Buffalo Sabres 2 — 4 Dallas Stars
2024-12-31 · American Airlines Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | DAL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | 5 | 11 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey DeSmith start | DAL | W | 21 | 23 | 2 | 21/23 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | L | 29 | 32 | 3 | 28/31 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 58:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Zucker | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:04 |
| Sam Lafferty | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10:08 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11:14 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:35 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 24:46 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22:32 |
| Owen Power | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:28 |
| Jiri Kulich | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:23 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:31 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:51 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:26 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:10 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:26 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:09 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:19 |
DAL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Robertson | L | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:15 |
| Thomas Harley | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:59 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:00 |
| Roope Hintz | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:32 |
| Esa Lindell | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:00 |
| Jamie Benn | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:02 |
| Logan Stankoven | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:54 |
| Matt Duchene | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:47 |
| Evgenii Dadonov | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 |
| Colin Blackwell | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:47 |
| Mathew Dumba | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17:15 |
| Miro Heiskanen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25:09 |
| Sam Steel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 |
| Mavrik Bourque | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:29 |
| Oskar Back | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 |
| Nils Lundkvist | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:37 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| Justin Hryckowian | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:30 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | 2025-26 | DAL | 4 | BUF | 3 | SO |
| 2025-12-31 | 2025-26 | BUF | 4 | DAL | 1 | |
| 2024-12-31 | 2024-25 | BUF | 2 | DAL | 4 | |
| 2024-10-22 | 2024-25 | DAL | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2024-04-09 | 2023-24 | BUF | 2 | DAL | 3 | |
| 2024-02-06 | 2023-24 | DAL | 2 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2023-03-09 | 2022-23 | DAL | 10 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2023-01-23 | 2022-23 | BUF | 3 | DAL | 2 | OT |
| 2022-02-27 | 2021-22 | BUF | 2 | DAL | 4 | |
| 2022-01-20 | 2021-22 | DAL | 5 | BUF | 4 |