Buffalo Sabres 2, Dallas Stars 4: final score and stats
Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 2 to Dallas Stars 4, on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Dallas Stars vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLTuesday, December 31, 2024
DateDec 31, 2024
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueAmerican Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
TVESPN+
Attendance18,532
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dallas Stars | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresDallas Stars
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
14-20-4Record22-13-1
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Central Division
4-6Road record / home record7-5
LLLLWLast 5WLWLW
L4StreakW1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresDallas Stars
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveDallas Stars
Miro Heiskanen D · Upper Body
OutKyle Capobianco D · Leg
Injured ReserveLian Bichsel D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveOskar Back C · Finger - Fracture
Injured ReserveMatt Duchene C · Abdomen
Injured ReserveBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:54 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 16:26 | 0:00 | 0:18 | 16:08 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:26 | 0:00 | 0:26 | 15:00 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:50 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 30.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:08 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 | 0:00 | 0:26 | 10:48 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 10:58 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:51 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:09 | 0:00 | 0:18 | 14:51 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:35 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:23 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 17:07 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:04 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 | 0:00 | 0:56 | 14:23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 5 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 24:46 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 23:42 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:31 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 22:32 | 0:00 | 0:18 | 22:14 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:28 | 0:00 | 0:56 | 20:32 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 21:10 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 20:24 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .906 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 58:00 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar Back | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:07 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Benn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 17:20 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Blackwell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:47 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mavrik Bourque | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:29 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgenii Dadonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 | 0:18 | 0:00 | 12:23 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:47 | 0:21 | 0:00 | 20:26 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roope Hintz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 13:53 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hryckowian | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Johnston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:00 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 19:18 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Robertson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:15 | 1:43 | 0:00 | 13:32 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stankoven | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:54 | 0:17 | 0:00 | 15:37 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Steel | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:54 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Dumba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:15 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Harley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:59 | 0:21 | 0:00 | 19:38 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miro Heiskanen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:09 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 23:30 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Esa Lindell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:00 | 0:18 | 0:00 | 21:42 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nils Lundkvist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:37 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:02 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey DeSmith | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .913 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Dallas Stars?
Dallas Stars won, 4-2, on Tuesday, December 31, 2024.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Dallas Stars?
Buffalo Sabres 2, Dallas Stars 4.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Jason Zucker (1 goals). Dallas Stars: Jason Robertson (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Dallas Stars played?
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX.
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