Winnipeg Jets 3, Buffalo Sabres 2: final score and stats
Winnipeg Jets beat Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets 3 to Buffalo Sabres 2, on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Winnipeg Jets.
NHLThursday, December 5, 2024
DateDec 5, 2024
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance14,497
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg Jets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Winnipeg JetsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
19-8-0Record11-12-3
5th in Central DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
5-6Road record / home record4-6
WWWWWLast 5LLLLW
W6StreakL4
Team stats
Winnipeg JetsBuffalo Sabres
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.
Winnipeg Jets
Isak Rosen RW · Undisclosed
OutDylan DeMelo D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveElias Salomonsson D · Personal
Injured ReserveVladislav Namestnikov C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveNick Bjugstad C · Pectoral - Surgery
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Winnipeg Jets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Appleton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 | 0:05 | 1:05 | 15:18 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Barron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:15 | 0:00 | 2:05 | 7:10 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:42 | 5:56 | 0:53 | 16:53 | 26 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Iafallo | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11:34 | 1:52 | 1:46 | 7:56 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Kupari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:09 | 0:00 | 1:07 | 7:02 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Lambert | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:01 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 7:33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Lowry | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17:43 | 0:02 | 2:54 | 14:47 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 71.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:02 | 1:53 | 0:00 | 11:09 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 | 1:59 | 0:00 | 13:55 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Perfetti | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:05 | 6:06 | 0:00 | 12:59 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Scheifele | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24:49 | 6:02 | 0:05 | 18:42 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 56.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:52 | 6:02 | 0:03 | 15:47 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Winnipeg Jets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan DeMelo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:09 | 0:00 | 2:21 | 16:48 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haydn Fleury | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 | 0:06 | 1:32 | 17:03 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Heinola | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:57 | 0:27 | 0:00 | 10:30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Morrissey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29:54 | 5:49 | 0:41 | 23:24 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neal Pionk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:33 | 2:13 | 1:57 | 23:23 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Logan Stanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:20 | 0:00 | 3:27 | 6:53 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
Winnipeg Jets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Hellebuyck | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .933 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 63:49 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:09 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 | 1:08 | 1:36 | 11:32 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:53 | 3:48 | 0:18 | 13:47 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 57.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 4 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 15:29 | 1:11 | 1:30 | 12:48 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:47 | 1:06 | 0:00 | 12:41 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 | 0:00 | 3:07 | 8:51 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:34 | 0:00 | 3:37 | 14:57 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 30.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:35 | 1:11 | 0:00 | 15:24 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 20:09 | 3:51 | 0:25 | 15:53 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Tuch | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:49 | 3:51 | 3:53 | 14:05 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 | 3:30 | 0:00 | 10:55 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 | 0:00 | 1:38 | 13:14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bowen Byram | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 26:38 | 2:17 | 2:27 | 21:54 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor Clifton | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21:19 | 0:00 | 6:14 | 15:05 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:21 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:23 | 0:02 | 0:45 | 19:36 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29:21 | 3:00 | 4:57 | 21:24 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .903 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 63:59 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Winnipeg Jets vs Buffalo Sabres?
Winnipeg Jets won, 3-2, on Thursday, December 5, 2024.
What was the final score of Winnipeg Jets vs Buffalo Sabres?
Winnipeg Jets 3, Buffalo Sabres 2.
Who were the top performers?
Winnipeg Jets: Gabriel Vilardi (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Dylan Cozens (1 goals).
Where is Winnipeg Jets vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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