Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars

Tue, Dec 31, 2024 · American Airlines Center · 2024–25 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 4

Final

Dallas Stars

The Dallas Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at American Airlines Center. Jason Robertson led the way with 3 points. Casey DeSmith made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	1	2	23
DAL	0	1	3	4	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	09:49	DAL	EV	Roope Hintz (16) · wrist	Jason Robertson (18), Thomas Harley (12)	0–1
2nd	10:20	BUF	EV	Jason Zucker (11) · snap	Tage Thompson (12), Bowen Byram (17)	1–1
3rd	02:35	DAL	EV	Jason Robertson (9) · wrist	Unassisted	1–2
3rd	04:57	BUF	EV	Beck Malenstyn (4) · deflected	Sam Lafferty (2), Ryan McLeod (12)	2–2
3rd	11:32	DAL	EV	Wyatt Johnston (9) · tip-in	Thomas Harley (13)	2–3
3rd	18:23	DAL	SH EN	Esa Lindell (3) · wrist	Jason Robertson (19), Casey DeSmith (1)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	17:12	BUF	Connor Clifton	cross checking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.60 · DAL 5.46 · xG% BUF 32.3

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	3	5		24:46	30
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1		18:35	22
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	12.5	17:04	22
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	12:14	17
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	100.0	11:14	17
81	Sam Lafferty	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	1		10:08	16
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	2		22:32	30
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		21:28	28
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		21:10	28
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		18:23	23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	42.9	16:26	21
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:51	21
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		15:26	23
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		15:19	20
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		15:09	21
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		14:54	21
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	30.8	14:50	22
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	5	0		14:31	20

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	32	29	3	.906	58:00

Dallas Stars

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
21	Jason Robertson	L	1	2	3	+1	2	1	0	100.0	15:15	21
55	Thomas Harley	D	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1		19:59	25
23	Esa Lindell	D	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0		22:00	24
53	Wyatt Johnston	C	1	0	1	+1	4	0	1	100.0	21:00	22
24	Roope Hintz	C	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	69.2	15:32	24
4	Miro Heiskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2		25:09	24
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	80.0	20:47	22
14	Jamie Benn	L	0	0	0	+1	7	0	0	100.0	19:02	22
3	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		17:15	23
46	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0		17:02	20
5	Nils Lundkvist	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2		16:37	21
11	Logan Stankoven	C	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	50.0	15:54	18
10	Oskar Bäck	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	15:07	17
18	Sam Steel	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	50.0	14:54	20
22	Mavrik Bourque	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	60.0	13:29	15
63	Evgenii Dadonov	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:41	19
15	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50.0	10:47	17
49	Justin Hryckowian	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	7:30	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Casey DeSmith	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00