50