National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Dallas 4, Buffalo 2
Tuesday, December 31, 2024 8:00 PM
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
 
Final123T
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 TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 58:00
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 24:46
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:54
Jason Zucker LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 17:04
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15:26
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 14:50
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15:09
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21:10
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 16:26
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21:28
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 22:32
Beck Malenstyn LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 11:14
Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 E 0 0 12:14
Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 18:35
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 14:31
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15:51
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 15:19
Sam Lafferty C 0 1 1 E 0 3 10:08
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18:23
Dallas Stars
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Casey DeSmith G 0 1 1 0 0 60:00
Jake Oettinger G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:15
Miro Heiskanen D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 25:09
Nils Lundkvist D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16:37
Oskar Back C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15:07
Logan Stankoven C 0 0 0 +1 0 4 15:54
Jamie Benn LW 0 0 0 +1 0 7 19:02
Colin Blackwell C 0 0 0 E 0 2 10:47
Sam Steel C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 14:54
Jason Robertson LW 1 2 3 +1 0 2 15:15
Mavrik Bourque C 0 0 0 E 0 0 13:29
Esa Lindell D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 22:00
Roope Hintz C 1 0 1 E 0 3 15:32
Ilya Lyubushkin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17:02
Justin Hryckowian C 0 0 0 E 0 0 7:30
Wyatt Johnston C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 21:00
Thomas Harley D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 19:59
Evgenii Dadonov RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 12:41
Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 20:47
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