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BUF @ DAL

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 · 7:00 PM CT

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Lines

Before puck drop the page uses Hard Rock Bet's latest moneyline, puck line and total; once the game is final it switches to Hard Rock's closing line so you can see how each bet graded. Hard Rock only — no other sportsbook is shown. Hard Rock doesn't post period totals to our feed, so the period table shows DraftKings and FanDuel lines (labelled DK / FD) and grades at DraftKings' number (FanDuel's if DraftKings has none, 1.5 if neither has posted); the 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 chips grade at a fixed line instead. vs DK/FD Close is each team's record against past games' DraftKings (else FanDuel) closing period total.

Betting trends

Each team's hit rate at tonight's number: Season (last season until 5 games are played), L5 / L10, Venue (home games for the home team, road games for the visitor) and H2H (meetings this season and last). vs HR Close is the record against each past game's own Hard Rock closing line (moneyline: in the role — favorite or underdog — the team has tonight). Trends only use games played before this one.

Totals and puck lines are graded on the official final score (overtime counts; the shootout winner gets one goal). Period totals use regulation goals of that period only.

Props, goalies, H2H

Player props lists every Hard Rock line for this game with Season / L10 / H2H over rates at that line; after the game the actual stat is shown. Goalies shows each team's most recent starter as the probable starter (confirmed starters are not published in advance). Head-to-head lists recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Buffalo Sabres
36-39-7 · Away
2 – 4
FINAL
Dallas Stars
50-26-6 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
BUF +175 · DAL -225
Puck Line
BUF +1.5 (-135) · DAL -1.5 (+110)
Total
O 6 (-120) · U (+100)

Graded: total 6 → OVER P · DAL -1.5 W

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6
 BUFo6 61%
19-12-6
75%
3-1-1
75%
6-2-2
54%
7-6-4
0%
0-2-1
63%
20-12-5
DALo6 38%
11-18-6
25%
1-3-1
22%
2-7-1
35%
6-11-2
0%
0-2-1
36%
11-20-4
Puck Line
cover %
 BUF+1.5 62%
23-14
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
53%
9-8
100%
3-0
-6.49u
18-19
DAL-1.5 43%
15-20
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
58%
11-8
0%
0-3
-2.67u
15-20
Moneyline
win %
 BUF dog +175 38%
14-23
60%
3-2
30%
3-7
41%
7-10
33%
1-2
-8.20u
7-17
DAL fav -225 60%
21-14
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
68%
13-6
67%
2-1
+0.28u
19-10
Period Totals grade at DK/FD line 0.5 1.5 2.5 · Hard Rock posts no period totals — DraftKings / FanDuel shown (closing)
PeriodDK / FDTeamSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs DK/FD CloseAvg goalsGF / GA
1st Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-140/u+110 FD 1.5 o-130/u+102 BUF 62%
23-14
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
59%
10-7
33%
1-2
62%
23-14
 1.89 1.11 / 0.78
DAL 54%
19-16
80%
4-1
50%
5-5
53%
10-9
33%
1-2
54%
19-16
 1.71 0.94 / 0.77
2nd Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-200/u+154 FD 1.5 o-200/u+156 BUF 65%
24-13
40%
2-3
60%
6-4
77%
13-4
100%
3-0
62%
23-14
 2.24 0.92 / 1.32
DAL 60%
21-14
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
47%
9-10
100%
3-0
60%
21-14
 1.97 1.11 / 0.86
3rd Period
over 2.5 (FanDuel)
 FD 2.5 o+146/u-186 BUF 41%
15-22
40%
2-3
30%
3-7
29%
5-12
33%
1-2
41%
12-17
 2.11 0.97 / 1.14
DAL 29%
10-25
0%
0-5
10%
1-9
42%
8-11
33%
1-2
39%
11-17
 1.97 1.09 / 0.89
Team Comparison '24-25
BUFDAL
Record (W-L-OTL)36-39-750-26-6
Points %48.2%64.6%
Goals for / game3.283.38
Goals against / game3.522.73
Shots for / game27.828.4
Shots against / game28.929.0
Power play %18.8%22.0%
Penalty kill %76.3%82.0%
Faceoff %47.7%52.2%
1st period GF / GA1.12 / 0.831.02 / 0.80
2nd period GF / GA1.02 / 1.301.06 / 0.91
3rd period GF / GA1.05 / 1.301.18 / 0.94
Avg game total6.806.11
Starting Goalies from the box score
29 saves on 32 shots · 3 GA · L
21 saves on 23 shots · 2 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
BUF0110230/0
DAL0130330/1
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+325
 24% 40% 50%1/2 1 O
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+195
 50% 40% 67%2/3 0 U
Jiri Kulich G 0.5
o+400
 22% 40% 0%0/1 0 U
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+325
 13% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+425
 19% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+275
 27% 20% 67%2/3 0 U
Dylan Cozens G 0.5
o+350
 22% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
JJ Peterka G 0.5
o+260
 23% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+800
 14% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+800
 8% 10% 0%0/3 1 O
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+1200
 9% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin G 0.5
o+375
 21% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+650
 11% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Connor Clifton G 0.5
o+1750
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Sam Lafferty G 0.5
o+900
 4% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Jacob Bryson G 0.5
o+2500
 0% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+650
 16% 0% 25%1/4 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+850
 8% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 69% 70% 67%2/3 1 O
JJ Peterka PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 57% 70% 0%0/3 0 U
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 54% 50% 100%2/2 1 O
Dylan Cozens PTS 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 41% 50% 0%0/3 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin PTS 0.5
o-110 / u-120
 55% 40% 67%2/3 0 U
Jack Quinn PTS 0.5
o+145 / u-190
 27% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 54% 20% 67%2/3 0 U
JJ Peterka A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 43% 60% 0%0/3 0 U
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+195 / u-275
 34% 40% 33%1/3 1 O
Rasmus Dahlin A 0.5
o+140 / u-185
 45% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Dylan Cozens A 0.5
o+300 / u-450
 27% 40% 0%0/3 0 U
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 38% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Jack Quinn A 0.5
o+275 / u-425
 20% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 38% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
Jiri Kulich SOG 1.5
o-150 / u+110
 82% 90% 0%0/1 2 O
Jack Quinn SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 50% 70% 0%0/2 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin SOG 2.5
o-115 / u-115
 59% 60% 100%3/3 3 O
Jason Zucker SOG 1.5
o-185 / u+135
 51% 50% 50%1/2 4 O
Dylan Cozens SOG 1.5
o-150 / u+110
 68% 50% 100%3/3 1 U
JJ Peterka SOG 2.5
o+130 / u-170
 40% 30% 67%2/3 1 U
Alex Tuch SOG 2.5
o+145 / u-195
 35% 10% 67%2/3 2 U
Tage Thompson SOG 2.5
o-140 / u+105
 47% 10% 67%2/3 1 U
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen SV 27.5
o-120 / u-110
 31% 30% 67%2/3 29 O
DALPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Roope Hintz G 0.5
o+175
 41% 40% 0%0/3 1 O
Evgenii Dadonov G 0.5
o+300
 26% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Jason Robertson G 0.5
o+170
 23% 30% 33%1/3 1 O
Wyatt Johnston G 0.5
o+140
 23% 30% 33%1/3 1 O
Jamie Benn G 0.5
o+240
 23% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Matt Duchene G 0.5
o+225
 34% 20% 33%1/3 0 U
Colin Blackwell G 0.5
o+550
 13% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Sam Steel G 0.5
o+475
 12% 20% 33%1/3 0 U
Thomas Harley G 0.5
o+550
 9% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Mavrik Bourque G 0.5
o+475
 7% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Mathew Dumba G 0.5
o+1100
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Esa Lindell G 0.5
o+800
 6% 0% 0%0/3 1 O
Miro Heiskanen G 0.5
o+425
 9% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Oskar Bäck G 0.5
o+600
 3% 0% — 0 U
Nils Lundkvist G 0.5
o+1000
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Ilya Lyubushkin G 0.5
o+1500
 0% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Logan Stankoven G 0.5
o+275
 12% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Justin Hryckowian G 0.5
o+650
 0% — — 0 U
Jamie Benn PTS 0.5
o-145 / u+110
 63% 80% 0%0/3 0 U
Wyatt Johnston PTS 0.5
o-200 / u+150
 60% 70% 33%1/3 1 O
Jason Robertson PTS 0.5
o-180 / u+135
 51% 60% 33%1/3 3 O
Roope Hintz PTS 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 47% 50% 33%1/3 1 O
Evgenii Dadonov PTS 0.5
o+125 / u-165
 31% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Matt Duchene PTS 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 57% 30% 67%2/3 0 U
Miro Heiskanen PTS 0.5
o-130 / u+100
 34% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Thomas Harley PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-170
 39% 20% 67%2/3 2 O
Logan Stankoven PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-145
 42% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Jamie Benn A 0.5
o+125 / u-170
 46% 70% 0%0/3 0 U
Jason Robertson A 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 43% 60% 0%0/3 2 O
Wyatt Johnston A 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 46% 60% 0%0/3 0 U
Evgenii Dadonov A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 14% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Miro Heiskanen A 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 29% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Matt Duchene A 0.5
o+145 / u-195
 40% 20% 33%1/3 0 U
Logan Stankoven A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 33% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Roope Hintz A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 15% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Thomas Harley A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 30% 10% 33%1/3 2 O
Thomas Harley SOG 1.5
o-180 / u+135
 61% 90% 0%0/3 1 U
Jamie Benn SOG 1.5
o-190 / u+140
 49% 60% 0%0/3 7 O
Evgenii Dadonov SOG 1.5
o-145 / u+110
 54% 60% 50%1/2 2 O
Jason Robertson SOG 2.5
o-115 / u-115
 40% 50% 67%2/3 2 U
Miro Heiskanen SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-145
 31% 50% 67%2/3 1 U
Wyatt Johnston SOG 2.5
o-160 / u+120
 46% 50% 67%2/3 4 O
Matt Duchene SOG 1.5
o-170 / u+130
 49% 40% 67%2/3 3 O
Logan Stankoven SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-145
 49% 40% 50%1/2 4 O
Casey DeSmith SV 24.5
o-120 / u-110
 38% 40% 0%0/1 21 U

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Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Oct 22, 2024 at BUF DAL 2–4 0–00–22–2 6 6 P BUF
Apr 9, 2024 at DAL DAL 3–2 1–22–00–0 5 — DAL
Feb 6, 2024 at BUF DAL 2–1 1–01–10–0 3 — DAL
Mar 9, 2023 at BUF DAL 10–4 3–12–15–2 14 — DAL
Jan 23, 2023 at DAL DAL 2–3 OT 1–10–01–1 5 — BUF
Feb 27, 2022 at DAL DAL 4–2 1–02–11–1 6 — DAL
Jan 20, 2022 at BUF DAL 5–4 1–22–22–0 9 — DAL
Jan 16, 2020 at DAL DAL 1–4 0–11–10–2 5 — BUF
Oct 14, 2019 at BUF DAL 0–4 0–00–20–2 4 — BUF
Mar 12, 2019 at BUF DAL 2–0 0–02–00–0 2 — DAL