Buffalo Sabres vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 2024 · American Airlines Center
Victory+ · MSG-B
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at American Airlines Center. The Stars outshot the Sabres 33–23.
Goals came from Roope Hintz, Jason Zucker, Jason Robertson, Beck Malenstyn, Wyatt Johnston and Esa Lindell.
Casey DeSmith made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Roope Hintz (16)Jason Robertson (18), Thomas Harley (12)0–109:49 DAL
Jason Zucker (11)Tage Thompson (12), Bowen Byram (17)1–110:20 BUF
3rd period
Jason Robertson (9)Unassisted1–202:35 DAL
Beck Malenstyn (4)Sam Lafferty (2), Ryan McLeod (12)Heiskanen 1:43 into shift2–204:57 BUF
Wyatt Johnston (9)Thomas Harley (13)2–311:32 DAL
Esa Lindell (3)Jason Robertson (19), Casey DeSmith (1)2–418:23 DAL ·
Tired legs
When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2024–25 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.
2–2 · 3rd 4:57 · Malenstyn. Heiskanen had been on the ice for 1:43 when it went in.
0–1 DAL
2nd 9:49 · Hintz
Tuch 0:12
1–1 BUF
2nd 10:20 · Zucker
Harley 0:46
1–2 DAL
3rd 2:35 · Robertson
Quinn 0:37
2–2 BUF
3rd 4:57 · Malenstyn
Stuck out there: Heiskanen 1:43
2–3 DAL
3rd 11:32 · Johnston
Lafferty 0:20
2–4 DAL
3rd 18:23 · · Lindell
Thompson 1:02
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.6×
When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.6 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 15 against about 1 in 24.
29%
of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.
Team stats
Penalties
- 17:12 into the first period
Connor Clifton · cross checking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Jason ZuckerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:04 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:35 |
| 81Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:08 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 24:46 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 20Jiri KulichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:10 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 22:32 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 47James ReimerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Dallas Stars
| 21Jason RobertsonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 15:15 |
| 55Thomas HarleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:59 |
| 24Roope HintzC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 53Wyatt JohnstonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:00 |
| 23Esa LindellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:00 |
| 10Oskar BäckC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 |
| 11Logan StankovenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:54 |
| 14Jamie BennL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | 19:02 |
| 15Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:47 |
| 18Sam SteelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 22Mavrik BourqueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 49Justin HryckowianC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:30 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:47 |
| 3Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 4Miro HeiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:09 |
| 5Nils LundkvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:37 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 29Jake OettingerG | 0 | 0 | – |