Tuch scores hat trick, Sabres beat Blackhawks 6-2 for 2nd straight win after 13-game skid

— Alex Tuch scored a hat trick for the Buffalo Sabres in a 6-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.
Dec 27, 2024, 09:51 pm - AP
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1st PeriodCHIBUF
9:51Zach Benson (6)
Assists: Rasmus Dahlin (18), Bowen Byram (15)
01
12:23Alex Tuch (10)
Assists: Tage Thompson (10), Rasmus Dahlin (19)
02
12:38Jack Quinn (5)
Assists: Dylan Cozens (11), JJ Peterka (16)
03
19:18Dylan Cozens (8)
Assists: Jack Quinn (6)
04
2nd PeriodCHIBUF
16:39Tyler Bertuzzi (11)
Assists: Taylor Hall (12), Connor Bedard (22)
14
3rd PeriodCHIBUF
3:06Seth Jones (3)
Assists: Pat Maroon (8), Lukas Reichel (8)
24
5:48Alex Tuch (11)
Assists: Ryan McLeod (11), Sam Lafferty (1)
25
15:06Alex Tuch (12)
Unassisted
26

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Tage Thompson hit Jason Dickinson
  • Takeaway by Tage Thompson
  • Peyton Krebs hit TJ Brodie
  • Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Connor Clifton hit Nick Foligno
  • Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Petr Mrazek
  • Taylor Hall shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  • Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Mattias Samuelsson hit Frank Nazar
  • Takeaway by Connor Clifton
  • Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  • Tage Thompson faceoff won against Connor Bedard
  • Rasmus Dahlin hit Ryan Donato
  • Zach Benson Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (18), Bowen Byram (15)
  • Connor Clifton Snap Shot Wide Left
  • Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Petr Mrazek
  • Tage Thompson faceoff won against Lukas Reichel
  • Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Teuvo Teravainen
  • Beck Malenstyn Snap Shot saved by Petr Mrazek
  • Tage Thompson Slap Shot saved by Petr Mrazek
  • Alex Tuch Goal (10) Tip-In, assists: Tage Thompson (10), Rasmus Dahlin (19)
  • Jack Quinn Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Dylan Cozens (11), JJ Peterka (16)
  • Connor Clifton Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Connor Clifton hit Lukas Reichel
  • Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Petr Mrazek
  • Zach Benson Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Petr Mrazek
  • Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  • Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot saved by Petr Mrazek
  • Giveaway by Beck Malenstyn
  • Dylan Cozens Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (6)
  • Takeaway by Connor Clifton
  • Jiri Kulich Slap Shot Short
  • Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Jason Zucker faceoff won against Jason Dickinson
  • Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Jason Zucker Tip-In saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Zach Benson shot blocked by Jiri Kulich
  • Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Nick Foligno
  • Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • JJ Peterka Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • JJ Peterka Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Jason Dickinson shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  • Nolan Allan shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  • Bowen Byram hit Jason Dickinson
  • Sam Lafferty hit Nolan Allan
  • Sam Lafferty Tip-In Wide Left
  • Takeaway by Tage Thompson
  • Philipp Kurashev shot blocked by Owen Power
  • Jack Quinn Slap Shot Wide Left
  • Bowen Byram hit Frank Nazar
  • Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Frank Nazar
  • Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Nick Foligno
  • Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Nick Foligno
  • Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Peyton Krebs Slashing against Kevin Korchinski
  • Giveaway by JJ Peterka
  • Jack Quinn hit Frank Nazar
  • Connor Clifton hit Philipp Kurashev
  • Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Mattias Samuelsson hit Philipp Kurashev
  • Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Tage Thompson faceoff won against Connor Bedard
  • Alex Tuch Slap Shot Short
  • Peyton Krebs hit Nolan Allan
  • Connor Clifton hit Ryan Donato
  • Teuvo Teravainen shot blocked by Owen Power
  • Bowen Byram hit Lukas Reichel
  • Bowen Byram shot blocked by Jiri Kulich
  • Jiri Kulich Backhand Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Jiri Kulich
  • Bowen Byram hit Nick Foligno
  • Connor Clifton hit Ryan Donato
  • Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Ryan McLeod Tip-In saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Alex Tuch Tripping against Jason Dickinson
  • Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Teuvo Teravainen
  • Teuvo Teravainen shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  • Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Frank Nazar
  • Taylor Hall shot blocked by Connor Clifton
  • Kevin Korchinski shot blocked by Owen Power
  • Alex Tuch Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (11), Sam Lafferty (1)
  • Nick Foligno shot blocked by Owen Power
  • Jiri Kulich hit Seth Jones
  • Peyton Krebs Tip-In saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Alex Tuch faceoff won against Lukas Reichel
  • Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Seth Jones shot blocked by Dylan Cozens
  • Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Connor Bedard
  • Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jason Dickinson
  • Rasmus Dahlin hit Ilya Mikheyev
  • Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jason Dickinson
  • Connor Clifton hit Alex Vlasic
  • Tage Thompson faceoff won against Patrick Maroon
  • Giveaway by Connor Clifton
  • Tage Thompson hit Patrick Maroon
  • Taylor Hall shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  • Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Giveaway by Dylan Cozens
  • Zach Benson Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  • Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Connor Clifton Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Tage Thompson hit Alex Vlasic
  • Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  • Alex Tuch Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: none
  • Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Patrick Maroon
  • Giveaway by Connor Clifton
  • JJ Peterka Slap Shot Wide Right
  • Jiri Kulich hit Seth Jones
  • Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Foligno
  • Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
  • Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Jiri Kulich Snap Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
  • Sam Lafferty hit Nolan Allan
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Nolan Allan hit Alex Tuch
  • Jason Dickinson hit Rasmus Dahlin
  • Frank Nazar Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  • Connor Murphy hit Bowen Byram
  • Giveaway by Philipp Kurashev
  • Giveaway by Tyler Bertuzzi
  • Takeaway by Seth Jones
  • Nick Foligno hit Owen Power
  • Patrick Maroon hit Connor Clifton
  • Patrick Maroon hit Bowen Byram
  • Ilya Mikheyev hit Zach Benson
  • Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
  • Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  • Icing
  • Giveaway by Petr Mrazek
  • Icing
  • Nick Foligno faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  • Dylan Cozens shot blocked by Connor Murphy
  • Connor Clifton shot blocked by TJ Brodie
  • Icing
  • Puck in Benches
  • Giveaway by Seth Jones
  • Jason Dickinson hit Mattias Samuelsson
  • Connor Bedard Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Connor Murphy
  • Nick Foligno hit Mattias Samuelsson
  • JJ Peterka shot blocked by Nolan Allan
  • Connor Murphy hit Jack Quinn
  • Nick Foligno hit Mattias Samuelsson
  • Ryan Donato hit Owen Power
  • Giveaway by Taylor Hall
  • Connor Bedard Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Seth Jones Slap Shot Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Taylor Hall
  • Beck Malenstyn shot blocked by Patrick Maroon
  • Philipp Kurashev Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Philipp Kurashev hit Owen Power
  • Off-side
  • Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  • Giveaway by Alex Vlasic
  • Connor Bedard Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Nolan Allan Snap Shot Short
  • Tage Thompson shot blocked by Alex Vlasic
  • Tage Thompson shot blocked by Seth Jones
  • Teuvo Teravainen Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Connor Murphy hit JJ Peterka
  • TJ Brodie hit Peyton Krebs
  • TJ Brodie Hooking against Peyton Krebs
  • Patrick Maroon hit Beck Malenstyn
  • Taylor Hall Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Seth Jones Slap Shot Wide Left
  • Seth Jones Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Connor Bedard Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Icing
  • Giveaway by Connor Bedard
  • Takeaway by Kevin Korchinski
  • Icing
  • Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  • Philipp Kurashev hit Ryan McLeod
  • Off-side
  • Lukas Reichel faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  • Philipp Kurashev Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Connor Bedard Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Connor Bedard hit Bowen Byram
  • Ryan Donato hit Rasmus Dahlin
  • Ryan Donato Wrap-around saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Icing
  • Icing
  • TJ Brodie hit Mattias Samuelsson
  • Nick Foligno hit Jiri Kulich
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Kevin Korchinski Roughing against Peyton Krebs
  • Connor Bedard faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  • Icing
  • Connor Bedard faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  • Alex Vlasic Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Lukas Reichel faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  • Ilya Mikheyev hit JJ Peterka
  • Off-side
  • Frank Nazar faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  • Icing
  • Patrick Maroon faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  • Patrick Maroon Tip-In Short
  • Patrick Maroon Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Connor Murphy Slap Shot Wide Left
  • Patrick Maroon Tip-In Wide Left
  • Giveaway by Philipp Kurashev
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Tyler Bertuzzi Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Taylor Hall (12), Connor Bedard (22)
  • Connor Bedard Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Frank Nazar faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  • TJ Brodie shot blocked by Nick Foligno
  • Frank Nazar hit Jacob Bryson
  • Connor Murphy hit Ryan McLeod
  • Teuvo Teravainen hit Beck Malenstyn
  • Giveaway by Arvid Soderblom
  • Jason Dickinson hit Jason Zucker
  • Giveaway by Connor Bedard
  • Frank Nazar hit Jiri Kulich
  • Seth Jones Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Patrick Maroon (8), Lukas Reichel (8)
  • Puck in Netting
  • Teuvo Teravainen Slap Shot Wide Right
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Frank Nazar faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  • Seth Jones Slap Shot Wide Left
  • Tyler Bertuzzi Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Takeaway by Taylor Hall
  • Nick Foligno Tip-In Wide Right
  • JJ Peterka shot blocked by Alex Vlasic
  • Giveaway by Taylor Hall
  • Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Taylor Hall
  • Tyler Bertuzzi hit Connor Clifton
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Icing
  • Takeaway by Seth Jones
  • Giveaway by Alex Vlasic
  • Puck in Netting
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Connor Murphy hit Beck Malenstyn
  • Alex Vlasic Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Icing
  • Philipp Kurashev hit Connor Clifton
  • Alex Vlasic Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Taylor Hall faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  • Tyler Bertuzzi Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Giveaway by Frank Nazar
  • Nick Foligno hit Peyton Krebs
  • Giveaway by Teuvo Teravainen
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  • Philipp Kurashev hit Connor Clifton
  • Kevin Korchinski Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Connor Bedard faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  • Giveaway by Connor Bedard
  • Nick Foligno Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Ryan Donato hit Jacob Bryson
  • Giveaway by Nick Foligno
  • Icing
  • Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  • Giveaway by Ilya Mikheyev
  • Puck in Netting
  • Lukas Reichel faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  • Giveaway by Patrick Maroon
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Connor Bedard faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  • Giveaway by Kevin Korchinski
  • Nolan Allan hit Ryan McLeod
  • Connor Bedard hit Beck Malenstyn
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