Buffalo Sabres vs Dallas Stars

NHL

Sabres

21-14-4, 46 PTS

4-1

Final

Stars

25-8-7, 57 PTS

American Airlines Center

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On the ice

BUF shoots leftDAL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	14	11	6	31
DAL	14	8	7	29

In net

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen28/29 SV, .966

Casey DeSmith27/31 SV, .871

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	2	2	4
DAL	1	0	0	1

Who won: Sabres 4-1

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Dallas Stars 4-1 on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at American Airlines Center. The Sabres lead the series 1-0. The Sabres outscored the Stars 2-0 in the 2nd period. Tage Thompson led the Sabres in goals (2). Mavrik Bourque led the Stars in goals (1).

BUF

DAL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach BensonLW	1	0	0	1	16:11	2:06	0:00	14:05	19	0	7	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Josh DoanRW	0	4	1	2	15:27	2:06	0:00	13:21	22	1	18	1	3	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Josh DunneC	0	1	1	0	11:15	0:00	0:00	11:15	17	0	1	0	2	2	2	4	33.3	0	0	0
Jordan GreenwayLW	0	4	0	0	12:28	0:00	2:02	10:26	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	0	2	0	1	13:59	0:00	0:00	13:59	19	0	7	0	2	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Beck MalenstynLW	0	5	0	0	13:36	0:00	2:03	11:33	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	1	0	0	0	16:35	1:54	1:56	12:45	22	0	11	0	1	0	10	2	83.3	3	0	0
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	0	13:07	2:06	0:00	11:01	21	0	6	0	0	1	8	5	61.5	0	0	0
Noah OstlundC	1	0	0	1	12:56	0:00	0:00	12:56	20	0	10	2	0	1	2	1	66.7	2	0	0
Jack QuinnRW	0	1	1	0	15:21	1:54	0:00	13:27	18	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	0	1	0	3	18:45	2:06	0:00	16:39	22	2	30	1	7	2	5	6	45.5	0	1	2
Alex TuchRW	1	1	0	1	18:21	1:54	1:58	14:29	26	0	22	1	2	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Bowen ByramD	1	3	1	3	24:36	1:54	2:30	20:12	28	1	10	1	2	2	0
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	1	24:43	2:06	0:00	22:37	30	0	11	0	5	0	1
Michael KesselringD	1	1	0	0	12:04	0:00	0:52	11:12	16	0	0	0	0	1	1
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	9:28	0:00	0:00	9:28	14	0	1	0	1	0	1
Owen PowerD	1	0	0	1	24:12	1:54	2:05	20:13	30	0	4	1	0	0	1
Mattias SamuelssonD	2	1	0	1	22:56	0:00	2:34	20:22	30	0	11	0	3	1	2