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Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars on December 31st 2025

Buffalo Sabres (4)

at

Dallas Stars (1)

Game No: 628

Started: 2025-12-31 20:08:00

Ended: 2025-12-31 22:30:00

Attendance: 18,532

Three Stars by: Michael Dixon (The Ticket)

Full Recap

Period Time Team Scorer Shot Type Distance (ft) Assist Assist Highlight
1 0:15 DAL Mavrik Bourque Jason Robertson Miro Heiskanen
2 7:44 BUF Josh Doan Tage Thompson
2 17:05 BUF Bowen Byram Noah Ostlund Alex Tuch
3 9:21 BUF Tage Thompson Josh Doan Bowen Byram
3 11:35 BUF Tage Thompson Noah Ostlund Owen Power

Referees

#24 Graham Skilliter

#48 Beau Halkidis

Officials

#91 Ben O'Quinn

#92 Mark Shewchyk

Period Time Team Player Penalty PIM Drawn By
1 0:38 DAL Radek Faksa High-sticking 2 Josh Dunne
2 1:41 DAL Justin Hryckowian Tripping 2 Owen Power
2 4:44 BUF Josh Doan Tripping 2 Thomas Harley
3 3:59 BUF Tage Thompson Hooking 2 Jason Robertson

Buffalo Sabres Scratches

# Player Position
34 Alex Lyon G
48 Tyson Kozak C
78 Jacob Bryson D

Dallas Stars Scratches

# Player Position
20 Kyle Capobianco D
73 Adam Erne L

4 Goals 1
7 Assists 2
15 Plus / Minus -15
2 Penalties 2
4 PIM 4
46 Corsi For 38
54.76 Corsi % 45.24
31 Fenwick For 38
44.93 Fenwick % 55.07
31 Shots 29
13 Shots Blocked 10
15 Missed Shots 9
24 Hits 15
14 Giveaways 12
4 Takeaways 3
9 Blocked Shots 12
28 Faceoffs Won 20
20 Faceoffs Lost 28
58% Faceoff Percentage 42%

Time Spent With Lead

Buffalo Sabres Dallas Stars
Lead Time With Lead Lead Time With Lead
1 12:16 1 27:29
2 2:14 2
3 8:25 3

Time Each Lead Lasted

Buffalo Sabres - Dallas Stars Time With Lead
0 - 1 27:29
2 - 1 12:16
3 - 1 2:14
4 - 1 8:25

Buffalo Sabres

# Player G A Pts +/- P PIM S SB MS H GV TK B Shots FW FL F%
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bowen Byram 1 1 2 3 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
6 Zach Benson 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Michael Kesselring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 Josh Norris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 62
12 Jordan Greenway 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 Peyton Krebs 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Jack Quinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Mattias Samuelsson 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
25 Owen Power 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 Rasmus Dahlin 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 Beck Malenstyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Josh Dunne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Joshua Dunne 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 4 33
71 Ryan McLeod 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 10 2 83
72 Tage Thompson 2 1 3 3 1 2 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 5 6 45
73 Zach Metsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
86 Noah Ostlund 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 67
89 Alex Tuch 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100
91 Josh Doan 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dallas Stars

# Player G A Pts +/- P PIM S SB MS H GV TK B Shots FW FL F%
1 Casey Desmith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Miro Heiskanen 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 Nils Lundkvist 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar Back 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Radek Faksa 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 60
14 Jamie Benn 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
15 Colin Blackwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 5 38
18 Sam Steel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 29
21 Jason Robertson 0 1 1 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Mavrik Bourque 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
23 Esa Lindell 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0
24 Roope Hintz 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 8 7 53
28 Alex Petrovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0
29 Jake Oettinger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Ilya Lyubushkin 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
49 Justin Hryckowian 0 0 0 -1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
53 Wyatt Johnston 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 43
55 Thomas Harley 0 0 0 -4 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
95 Matt Duchene 0 0 0 -4 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 50
96 Mikko Rantanen 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Buffalo Sabres

TOI
# Player Shifts Avg Shift Total Power Play Shorthanded Even Strength
4 Bowen Byram 28 00:52 24:36 01:54 02:30 20:12
6 Zach Benson 19 00:51 16:11 02:06 00:00 14:05
8 Michael Kesselring 16 00:45 12:04 00:00 00:52 11:12
9 Josh Norris 21 00:38 13:37 02:06 00:00 11:31
12 Jordan Greenway 19 00:39 12:28 00:00 02:02 10:26
19 Peyton Krebs 19 00:44 13:59 00:00 00:00 13:59
22 Jack Quinn 18 00:51 15:21 01:54 00:00 13:27
23 Mattias Samuelsson 30 00:45 22:56 00:00 02:34 20:22
25 Owen Power 30 00:48 24:12 01:54 02:05 20:13
26 Rasmus Dahlin 30 00:49 24:43 02:06 00:00 22:37
29 Beck Malenstyn 19 00:41 13:06 00:00 02:03 11:03
44 Josh Dunne 0
44 Joshua Dunne 17 00:39 11:15 00:00 00:00 11:15
71 Ryan McLeod 22 00:45 16:35 01:54 01:56 12:45
72 Tage Thompson 22 00:51 18:45 02:06 00:00 16:39
73 Zach Metsa 14 00:40 09:28 00:00 00:00 09:28
86 Noah Ostlund 20 00:38 12:56 00:00 00:00 12:56
89 Alex Tuch 26 00:42 18:21 01:54 01:58 14:29
91 Josh Doan 22 00:42 15:27 02:06 00:00 13:21

Dallas Stars

TOI
# Player Shifts Avg Shift Total Power Play Shorthanded Even Strength
4 Miro Heiskanen 24 01:02 24:50 03:08 03:03 18:39
5 Nils Lundkvist 21 00:45 15:53 00:00 00:00 15:53
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar Back
10 Oskar BÄck 0
10 Oskar BÄck 3 00:24 01:14 00:00 00:51 00:23
10 Oskar BÄck 4 00:35 02:52 00:00 00:51 02:01
10 Oskar BÄck 5 00:34 03:06 00:00 00:51 02:15
10 Oskar BÄck 6 00:36 03:41 00:00 00:51 02:50
10 Oskar BÄck 7 00:42 04:56 00:00 00:51 04:05
10 Oskar BÄck 7 00:42 04:56 00:00 00:51 04:05
10 Oskar BÄck 7 00:42 04:56 00:00 00:51 04:05
10 Oskar BÄck 9 00:42 06:26 00:00 02:19 04:07
10 Oskar BÄck 10 00:44 07:22 00:00 02:19 05:03
10 Oskar BÄck 11 00:45 08:17 00:00 02:19 05:58
10 Oskar BÄck 12 00:45 09:04 00:00 02:19 06:45
10 Oskar BÄck 12 00:45 09:04 00:00 02:19 06:45
10 Oskar BÄck 12 00:45 09:04 00:00 02:19 06:45
10 Oskar BÄck 12 00:45 09:04 00:00 02:19 06:45
10 Oskar BÄck 13 00:44 10:50 00:00 02:19 08:31
10 Oskar BÄck 15 00:46 11:32 00:00 02:19 09:13
10 Oskar BÄck 17 00:43 12:24 00:00 02:19 10:05
10 Oskar BÄck 18 00:43 12:54 00:00 02:19 10:35
10 Oskar BÄck 18 00:43 12:54 00:00 02:19 10:35
12 Radek Faksa 17 00:44 12:33 00:00 01:30 11:03
14 Jamie Benn 16 00:42 11:27 00:29 00:00 10:58
15 Colin Blackwell 16 00:47 12:33 00:00 01:43 10:50
18 Sam Steel 17 00:46 13:17 00:00 01:41 11:36
21 Jason Robertson 20 01:03 21:16 03:32 00:00 17:44
22 Mavrik Bourque 19 00:48 15:17 01:08 00:00 14:09
23 Esa Lindell 25 00:55 22:58 00:20 03:04 19:34
24 Roope Hintz 19 00:52 16:32 01:56 00:00 14:36
28 Alex Petrovic 0
28 16 00:50 13:27 00:00 00:00 13:27
46 Ilya Lyubushkin 19 00:52 16:37 00:00 00:56 15:41
49 Justin Hryckowian 16 00:38 10:10 00:00 00:47 09:23
53 Wyatt Johnston 17 00:59 16:59 02:51 00:00 14:08
55 Thomas Harley 25 00:55 22:58 01:04 00:57 20:57
95 Matt Duchene 16 00:58 15:43 02:04 00:00 13:39
96 Mikko Rantanen 18 01:08 20:36 03:28 00:00 17:08

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Period Goals Against Shots Against Save Percentage
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 1 1 14 0.929
2 0 8 1
3 0 7 1

Dallas Stars

# Player Period Goals Against Shots Against Save Percentage
1 Casey Desmith 1 0 14 1
2 2 11 0.818
3 2 6 0.667