Buffalo Sabres vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 2024 · Enterprise Center

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4–2

Final

SOG 16–37

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FDSNMW · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at Enterprise Center. The Blues outshot the Sabres 37-16.

Goals came from Peyton Krebs, Tage Thompson, Brayden Schenn, Nathan Walker, Jason Zucker and Jiri Kulich.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Jordan Binnington stopped 12 of 16.

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

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Peyton Krebs (4)Bowen Byram (16), Rasmus Dahlin (20)Parayko 1:03 into shift1–006:52 BUF
Tage Thompson (18)Jason Zucker (15), Jack Quinn (7)2–013:06 BUF · PPG
Brayden Schenn (6)Colton Parayko (14), Jake Neighbours (8)2–115:47 STL

3rd period

Nathan Walker (4)Colton Parayko (15), Alexey Toropchenko (5)2–205:56 STL
Jason Zucker (10)Jack Quinn (8), Tage Thompson (11)3–210:30 BUF · PPG
Jiri Kulich (7)Mattias Samuelsson (3)4–216:19 BUF

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:03

1–0 · 1st 6:52 · Krebs. STL stayed on through an icing. Parayko was 1:03 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceSTL on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 BUF

1st 6:52 · Krebs

Long shift: Parayko 1:03

Long shiftParayko 1:03

2–0 BUF

1st 13:06 · PP · Thompson

Saad 0:27

Fresh legsSaad 0:27

2–1 STL

1st 15:47 · Schenn

Power 0:41

NormalPower 0:41

2–2 STL

3rd 5:56 · Walker

McLeod 0:30

Fresh legsMcLeod 0:30

3–2 BUF

3rd 10:30 · PP · Zucker

Faulk 0:33

Fresh legsFaulk 0:33

4–2 BUF

3rd 16:19 · Kulich

Fowler 0:43

NormalFowler 0:43

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

BUFSTL

16Shots on goal37

40%Faceoff %60%

2/3Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes6

20Hits14

23Blocked shots4

11Giveaways8

3Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 10:08Rasmus Dahlin · holding2 min
1st 12:21Jake Neighbours · hooking2 min
1st 14:16Alexandre Texier · hooking2 min
1st 15:42Alex Tuch · high sticking2 min
2nd 05:52JJ Peterka · cross checking2 min
2nd 11:06Sam Lafferty · tripping2 min
3rd 09:16Zachary Bolduc · cross checking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17Jason ZuckerL	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	100	18:13
22Jack QuinnR	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:48
72Tage ThompsonC	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	32	19:18
19Peyton KrebsC	1	0	1	+2	2	1	2	0	–	11:44
20Jiri KulichC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50	12:28
4Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	0	–	24:45
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	–	23:19
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	-1	2	2	3	2	–	23:38
9Zach BensonL	0	0	0	+2	1	1	0	0	–	12:56
24Dylan CozensC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	27	13:55
29Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	100	11:38
71Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	50	15:03
77JJ PeterkaR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	15:17
81Sam LaffertyC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	–	10:34
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	–	19:29
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	18:43
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	–	14:14
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	12:14

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	W	37	35	2	.946	59:44
47James ReimerG		0	0	0	–	00:00

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

55Colton ParaykoD	0	2	2	+1	3	3	0	0	–	22:24
10Brayden SchennC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	73	18:43
13Alexey ToropchenkoR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	100	09:47
26Nathan WalkerL	1	0	1	0	2	4	1	0	40	10:49
63Jake NeighboursL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	14:12
9Alexandre TexierC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	12:42
18Robert ThomasC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	47	23:17
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:20
25Jordan KyrouC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	19:50
70Oskar SundqvistC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	63	13:25
76Zachary BolducC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	11:19
81Dylan HollowayL	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	18:38
89Pavel BuchnevichL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	22:35
6Philip BrobergD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	15:33
17Cam FowlerD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	23:42
22Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	15:25
72Justin FaulkD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	23:01
75Tyler TuckerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	09:53

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Joel HoferG		0	0	0	–	00:00
50Jordan BinningtonG	L	16	12	4	.750	56:26