BUF @ DAL · Dec 31, 2025 · Final

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

American Airlines Center

Scoring by period

Team123Total
Buffalo SabresBUF0224
Dallas StarsDAL1001

Team statistics

All situations · also sets the player stats' strength

Buffalo SabresBUFStatDallas StarsDAL
59Corsi for48
48Corsi against59
55.1%CF%44.9%
46Fenwick for38
38Fenwick against46
54.8%FF%45.2%
2.82xG for3.20
3.20xG against2.82
46.9%xGF%53.1%
4Goals for1
1Goals against4

Cumulative expected goals (xG)

Final xG: Dallas StarsDAL 3.20 - Buffalo SabresBUF 2.82

Each dot is a goal, on the scoring team's line. All situations; the shootout has no game time and is not shown.

Shot map

BUFDAL
← Buffalo SabresBUF shoot at this netDallas StarsDAL shoot at this net →GoalSize is xG:0.050.200.50Faint dots missed the net.Empty-net shots are hidden.

Scoring summary

All situations.

Period 1

Dallas StarsDAL - Mavrik Bourque (Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen)
· xG: 0.60
00:15

Period 2

Buffalo SabresBUF - Josh Doan (Tage Thompson)
· xG: 0.12
07:44
Buffalo SabresBUF - Bowen Byram (Noah Ostlund, Alex Tuch)
· xG: 0.14
17:05

Period 3

Buffalo SabresBUF - Tage Thompson (Josh Doan, Bowen Byram)
· xG: 0.22
09:21
Buffalo SabresBUF - Tage Thompson (Noah Ostlund, Owen Power)
· xG: 0.09
11:35

Penalty summary

All situations.

Period 1

Dallas StarsDAL - Radek Faksa
High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Josh Dunne
00:38

Period 2

Dallas StarsDAL - Justin Hryckowian
Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Owen Power
01:41
Buffalo SabresBUF - Josh Doan
Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Thomas Harley
04:44

Period 3

Buffalo SabresBUF - Tage Thompson
Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Jason Robertson
03:59

Matchups (5v5)

5v5 only. Pick a unit to see the share of its 5v5 time each opposing forward line was on against it; a line counts as on with two of its three forwards. Time against no named line is mixed. Units are named LW–C–RW and LD–RD, with their 5v5 time together; a dotted name's position is inferred from faceoffs and handedness.

DAL forward linesForwards
DAL defence pairsDefence
vs BUF Krebs – Thompson – Doan
vs BUF Benson – McLeod – Quinn
vs BUF Ostlund – Norris – Tuch
vs BUF Greenway – Dunne – Malenstyn

mixed 0.0%

Player stats

The strength filters the individual and on-ice groups and the team statistics above; every other column is all situations.

Column groupsColumns:

Dallas StarsDallas Stars · Skaters

BoxscoreIce time
4Miro HeiskanenD011002−10010000–24:5018:393:083:0324:5024158
55Thomas HarleyD000002−40111000–22:5820:571:040:5722:5825163
23Esa LindellD000001+10013100–22:5819:340:203:0422:5825172
21Jason RobertsonL011008+10000000–21:1617:443:320:0021:1620151
96Mikko RantanenR000001−20101000–20:3617:083:280:0020:3618129
53Wyatt JohnstonC000001−3011103742.9%16:5914:082:510:0016:5917111
46Ilya LyubushkinD00000100010000–16:3715:410:000:5616:3719112
24Roope HintzC000001+10100081553.3%16:3214:361:560:0016:3219114
5Nils LundkvistD000001−10211000–15:5315:530:000:0015:532198
95Matt DucheneC000001−4000201250.0%15:4313:392:040:0015:4316114
22Mavrik BourqueC101003000000040.0%15:1714:091:080:0015:1719116
28Alexander PetrovicD000001−10421000–13:2713:270:000:0013:2716107
18Sam SteelC0000000020002728.6%13:1711:360:001:4113:171780
10Oskar BäckC00000000000000–12:5410:350:002:1912:541877
15Colin BlackwellC0000040010013837.5%12:3310:500:001:4312:331678
12Radek FaksaC0000020211003560.0%12:3311:030:001:3012:331784
14Jamie BennL000000−10022000–11:2710:580:290:0011:271683
49Justin HryckowianC000000−12110100–10:109:230:000:4710:101687

Dallas StarsDallas Stars · Goalies

RecordShots & savesBy strengthExpected
1Casey DeSmithL160:00031274.871294.862201.00000–2.82−1.18

Buffalo SabresBuffalo Sabres · Skaters

BoxscoreIce time
26Rasmus DahlinD000005+10001000–24:4322:372:060:0024:4330182
4Bowen ByramD112002+30310100–24:3620:121:542:3024:3628185
25Owen PowerD011000+10011000–24:1220:131:542:0524:1230154
23Mattias SamuelssonD000003+10122000–22:5620:220:002:3422:5630140
72Tage ThompsonC213007+32100051145.5%18:4516:392:060:0018:4522131
89Alex TuchR011002+10111011100.0%18:2114:291:541:5818:2126115
71Ryan McLeodC000001000130101283.3%16:3512:451:541:5616:3522113
6Zach BensonL000001+10010000–16:1114:052:060:0016:1119109
91Josh DoanR112003+22401100–15:2713:212:060:0015:272287
22Jack QuinnR00000100100100–15:2113:271:540:0015:2118122
19Peyton KrebsC000002+102000010.0%13:5913:590:000:0013:591998
29Beck MalenstynL00000000500000–13:3611:330:002:0313:362094
9Josh NorrisC00000000000081361.5%13:0711:012:060:0013:072174
86Noah OstlundC022000+1001202366.7%12:5612:560:000:0012:562097
12Jordan GreenwayL000001004000010.0%12:2810:260:002:0212:281982
8Michael KesselringD00000000111000–12:0411:120:000:5212:041686
44Josh DunneC0000020010012633.3%11:1511:150:000:0011:151787
73Zach MetsaD00000100001000–9:289:280:000:009:281471

Buffalo SabresBuffalo Sabres · Goalies

RecordShots & savesBy strengthExpected
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenW160:00029281.966261.962101.000201.0003.20+2.20