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Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, December 27, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Chicago BlackhawksChicagoBlackhawksAway

2–6

Final

SOG 17–35

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

ESPN2 · SN

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 on Friday, December 27, 2024 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Blackhawks 35-17.

Alex Tuch scored a hat trick. Zach Benson, Jack Quinn, Dylan Cozens, Tyler Bertuzzi and Seth Jones also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Petr Mrazek stopped 7 of 11.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Chicago BlackhawksCHI011217
Buffalo SabresBUF402635

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex TuchBUF · 3G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJack QuinnBUF · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starDylan CozensBUF · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:02

2–5 · 3rd 5:48 · Tuch. Donato was 1:02 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCHI on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 9:51 · Benson

Vlasic 0:53

0–2 BUF

1st 12:23 · Tuch

Murphy 0:37

0–3 BUF

1st 12:38 · Quinn

Foligno 0:15

0–4 BUF

1st 19:18 · Cozens

Bedard 0:42

1–4 CHI

2nd 16:39 · Bertuzzi

Samuelsson 0:47

2–4 CHI

3rd 3:06 · Jones

Malenstyn 0:32

2–5 BUF

3rd 5:48 · Tuch

Long shift: Donato 1:02

2–6 BUF

3rd 15:06 · Tuch

Teravainen 0:58

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

CHIBUF
17Shots on goal35
49%Faceoff %51%
0/1Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes4
35Hits24
9Blocked shots11
20Giveaways8
4Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 2nd 02:24TJ Brodie · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 12:43Peyton Krebs · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 12:43Kevin Korchinski · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 03:28Alex Tuch · tripping2 min

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