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Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars

NHLDecember 31, 2025American Airlines Center

SabresBuffaloBUFWon21-14-4

Sabres 4, Stars 1

Final
StarsDallasDAL25-8-7
Score by period
Team123T
BUF0224
DAL1001

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Josh Norris faceoff won against Mavrik Bourque
  3. 0:04Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  4. 0:12Mavrik Bourque Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  5. 0:15Mavrik Bourque Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Jason Robertson (23), Miro Heiskanen (28)
  6. 0:15Colin Blackwell faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
  7. 0:37Alexander Petrovic hit Jordan Greenway
  8. 0:38Radek Faksa High-sticking against Josh Dunne
  9. 0:38Josh Norris faceoff won against Colin Blackwell
  10. 0:45Josh Norris Slap Shot Wide Right
  11. 0:48Takeaway by Esa Lindell
  12. 0:50Giveaway by Esa Lindell
  13. 1:02Giveaway by Esa Lindell
  14. 1:07Josh Doan Backhand saved by Casey DeSmith
  15. 1:37Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  16. 1:39Zach Benson Backhand Wide Left
  17. 1:41Goalie Stopped
  18. 1:41Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sam Steel
  19. 1:48Owen Power shot blocked by Ilya Lyubushkin
  20. 1:54Off-side
  21. 1:54Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sam Steel
  22. 2:15Colin Blackwell Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  23. 2:29Giveaway by Thomas Harley
  24. 3:07Jason Robertson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  25. 3:10Goalie Puck Frozen - played from beyond center
  26. 3:10Tage Thompson faceoff won against Roope Hintz
  27. 3:13Nils Lundkvist hit Peyton Krebs
  28. 3:30Roope Hintz Snap Shot Wide Right
  29. 3:33Jordan Greenway hit Nils Lundkvist
  30. 3:37Beck Malenstyn hit Mikko Rantanen
  31. 4:09Josh Dunne hit Matt Duchene
  32. 4:12Bowen Byram Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  33. 4:22Giveaway by Jamie Benn
  34. 4:28Michael Kesselring Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  35. 4:53Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Casey DeSmith
  36. 4:56Goalie Stopped
  37. 4:56Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Mavrik Bourque
  38. 4:58Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  39. 5:04Owen Power shot blocked by Miro Heiskanen
  40. 5:42Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  41. 5:55Josh Doan hit Radek Faksa
  42. 6:01Icing
  43. 6:01Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Colin Blackwell
  44. 6:06Rasmus Dahlin Backhand saved by Casey DeSmith
  45. 6:07Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  46. 6:09Jack Quinn shot blocked by Esa Lindell
  47. 6:50Bowen Byram hit Oskar Bäck
  48. 7:27Mikko Rantanen hit Beck Malenstyn
  49. 7:53Roope Hintz hit Josh Norris
  50. 8:04Mavrik Bourque Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  51. 8:33Tage Thompson shot blocked by Jamie Benn
  52. 8:43Owen Power shot blocked by Jamie Benn
  53. 8:49Josh Doan hit Alexander Petrovic
  54. 9:21Zach Benson Snap Shot Wide Right
  55. 9:24Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  56. 9:57Takeaway by Colin Blackwell
  57. 10:07Radek Faksa Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  58. 10:10Goalie Stopped
  59. 10:10Roope Hintz faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  60. 10:11Esa Lindell Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  61. 10:22Miro Heiskanen Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  62. 10:29Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  63. 11:24Tage Thompson Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  64. 11:28Puck in Netting
  65. 11:28Sam Steel faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  66. 11:39Sam Steel hit Bowen Byram
  67. 11:50Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  68. 11:52Goalie Stopped
  69. 11:52Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  70. 11:59Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Justin Hryckowian
  71. 12:21Ryan McLeod Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  72. 12:23Goalie Stopped
  73. 12:23Josh Norris faceoff won against Roope Hintz
  74. 12:59Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  75. 13:22Giveaway by Nils Lundkvist
  76. 13:25Tage Thompson shot blocked by Nils Lundkvist
  77. 14:32Beck Malenstyn hit Alexander Petrovic
  78. 14:37Josh Dunne Tip-In Wide Right
  79. 14:50Alexander Petrovic Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  80. 15:26Takeaway by Jack Quinn
  81. 15:34Justin Hryckowian hit Michael Kesselring
  82. 16:03Jason Robertson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  83. 16:11Nils Lundkvist Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  84. 16:13Goalie Stopped
  85. 16:13Josh Norris faceoff won against Mavrik Bourque
  86. 16:27Puck in Benches
  87. 16:27Josh Norris faceoff won against Mavrik Bourque
  88. 16:49Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  89. 16:52Jason Robertson Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  90. 16:54Goalie Stopped
  91. 16:54Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sam Steel
  92. 17:07Peyton Krebs hit Nils Lundkvist
  93. 17:19Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  94. 17:20Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  95. 17:24Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Left
  96. 17:38Mikko Rantanen Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  97. 17:49Giveaway by Jamie Benn
  98. 18:03Josh Dunne Deflected saved by Casey DeSmith
  99. 18:06Michael Kesselring shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  100. 18:35Puck in Crowd
  101. 18:35Colin Blackwell faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  102. 18:49Radek Faksa Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  103. 19:19Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot Wide Right
  104. 19:22Zach Metsa Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  105. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Roope Hintz faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:14Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  4. 0:57Peyton Krebs hit Thomas Harley
  5. 1:05Sam Steel shot blocked by Owen Power
  6. 1:30Icing
  7. 1:30Matt Duchene faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  8. 1:41Justin Hryckowian Tripping against Owen Power
  9. 1:41Radek Faksa faceoff won against Josh Norris
  10. 1:47Giveaway by Esa Lindell
  11. 2:41Colin Blackwell Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  12. 2:44Goalie Stopped
  13. 2:44Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Radek Faksa
  14. 3:11Bowen Byram Snap Shot Wide Right
  15. 4:09Jordan Greenway Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  16. 4:11Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  17. 4:12Josh Dunne Backhand saved by Casey DeSmith
  18. 4:15Goalie Stopped
  19. 4:15Roope Hintz faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  20. 4:44Josh Doan Tripping against Thomas Harley
  21. 4:44Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Roope Hintz
  22. 5:30Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  23. 5:54Giveaway by Matt Duchene
  24. 6:05Jordan Greenway hit Jason Robertson
  25. 6:16Jordan Greenway hit Wyatt Johnston
  26. 6:26Matt Duchene Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  27. 6:58Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  28. 7:13Alexander Petrovic hit Alex Tuch
  29. 7:44Josh Doan Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (17)
  30. 7:44Radek Faksa faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  31. 8:35Colin Blackwell Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  32. 8:39Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  33. 8:43Miro Heiskanen Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  34. 8:44Goalie Stopped
  35. 8:44Josh Norris faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  36. 8:49Giveaway by Michael Kesselring
  37. 8:59Thomas Harley Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  38. 9:33Icing
  39. 9:33Roope Hintz faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  40. 9:35Esa Lindell shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  41. 9:57Jason Robertson Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  42. 10:57Giveaway by Matt Duchene
  43. 11:16Mattias Samuelsson hit Alexander Petrovic
  44. 11:42Takeaway by Bowen Byram
  45. 12:20Icing
  46. 12:20Josh Norris faceoff won against Colin Blackwell
  47. 12:22Michael Kesselring shot blocked by Radek Faksa
  48. 12:44Icing
  49. 12:44Sam Steel faceoff won against Josh Norris
  50. 12:45Wyatt Johnston shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  51. 13:10Off-side
  52. 13:10Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  53. 13:15Sam Steel hit Rasmus Dahlin
  54. 13:17Josh Doan shot blocked by Thomas Harley
  55. 13:26Peyton Krebs Backhand saved by Casey DeSmith
  56. 13:37Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  57. 13:42Wyatt Johnston Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  58. 13:51Wyatt Johnston hit Josh Doan
  59. 14:59Alex Tuch shot blocked by Alexander Petrovic
  60. 15:08Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  61. 15:09Goalie Stopped
  62. 15:09Roope Hintz faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  63. 15:36Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  64. 15:52Takeaway by Josh Doan
  65. 16:07Roope Hintz Snap Shot Wide Right
  66. 16:09Goalie Stopped
  67. 16:09Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  68. 16:17High Stick
  69. 16:17Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  70. 16:59Nils Lundkvist hit Noah Ostlund
  71. 17:05Bowen Byram Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Ostlund (4), Alex Tuch (20)
  72. 17:05Timeout - Home
  73. 17:05Radek Faksa faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  74. 17:08Giveaway by Alexander Petrovic
  75. 17:21Josh Dunne Snap Shot Wide Right
  76. 17:22Josh Dunne shot blocked by Alexander Petrovic
  77. 18:02Beck Malenstyn hit Miro Heiskanen
  78. 18:08Alexander Petrovic hit Zach Benson
  79. 18:18Miro Heiskanen shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  80. 18:20Puck in Netting
  81. 18:20Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  82. 18:34Thomas Harley Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  83. 18:36Goalie Stopped
  84. 18:36Tage Thompson faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  85. 18:52Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  86. 18:54Josh Doan Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  87. 18:55Josh Doan Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  88. 19:50Alex Tuch hit Thomas Harley
  89. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Roope Hintz faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:34Giveaway by Wyatt Johnston
  4. 0:47Tage Thompson Backhand saved by Casey DeSmith
  5. 1:02Mikko Rantanen Snap Shot Wide Left
  6. 1:37Bowen Byram shot blocked by Wyatt Johnston
  7. 1:46Giveaway by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  8. 1:51Ilya Lyubushkin shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  9. 1:55Takeaway by Justin Hryckowian
  10. 2:20Ilya Lyubushkin Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  11. 2:27Miro Heiskanen Snap Shot Wide Left
  12. 2:54Icing
  13. 2:54Josh Norris faceoff won against Colin Blackwell
  14. 3:56Michael Kesselring hit Jason Robertson
  15. 3:59Tage Thompson Hooking against Jason Robertson
  16. 3:59Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Roope Hintz
  17. 5:27Mikko Rantanen Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  18. 6:15Giveaway by Josh Doan
  19. 6:23Colin Blackwell hit Peyton Krebs
  20. 6:31Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  21. 6:41Giveaway by Owen Power
  22. 7:00Alexander Petrovic hit Beck Malenstyn
  23. 7:24Jordan Greenway hit Radek Faksa
  24. 7:28Puck in Crowd
  25. 7:28Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sam Steel
  26. 7:48High Stick
  27. 7:48Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Roope Hintz
  28. 8:00Noah Ostlund Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  29. 8:48Miro Heiskanen shot blocked by Wyatt Johnston
  30. 8:55Matt Duchene Tip-In Wide Left
  31. 9:09Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  32. 9:21Tage Thompson Goal (19) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Doan (15), Bowen Byram (11)
  33. 9:21Colin Blackwell faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  34. 9:48Radek Faksa hit Jordan Greenway
  35. 9:53Beck Malenstyn hit Colin Blackwell
  36. 10:56Alexander Petrovic shot blocked by Zach Benson
  37. 10:59Bowen Byram hit Jamie Benn
  38. 11:01Jamie Benn shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  39. 11:02Jason Robertson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  40. 11:03Jason Robertson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  41. 11:04Jason Robertson Snap Shot Wide Left
  42. 11:35Tage Thompson Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Ostlund (5), Owen Power (8)
  43. 11:35Josh Dunne faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  44. 12:17Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  45. 12:37Jack Quinn hit Radek Faksa
  46. 12:52Colin Blackwell Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  47. 12:54Goalie Stopped
  48. 12:54Roope Hintz faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  49. 12:56Roope Hintz Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  50. 12:59Goalie Stopped
  51. 12:59Tage Thompson faceoff won against Roope Hintz
  52. 13:14Mavrik Bourque Deflected Wide Left
  53. 14:17Beck Malenstyn hit Esa Lindell
  54. 14:24Takeaway by Josh Dunne
  55. 14:59Jack Quinn Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  56. 15:01Goalie Stopped
  57. 15:01Tage Thompson faceoff won against Radek Faksa
  58. 15:04Peyton Krebs Tip-In Wide Left
  59. 15:20Thomas Harley hit Tage Thompson
  60. 15:25Josh Doan hit Nils Lundkvist
  61. 15:27Puck in Crowd
  62. 15:27Alex Tuch faceoff won against Roope Hintz
  63. 15:29Bowen Byram Snap Shot Wide Right
  64. 15:31Goalie Stopped
  65. 15:31Roope Hintz faceoff won against Josh Norris
  66. 15:57Jason Robertson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  67. 15:59Mavrik Bourque shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  68. 16:00Jason Robertson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  69. 16:26Giveaway by Mikko Rantanen
  70. 17:09Puck in Benches
  71. 17:09Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sam Steel
  72. 18:07Tage Thompson hit Mavrik Bourque
  73. 18:16Josh Doan hit Nils Lundkvist
  74. 18:50Ilya Lyubushkin shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  75. 19:13Bowen Byram hit Jason Robertson
  76. 19:17Mavrik Bourque Snap Shot Wide Right
  77. 19:25Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  78. 19:38Puck in Benches
  79. 19:38Josh Dunne faceoff won against Colin Blackwell
  80. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  81. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 0:15BUF 0, DAL 1Mavrik Bourque Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Jason Robertson (23), Miro Heiskanen (28)

2nd

  1. 7:44BUF 1, DAL 1Josh Doan Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (17)
  2. 17:05BUF 2, DAL 1Bowen Byram Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Ostlund (4), Alex Tuch (20)

3rd

  1. 9:21BUF 3, DAL 1Tage Thompson Goal (19) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Doan (15), Bowen Byram (11)
  2. 11:35BUF 4, DAL 1Tage Thompson Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Ostlund (5), Owen Power (8)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

StarsDallas

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Tage Thompson C213010218:4545.57650120223016:392:060:00
Josh Doan RW112040215:270.03001121221813:212:060:00
Alex Tuch RW011011018:21100.02011000262214:291:541:58
Beck Malenstyn LW000050013:360.0000000020411:330:002:03
Jack Quinn RW000010015:210.01000001181213:271:540:00
Jordan Greenway LW000040012:280.0110000019110:260:002:02
Josh Dunne C000010011:1533.3242002117111:150:000:00
Josh Norris C000000013:0761.5058001021611:012:060:00
Noah Ostlund C021001012:5666.70122010201012:560:000:00
Peyton Krebs C001020013:590.0210001019713:590:000:00
Ryan McLeod C000001016:3583.312103000221112:451:541:56
Zach Benson LW001001016:110.0100002019714:052:060:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D113031024:3620000210.0281020:121:542:30
Mattias Samuelsson D001012022:5630020100.0301120:220:002:34
Michael Kesselring D000011012:0400010100.016011:120:000:52
Owen Power D011001024:1200010000.030420:131:542:05
Rasmus Dahlin D001000024:4350010000.0301122:372:060:00
Zach Metsa D00000009:2810010000.01419:280:000:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G29128.96660:0000251200

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