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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Utah 5, Buffalo 2
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 7, 2024
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Carter Sandlak, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 15071
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Utah 0325
Buffalo 1012
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:14 - Sabres Tyson Kozak (EV) Assists: Beck Malenstyn , Dennis Gilbert
Penalties
12:17 - Hockey Club Ian Cole (2) Interference
 18:39 - Hockey Club Mikhail Sergachev (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
3:18 - Hockey Club Michael Kesselring (EV) Assists: Barrett Hayton
3:42 - Hockey Club Mikhail Sergachev (EV) Assists: Alexander Kerfoot , Michael Carcone
19:08 - Hockey Club Nick Schmaltz (EV) Assists: Michael Kesselring , Clayton Keller
Penalties
9:16 - Sabres Beck Malenstyn (5) Fighting
 9:16 - Hockey Club Michael Kesselring (5) Fighting
3rd Period
Scoring
2:11 - Hockey Club Jack McBain (EV) Assists: Logan Cooley , Dylan Guenther
12:07 - Hockey Club Kevin Stenlund (EV) Assists: Olli Maatta , Alexander Kerfoot
17:40 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (EV) Assists: Jason Zucker , Owen Power
Penalties
6:50 - Hockey Club Ian Cole (2) Hooking
Utah Hockey Club
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jaxson Stauber G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Karel Vejmelka G 0 0 0 0 0 59:33 53:33 0:00 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 31 23:18 19:11 0:00 4:07 0 0 - 3 - - -
Juuso Valimaki D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 29 20:59 19:06 0:00 1:53 0 0 - 1 - - -
Michael Kesselring D 1 1 2 +2 5 2 25 16:12 16:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schmaltz C 1 0 1 +2 0 5 25 18:46 16:00 0:00 2:46 0 0 - - - - -
Clayton Keller RW 0 1 1 +2 0 1 19 14:12 14:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Dylan Guenther RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 16 12:24 12:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Alexander Kerfoot C 0 2 2 +1 0 0 24 15:08 11:52 0:00 3:16 0 0 - - 3 6 33
Nick Bjugstad C 0 0 0 E 0 4 21 14:33 14:33 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 7 12 37
Jack McBain C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 17 12:27 12:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Barrett Hayton C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 23 16:21 15:04 0:00 1:17 0 0 1 1 4 4 50
Ian Cole D 0 0 0 +1 4 1 31 21:41 20:05 0:00 1:36 0 0 - 4 - - -
Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 15:50 14:01 0:00 1:49 0 0 3 3 - - -
Michael Carcone LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 16 10:31 10:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 0 - - -
Matias Maccelli LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 15:12 15:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Lawson Crouse LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 16:27 14:57 0:00 1:30 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Kevin Stenlund C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 23 13:52 10:42 0:00 3:10 0 0 - - 5 4 56
Logan Cooley C 0 1 1 E 0 0 16 13:33 13:33 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 4 8 33
Mikhail Sergachev D 1 0 1 +2 2 3 32 23:01 20:25 0:00 2:36 0 0 - 3 - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:00 6:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 E 0 1 30 22:19 20:34 1:45 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Dennis Gilbert D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 20 14:13 14:13 0:00 0:00 0 0 7 - - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 -3 0 2 21 16:27 14:37 1:50 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 20:14 20:02 0:12 0:00 0 0 - 3 - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 1 1 E 0 3 21 15:16 11:21 3:55 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 14:08 12:16 1:52 0:00 0 0 2 - 2 1 67
Jiri Kulich C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 22 14:30 12:41 1:49 0:00 0 0 1 0 8 4 67
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 23 19:40 15:43 3:57 0:00 0 0 5 - 13 5 72
Owen Power D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 28 23:06 18:51 4:15 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 1 1 +1 5 2 18 12:17 12:15 0:02 0:00 0 0 7 - - - -
Tyson Kozak C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 19 12:09 11:57 0:12 0:00 0 0 - 2 7 7 50
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 14:18 14:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 25 18:44 14:35 4:09 0:00 0 0 5 - 2 4 33
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 21 17:26 17:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 2 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 -3 0 2 23 17:18 14:48 2:30 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 26 16:49 16:48 0:01 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 22 16:45 13:22 3:23 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 14:21 14:13 0:08 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
Goaltending
Utah
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Karel Vejmelka W (4-7-1) 25 23 2 .920 0 59:33
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (8-7-3) 28 23 5 .821 0 60:00