National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Dallas 4, Buffalo 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Referees: Brandon Blandina, Chris Rooney
Linesmen: Kilian McNamara, Andrew Smith
Attendance: 18532
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0112
Dallas 0134
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
17:12 - Sabres Connor Clifton (2) Cross checking
2nd Period
Scoring
9:49 - Stars Roope Hintz (EV) Assists: Jason Robertson , Thomas Harley
10:20 - Sabres Jason Zucker (EV) Assists: Tage Thompson , Bowen Byram
Penalties
None.
3rd Period
Scoring
2:35 - Stars Jason Robertson (EV) Unassisted
4:57 - Sabres Beck Malenstyn (EV) Assists: Sam Lafferty , Ryan McLeod
11:32 - Stars Wyatt Johnston (EV) Assists: Thomas Harley
18:23 - Stars Esa Lindell (EV) (EN) Assists: Jason Robertson , Casey DeSmith
Penalties
None.
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 58:00 56:00 0:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 30 24:46 23:42 0:00 1:04 0 0 3 5 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 14:54 14:54 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 22 17:04 17:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - 1 7 12
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 15:26 15:00 0:00 0:26 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 14:50 14:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 4 9 31
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 15:09 14:51 0:00 0:18 0 0 - - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 28 21:10 20:24 0:00 0:46 0 0 2 1 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 21 16:26 16:08 0:00 0:18 0 0 - 1 6 8 43
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 28 21:28 20:32 0:00 0:56 0 0 - 2 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 30 22:32 22:14 0:00 0:18 0 0 3 2 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 17 11:14 10:48 0:00 0:26 0 0 1 2 1 0 100
Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 E 0 0 17 12:14 10:58 0:00 1:16 0 0 - - 1 7 12
Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 22 18:35 18:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 20 14:31 14:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 15:51 15:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 15:19 14:23 0:00 0:56 0 0 - 1 - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 1 1 E 0 3 16 10:08 10:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 18:23 17:07 0:00 1:16 0 0 - 1 0 4 0
Dallas Stars
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Casey DeSmith G 0 1 1 0 0 60:00 58:00 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jake Oettinger G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 17:15 17:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 3 - - -
Miro Heiskanen D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 24 25:09 23:30 1:39 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Nils Lundkvist D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 16:37 16:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Oskar Back C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 15:07 15:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Logan Stankoven C 0 0 0 +1 0 4 18 15:54 15:37 0:17 0:00 0 0 1 - 2 2 50
Jamie Benn LW 0 0 0 +1 0 7 22 19:02 17:20 1:42 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Colin Blackwell C 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 10:47 10:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 2 2 50
Sam Steel C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20 14:54 14:54 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 1 50
Jason Robertson LW 1 2 3 +1 0 2 21 15:15 13:32 1:43 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Mavrik Bourque C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 13:29 13:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 2 60
Esa Lindell D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 24 22:00 21:42 0:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Roope Hintz C 1 0 1 E 0 3 24 15:32 13:53 1:39 0:00 0 0 1 1 9 4 69
Ilya Lyubushkin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 17:02 17:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Hryckowian C 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 7:30 7:30 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Wyatt Johnston C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 22 21:00 19:18 1:42 0:00 0 0 - 1 6 0 100
Thomas Harley D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 25 19:59 19:38 0:21 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Evgenii Dadonov RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 12:41 12:23 0:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 22 20:47 20:26 0:21 0:00 0 0 - 1 8 2 80
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (11-12-3) 32 29 3 .906 0 58:00
Dallas
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Casey DeSmith W (5-4-0) 23 21 2 .913 0 60:00