Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars

Wed, Dec 31, 2025 · American Airlines Center · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 1

Final

Dallas Stars

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Dallas Stars 4–1 on Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at American Airlines Center. Tage Thompson scored twice. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	2	4	31
DAL	1	0	0	1	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:15	DAL	EV	Mavrik Bourque (6) · snap	Jason Robertson (23), Miro Heiskanen (28)	0–1
2nd	07:44	BUF	EV	Josh Doan (11) · snap	Tage Thompson (17)	1–1
2nd	17:05	BUF	EV	Bowen Byram (9) · snap	Noah Ostlund (4), Alex Tuch (20)	2–1
3rd	09:21	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (19) · snap	Josh Doan (15), Bowen Byram (11)	3–1
3rd	11:35	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (20) · snap	Noah Ostlund (5), Owen Power (8)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:38	DAL	Radek Faksa	high sticking	2
2nd	01:41	DAL	Justin Hryckowian	tripping	2
2nd	04:44	BUF	Josh Doan	tripping	2
3rd	03:59	BUF	Tage Thompson	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 3.67 · DAL 3.71 · xG% BUF 49.8

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Tage Thompson	C	2	1	3	+3	2	7	1	0	45.5	18:45	22
4	Bowen Byram	D	1	1	2	+3	0	2	3	1		24:36	28
91	Josh Doan	R	1	1	2	+2	2	3	4	0		15:27	22
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	1	66.7	12:56	20
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		24:12	30
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	100.0	18:21	26
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	0		24:43	30
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2		22:56	30
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	83.3	16:35	22
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		16:11	19
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:21	18
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0		13:59	19
9	Josh Norris	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61.5	13:37	21
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		13:06	19
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		12:28	19
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		12:04	16
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	33.3	11:15	17
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		9:28	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	29	28	1	.966	60:00

Dallas Stars

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Miro Heiskanen	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1		24:50	24
21	Jason Robertson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	8	0	0		21:16	20
22	Mavrik Bourque	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		15:17	19
23	Esa Lindell	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		22:58	25
55	Thomas Harley	D	0	0	0	-4	0	2	1	1		22:58	25
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		20:36	18
53	Wyatt Johnston	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	1	42.9	16:59	17
46	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		16:37	19
24	Roope Hintz	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	53.3	16:32	19
5	Nils Lundkvist	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		15:53	21
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	0	50.0	15:43	16
28	Alexander Petrovic	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2		13:27	16
18	Sam Steel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	28.6	13:17	17
10	Oskar Bäck	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:54	18
15	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	37.5	12:33	16
12	Radek Faksa	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	60.0	12:33	17
14	Jamie Benn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		11:27	16
49	Justin Hryckowian	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1		10:10	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Casey DeSmith	L	31	27	4	.871	60:00