Chicago Blackhawks at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Dec 27, 2024 · KeyBank Center · 2024–25 Regular Season

Chicago Blackhawks

2 – 6

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–2 on Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at KeyBank Center. Alex Tuch scored a hat trick. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 15 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 17–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CHI	0	1	1	2	17
BUF	4	0	2	6	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	09:51	BUF	EV	Zach Benson (6) · tip-in	Rasmus Dahlin (18), Bowen Byram (15)	0–1
1st	12:23	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (10) · tip-in	Tage Thompson (10), Rasmus Dahlin (19)	0–2
1st	12:38	BUF	EV	Jack Quinn (5) · wrist	Dylan Cozens (11), JJ Peterka (16)	0–3
1st	19:18	BUF	EV	Dylan Cozens (8) · wrist	Jack Quinn (6)	0–4
2nd	16:39	CHI	EV	Tyler Bertuzzi (11) · wrist	Taylor Hall (12), Connor Bedard (22)	1–4
3rd	03:06	CHI	EV	Seth Jones (3) · wrist	Patrick Maroon (8), Lukas Reichel (8)	2–4
3rd	05:48	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (11) · wrist	Ryan McLeod (11), Sam Lafferty (1)	2–5
3rd	15:06	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (12) · snap	Unassisted	2–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	02:24	CHI	TJ Brodie	hooking	2
2nd	12:43	BUF	Peyton Krebs	slashing	2
2nd	12:43	CHI	Kevin Korchinski	roughing	2
3rd	03:28	BUF	Alex Tuch	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: CHI 1.93 · BUF 3.92 · xG% CHI 33.0

Chicago Blackhawks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Seth Jones	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1		23:16	27
98	Connor Bedard	C	0	1	1	-1	0	4	2	0	62.5	20:11	21
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	0		16:21	19
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1	100.0	16:10	20
73	Lukas Reichel	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	57.1	14:31	17
77	Patrick Maroon	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	33.3	14:06	15
5	Connor Murphy	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	5	2		21:42	26
72	Alex Vlasic	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	2		21:14	26
42	Nolan Allan	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		19:43	24
14	Kevin Korchinski	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0		16:51	21
78	TJ Brodie	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	1		15:37	20
95	Ilya Mikheyev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		14:44	17
86	Teuvo Teravainen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		14:37	16
91	Frank Nazar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	71.4	14:34	17
16	Jason Dickinson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	40.0	14:28	18
17	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	5	0	20.0	13:57	15
8	Ryan Donato	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0		12:34	15
23	Philipp Kurashev	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		11:24	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Arvid Soderblom	L	24	22	2	.917	40:00
34	Petr Mrazek	L	11	7	4	.636	20:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
89	Alex Tuch	R	3	0	3	+2	2	3	0	0	100.0	16:26	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	2	2	+3	0	3	2	1		21:17	29
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	1	33.3	15:56	21
22	Jack Quinn	R	1	1	2	+2	0	4	1	0		14:48	20
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	+3	0	0	4	1		21:37	28
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	0	64.7	16:49	22
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	+3	0	2	0	0		16:16	20
9	Zach Benson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	6	0	0		15:43	19
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	50.0	11:56	16
81	Sam Lafferty	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0		10:53	15
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4		20:50	26
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2		20:18	25
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	6	1		18:52	23
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	100.0	16:35	21
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	44.4	15:55	20
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	33.3	15:36	20
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0		15:29	22
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		10:58	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	17	15	2	.882	59:46