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Buffalo Sabres vs. Dallas Stars: game summary

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

Buffalo Sabres logoBuffalo Sabres4
Dallas Stars logoDallas Stars1

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

Three stars

Buffalo Sabres logo BUF

Game stats

DAL Dallas Stars logo
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 series BUF 1 – 1 DAL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Buffalo Sabres logoBUF 4 / 31 / 461 / 29 / 38 DALDallas Stars logo →
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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About this game

Who won Sabres vs Stars?

Sabres won 4-1 over Stars on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

When was Sabres vs Stars played?

On Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at 8:00 PM ET at American Airlines Center.

Where was Sabres vs Stars played?

At American Airlines Center, in Dallas.

Have the Sabres and Stars played this season?

No, this is their first meeting of the season.