Buffalo Sabres 4 — 1 Dallas Stars
2025-12-31 · American Airlines Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | DAL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | 6 | 7 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey DeSmith start | DAL | L | 27 | 31 | 4 | 25/29 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | W | 28 | 29 | 1 | 25/26 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 60:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:45 |
| Josh Doan | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:27 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24:36 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:56 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:21 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:12 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:43 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22:56 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:59 |
| Josh Dunne | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:11 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:28 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:21 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:35 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:28 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:36 |
| Josh Norris | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:07 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:04 |
DAL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Robertson | L | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:16 |
| Mavrik Bourque | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 |
| Miro Heiskanen | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:50 |
| Colin Blackwell | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
| Radek Faksa | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:33 |
| Thomas Harley | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:58 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:37 |
| Nils Lundkvist | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:53 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:59 |
| Esa Lindell | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:58 |
| Mikko Rantanen | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| Roope Hintz | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:32 |
| Matt Duchene | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 |
| Alexander Petrovic | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13:27 |
| Jamie Benn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11:27 |
| Sam Steel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:17 |
| Oskar Back | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 |
| Justin Hryckowian | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:10 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | 2025-26 | DAL | 4 | BUF | 3 | SO |
| 2025-12-31 | 2025-26 | BUF | 4 | DAL | 1 | |
| 2024-12-31 | 2024-25 | BUF | 2 | DAL | 4 | |
| 2024-10-22 | 2024-25 | DAL | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2024-04-09 | 2023-24 | BUF | 2 | DAL | 3 | |
| 2024-02-06 | 2023-24 | DAL | 2 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2023-03-09 | 2022-23 | DAL | 10 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2023-01-23 | 2022-23 | BUF | 3 | DAL | 2 | OT |
| 2022-02-27 | 2021-22 | BUF | 2 | DAL | 4 | |
| 2022-01-20 | 2021-22 | DAL | 5 | BUF | 4 |