Buffalo Sabres at Chicago Blackhawks

Sat, Oct 19, 2024 · United Center · 2024–25 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 2

Final

Chicago Blackhawks

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 on Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at United Center. Craig Smith scored twice. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	1	1	4	22
CHI	0	2	0	2	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:39	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (4) · wrist	JJ Peterka (2), Alex Tuch (5)	1–0
1st	11:31	BUF	EV	Beck Malenstyn (1) · deflected	Connor Clifton (2), Peyton Krebs (2)	2–0
2nd	06:28	CHI	EV	Craig Smith (1) · wrist	Lukas Reichel (1), Seth Jones (5)	2–1
2nd	12:48	CHI	EV	Craig Smith (2) · wrist	Lukas Reichel (2), Connor Murphy (1)	2–2
2nd	18:37	BUF	EV	JJ Peterka (4) · wrist	Tage Thompson (2), Owen Power (1)	3–2
3rd	19:34	BUF	SH EN	Ryan McLeod (3) · wrist	Dylan Cozens (2)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	13:35	CHI	TJ Brodie	holding	2
1st	15:59	BUF	JJ Peterka	holding	2
2nd	06:47	CHI	Seth Jones	tripping	2
2nd	14:55	CHI	TJ Brodie	tripping	2
3rd	14:28	CHI	Philipp Kurashev	roughing	2
3rd	14:28	CHI	Ilya Mikheyev	roughing	2
3rd	14:28	BUF	Peyton Krebs	roughing	2
3rd	14:28	CHI	Tyler Bertuzzi	roughing	2
3rd	14:28	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	roughing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.00 · CHI 2.85 · xG% BUF 51.3

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	JJ Peterka	R	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0		20:43	21
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	2	1	41.7	19:18	21
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		20:10	25
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+3	0	3	2	1	50.0	18:57	25
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	25.0	17:27	21
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	1		15:37	22
71	Ryan McLeod	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	63.6	14:15	19
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	3	1		11:16	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	57.1	10:51	21
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		23:51	31
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3		20:27	23
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		17:42	28
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		15:48	20
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:36	20
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0		15:19	19
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		15:16	19
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		13:17	19
81	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2		12:10	20

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	37	35	2	.946	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
15	Craig Smith	C	2	0	2	0	0	5	4	0	100.0	9:12	15
73	Lukas Reichel	L	0	2	2	0	0	4	1	0		8:21	13
4	Seth Jones	D	0	1	1	-1	2	5	1	1		26:25	26
5	Connor Murphy	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		18:25	24
72	Alex Vlasic	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5		23:10	26
86	Teuvo Teravainen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		21:17	25
17	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	66.7	20:45	25
98	Connor Bedard	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	14.3	20:11	21
44	Wyatt Kaiser	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	4		19:29	25
78	TJ Brodie	D	0	0	0	-2	4	1	1	1		16:15	25
16	Jason Dickinson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	52.4	16:09	22
23	Philipp Kurashev	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	1	80.0	15:48	19
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	L	0	0	0	-2	2	2	2	0		15:38	16
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	33.3	14:38	17
95	Ilya Mikheyev	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		14:08	21
42	Nolan Allan	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		13:07	19
8	Ryan Donato	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		11:56	17
89	Andreas Athanasiou	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	60.0	8:51	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Arvid Soderblom	L	21	18	3	.857	58:15