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Final · December 31, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres4
Dallas Stars1

Shots on goal : BUF 31 — DAL 29 · American Airlines Center

Three stars

BUFGame statsDAL

31Shots on goal29
58 %Faceoff win %42 %
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits15
9Blocked shots12
14Giveaways12
4Takeaways3

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF1411631
DAL148729

Season seriesBUF 1 – 1 DAL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 4 / 31 / 461 / 29 / 38 DAL →
Missed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 00:45 · slapMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 01:39 · backhandMissed shot — Roope Hintz (DAL), P1 03:30 · snapMissed shot — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 04:28 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 05:42 · wristMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 09:21 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 11:24 · snapMissed shot — Josh Dunne (BUF), P1 14:37 · tip-inMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 17:24 · wristMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 19:19 · snapMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 03:11 · snapMissed shot — Roope Hintz (DAL), P2 16:07 · snapMissed shot — Josh Dunne (BUF), P2 17:21 · snapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 18:55 · wristMissed shot — Mikko Rantanen (DAL), P3 01:02 · snapMissed shot — Miro Heiskanen (DAL), P3 02:27 · snapMissed shot — Mikko Rantanen (DAL), P3 05:27 · slapMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 08:00 · snapMissed shot — Matt Duchene (DAL), P3 08:55 · tip-inMissed shot — Jason Robertson (DAL), P3 11:04 · snapMissed shot — Mavrik Bourque (DAL), P3 13:14 · deflectedMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 15:04 · tip-inMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 15:29 · snapMissed shot — Mavrik Bourque (DAL), P3 19:17 · snapShot on goal — Mavrik Bourque (DAL), P1 00:12 · tip-inShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 01:07 · backhandShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 01:37 · slapShot on goal — Colin Blackwell (DAL), P1 02:15 · snapShot on goal — Jason Robertson (DAL), P1 03:07 · snapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 04:12 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 04:53 · backhandShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 04:58 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 06:06 · backhandShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 06:07 · snapShot on goal — Mavrik Bourque (DAL), P1 08:04 · snapShot on goal — Radek Faksa (DAL), P1 10:07 · snapShot on goal — Esa Lindell (DAL), P1 10:11 · snapShot on goal — Miro Heiskanen (DAL), P1 10:22 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 11:50 · slapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 12:21 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 12:59 · snapShot on goal — Alexander Petrovic (DAL), P1 14:50 · snapShot on goal — Jason Robertson (DAL), P1 16:03 · snapShot on goal — Nils Lundkvist (DAL), P1 16:11 · snapShot on goal — Jason Robertson (DAL), P1 16:52 · backhandShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 17:19 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 17:20 · snapShot on goal — Mikko Rantanen (DAL), P1 17:38 · backhandShot on goal — Josh Dunne (BUF), P1 18:03 · deflectedShot on goal — Radek Faksa (DAL), P1 18:49 · snapShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P1 19:22 · snapShot on goal — Colin Blackwell (DAL), P2 02:41 · snapShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P2 04:09 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 04:11 · snapShot on goal — Josh Dunne (BUF), P2 04:12 · backhandShot on goal — Matt Duchene (DAL), P2 06:26 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 06:58 · snapShot on goal — Colin Blackwell (DAL), P2 08:35 · wristShot on goal — Miro Heiskanen (DAL), P2 08:43 · wristShot on goal — Thomas Harley (DAL), P2 08:59 · snapShot on goal — Jason Robertson (DAL), P2 09:57 · wristShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 13:26 · backhandShot on goal — Wyatt Johnston (DAL), P2 13:42 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 15:08 · snapShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 15:36 · wristShot on goal — Thomas Harley (DAL), P2 18:34 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 18:52 · slapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 18:54 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 00:47 · backhandShot on goal — Ilya Lyubushkin (DAL), P3 02:20 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 06:31 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 09:09 · wristShot on goal — Jason Robertson (DAL), P3 11:02 · snapShot on goal — Jason Robertson (DAL), P3 11:03 · snapShot on goal — Colin Blackwell (DAL), P3 12:52 · snapShot on goal — Roope Hintz (DAL), P3 12:56 · tip-inShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 14:59 · slapShot on goal — Jason Robertson (DAL), P3 15:57 · snapShot on goal — Jason Robertson (DAL), P3 16:00 · snapGoal — Mavrik Bourque (DAL), P1 00:15 · snapGoal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 07:44 · snapGoal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 17:05 · snapGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 09:21 · snapGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 11:35 · snap

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 00:38DALRadek Faksa — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Josh Dunne

2nd period

  • 01:41DALJustin Hryckowian — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Owen Power
  • 04:44BUFJosh Doan — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Thomas Harley

3rd period

  • 03:59BUFTage Thompson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Jason Robertson

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0011016:11
J. NorrisC0000013:07
J. GreenwayL0001412:28
P. KrebsC0012213:59
J. QuinnR0001115:21
B. MalenstynL0000513:36
J. DunneC0002111:15
R. McLeodC0001016:35
T. ThompsonC2137118:45
N. OstlundC0210012:56
A. TuchR0112118:21
J. DoanR1123415:27
B. ByramD1132324:36
M. KesselringD0000112:04
M. SamuelssonD0013122:56
O. PowerD0110024:12
R. DahlinD0015024:43
Z. MetsaD0001009:28
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(W)28/2996.6 %60:00
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

Dallas Stars

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
O. BäckC0000012:54
R. FaksaC0002112:33
J. BennL00-10011:27
C. BlackwellC0004112:33
S. SteelC0000213:17
J. RobertsonL0118021:16
M. BourqueC1003015:17
R. HintzC0011116:32
J. HryckowianC00-10110:10
W. JohnstonC00-31116:59
M. DucheneC00-41015:43
M. RantanenR00-21120:36
M. HeiskanenD01-12024:50
N. LundkvistD00-11215:53
E. LindellD0011022:58
A. PetrovicD00-11413:27
I. LyubushkinD0001016:37
T. HarleyD00-42122:58
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
C. DeSmith(L)27/3187.1 %60:00
J. Oettinger0/0—00:00

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