Buffalo Sabres at St. Louis Blues

Sun, Dec 29, 2024 · Enterprise Center · 2024–25 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 2

Final

St. Louis Blues

The Buffalo Sabres beat the St. Louis Blues 4–2 on Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at Enterprise Center. Tage Thompson led the way with 2 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 16–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	0	2	4	16
STL	1	0	1	2	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:52	BUF	EV	Peyton Krebs (4) · tip-in	Bowen Byram (16), Rasmus Dahlin (20)	1–0
1st	13:06	BUF	PP	Tage Thompson (18) · wrist	Jason Zucker (15), Jack Quinn (7)	2–0
1st	15:47	STL	EV	Brayden Schenn (6) · wrist	Colton Parayko (14), Jake Neighbours (8)	2–1
3rd	05:56	STL	EV	Nathan Walker (4) · wrist	Colton Parayko (15), Alexey Toropchenko (5)	2–2
3rd	10:30	BUF	PP	Jason Zucker (10) · wrist	Jack Quinn (8), Tage Thompson (11)	3–2
3rd	16:19	BUF	EV	Jiri Kulich (7) · wrist	Mattias Samuelsson (3)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:08	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	holding	2
1st	12:21	STL	Jake Neighbours	hooking	2
1st	14:16	STL	Alexandre Texier	hooking	2
1st	15:42	BUF	Alex Tuch	high sticking	2
2nd	05:52	BUF	JJ Peterka	cross checking	2
2nd	11:06	BUF	Sam Lafferty	tripping	2
3rd	09:16	STL	Zachary Bolduc	cross checking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 1.29 · STL 4.23 · xG% BUF 23.4

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	31.6	19:18	22
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	100.0	18:13	21
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		14:48	21
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4		24:45	32
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2	2	3		23:38	30
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	1		23:19	24
20	Jiri Kulich	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	50.0	12:28	20
19	Peyton Krebs	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	1	2		11:44	21
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4		19:29	24
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		18:43	24
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		15:17	21
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	50.0	15:03	17
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2		14:14	19
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	26.7	13:55	22
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0		12:56	21
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		12:14	17
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	100.0	11:38	14
81	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1		10:34	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	37	35	2	.946	59:44

St. Louis Blues

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Colton Parayko	D	0	2	2	+1	0	3	3	0		22:24	28
10	Brayden Schenn	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0	72.7	18:43	24
63	Jake Neighbours	L	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0		14:12	19
26	Nathan Walker	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	40.0	10:49	16
13	Alexey Toropchenko	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	9:47	16
17	Cam Fowler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		23:42	28
18	Robert Thomas	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	47.4	23:17	24
72	Justin Faulk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		23:01	27
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100.0	22:35	23
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		19:50	22
81	Dylan Holloway	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0		18:38	22
6	Philip Broberg	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		15:33	21
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		15:25	23
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:20	21
70	Oskar Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	62.5	13:25	20
9	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		12:42	16
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		11:19	16
75	Tyler Tucker	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		9:53	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
50	Jordan Binnington	L	16	12	4	.750	56:26