Stars vs. Sabres (Apr 15, 2026)

Forward Matchup

J. Robertson

DAL LW #21

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

40

Goals

38

89

Points

78

278

Shots on Goal

262

Defenseman Matchup

M. Heiskanen

DAL D #4

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

62

Points

70

132

Blocks

77

21

Hits

66

Goalie Matchup

J. Oettinger

DAL G #29

U. Luukkonen

BUF G #1

31

Wins

20

.900

Save Pct

.909

2.61

Goals Against Avg

2.55

DAL

Team Stats

BUF

3.29

Goals per Game

3.4

2.69

Goals Against per Game

2.99

25.32

Shots per Game

28.27

26.26

Shots Against per Game

29.27

28.9

Power Play Pct

20.4

81.0

Penalty Kill Pct

82.0

.898

Save Pct

.898

DAL

Injuries

BUF

Tyler Myers

D

Day to day (Undisclosed)

C

Noah Ostlund

Day to day (Upper-Body)

Sam Steel

C

Out (Hip)

RW

Justin Danforth

Out (Lower Body)

Roope Hintz

C

Out (Lower Body)

C

Sam Carrick

Out (Arm)

Michael Bunting

LW

Out (Lower Body)

C

Jiri Kulich

Out for season (Ear)

Nathan Bastian

RW

Out (Hand)

Radek Faksa

C

Out (Upper-body)

Tyler Seguin

C

Out for season (ACL)

2025-26 Central Division

DALBUF

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - x	50	16	10	110	91
Stars - x	45	20	12	102	47
Wild - x	44	21	12	100	33
Mammoth	40	30	6	86	30
Predators	36	31	10	82	-23
Jets	34	31	12	80	-13
Blues	33	31	12	78	-33
Blackhawks - e	28	36	14	70	-54

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning - x	48	23	6	102	64
Sabres - x	47	23	8	102	37
Canadiens - x	45	22	10	100	27
Bruins	43	26	9	95	19
Senators	40	27	10	90	20
Red Wings	40	29	8	88	-9
Maple Leafs - e	32	31	14	78	-33
Panthers - e	37	37	3	77	-32

DAL

Last 5

BUF

Sat, Apr 4

Mon, Apr 6

Thu, Apr 2

Sat, Apr 4

Tue, Mar 31

Thu, Apr 2

Sun, Mar 29

Tue, Mar 31

Sat, Mar 28

Sat, Mar 28

Game Info

April 15, 2026

ESPN+

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

G

41

W. Johnston

A

53

M. Heiskanen

GWG

7

J. Robertson

SV%

.910

C. DeSmith

Season

Career vs BUF

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jake Oettinger J. Oettinger	50	50	31	12	6	1,275	1,147	.900	128	2.61	3	2946
	Casey DeSmith C. DeSmith	29	27	14	8	6	733	667	.910	66	2.34	1	1695

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Casey DeSmith C. DeSmith	11	11	6	3	2	327	303	.927	24	2.18	3	662
	Jake Oettinger J. Oettinger	6	6	4	1	1	187	172	.920	15	2.53	0	355

Team Leaders

G

38

T. Thompson

A

52

R. Dahlin

GWG

6

J. Zucker

SV%

.909

U. Luukkonen

Season

Career vs DAL

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tyler Seguin T. Seguin	36	14	17	31	+10	8	5	5	0	0	1	106	13.2	132	237	55.7	29	6	11	28	17:00
Matt Duchene M. Duchene	28	11	13	24	+12	12	3	0	0	0	2	69	15.9	192	342	56.1	13	17	15	20	18:28
Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	17	9	14	23	-1	14	4	5	0	0	1	49	18.4	41	80	51.2	14	5	12	14	21:01
Jamie Benn J. Benn	26	12	10	22	+9	6	4	3	0	1	2	65	18.5	101	193	52.3	43	19	13	21	17:27
Jason Robertson J. Robertson	9	5	7	12	-2	2	2	2	0	0	1	35	14.3	1	1	100.0	9	4	3	3	18:31
Radek Faksa R. Faksa	14	5	4	9	+10	6	0	0	0	0	1	31	16.1	81	148	54.7	24	10	5	2	14:33
Roope Hintz R. Hintz	13	6	3	9	-2	8	2	2	0	0	1	33	18.2	82	127	64.6	19	6	1	2	16:25
Nathan Bastian N. Bastian	16	0	7	7	+5	4	0	0	0	0	0	23	0.0	8	17	47.1	40	10	1	2	12:03
Thomas Harley T. Harley	6	1	5	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	2	11	2	3	20:58
Tyler Myers T. Myers	16	1	4	5	+1	6	0	2	1	1	0	27	3.7	0	0	0	21	29	5	8	20:55
Michael Bunting M. Bunting	14	2	3	5	-7	18	0	1	0	0	1	19	10.5	2	2	100.0	11	0	6	12	14:29
Esa Lindell E. Lindell	17	2	3	5	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	31	6.5	0	0	0	20	34	8	9	21:40
Sam Steel S. Steel	12	2	3	5	+2	4	0	2	0	0	1	8	25.0	55	97	56.7	12	3	8	5	15:23
Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	13	0	5	5	-2	14	0	0	0	0	0	25	0.0	0	0	0	6	14	0	7	22:59
Alexander Petrovic A. Petrovic	14	1	2	3	+6	58	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	36	13	3	4	17:03
Colin Blackwell C. Blackwell	16	1	2	3	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	13	32	40.6	15	4	7	2	13:09
Wyatt Johnston W. Johnston	7	3	0	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	16.7	29	56	51.8	1	6	2	3	17:51
Mavrik Bourque M. Bourque	3	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	3	12	25.0	1	0	0	1	13:46
Kyle Capobianco K. Capobianco	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	19:43
Adam Erne A. Erne	18	0	0	0	-8	6	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	6	13	46.2	34	7	4	4	12:28
Oskar Back O. Back	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0	0	1	14:01
Nils Lundkvist N. Lundkvist	6	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	6	8	1	3	13:27
Ilya Lyubushkin I. Lyubushkin	15	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	36	17	3	12	15:39
Justin Hryckowian J. Hryckowian	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	3	1	1	1	8:50

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	78	38	40	78	-10	33	6	18	0	1	4	0	262	14.5	374	832	45.0	81	45	27	66	19:15
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	74	18	52	70	+12	74	6	16	0	0	0	0	189	9.5	0	0	0	66	77	30	111	24:17
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	75	30	32	62	+21	57	7	2	3	2	2	1	188	16.0	35	78	44.9	81	85	36	59	18:55
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	78	12	39	51	+22	14	0	7	5	1	1	0	87	13.8	594	1,249	47.6	16	33	37	92	17:40
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	78	19	31	50	+2	18	4	7	0	0	4	0	181	10.5	3	12	25.0	51	25	12	71	15:35
Josh Doan J. Doan	78	23	25	48	-11	25	9	8	0	0	4	0	163	14.1	4	17	23.5	78	30	44	60	15:57
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	59	23	18	41	-8	21	10	6	0	0	6	0	122	18.9	47	121	38.8	56	19	8	65	15:38
Bowen Byram B. Byram	78	11	30	41	+11	48	1	6	0	1	5	1	106	10.4	0	0	0	50	90	19	83	22:26
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	75	13	28	41	+36	28	0	0	1	2	3	1	107	12.1	0	0	0	128	147	17	77	22:56
Zach Benson Z. Benson	61	10	27	37	+20	40	1	4	0	1	4	0	105	9.5	7	15	46.7	39	19	24	44	15:50
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	78	11	26	37	+9	76	0	1	0	0	3	0	87	12.6	200	452	44.2	187	39	20	55	13:40
Josh Norris J. Norris	40	11	18	29	+4	26	2	7	0	0	3	0	62	17.7	267	537	49.7	22	21	8	19	15:57
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	60	11	16	27	+11	14	2	4	0	0	1	0	60	18.3	86	273	31.5	5	30	17	35	13:58
Owen Power O. Power	77	8	18	26	+2	14	0	0	0	3	0	0	116	6.9	0	0	0	29	87	21	75	21:40
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	77	7	7	14	+1	36	0	0	1	0	0	0	70	10.0	10	25	40.0	266	72	12	34	11:12
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	36	0	7	7	-10	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	0.0	0	0	0	28	75	8	42	18:56
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	41	2	4	6	+17	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	8.3	0	0	0	5	30	4	27	10:40
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	13	5	1	6	+4	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	26.3	82	143	57.3	20	6	3	5	10:45
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	37	1	5	6	-10	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	3.2	8	33	24.2	52	19	6	18	12:21
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	12	3	2	5	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15.0	68	163	41.7	9	12	1	10	16:22
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	33	1	3	4	-6	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	3.6	59	111	53.2	39	15	6	16	9:24
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	42	2	2	4	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	7.4	171	348	49.1	106	33	11	26	11:17
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	14	0	2	2	+2	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0	0	13	14	5	10	14:26
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	32	0	2	2	-3	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0.0	0	0	0	23	38	6	36	13:26
Tanner Pearson T. Pearson	2	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7:21
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	3	0	0	0	-2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	7	3	0	3	12:49
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	17	31	54.8	3	4	0	3	11:42

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	35	11	11	22	-13	16	4	4	0	1	0	86	12.8	3	14	21.4	42	17	12	22	16:08
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	14	6	8	14	-1	10	1	1	0	1	0	43	14.0	37	100	37.0	14	2	6	11	15:55
Tanner Pearson T. Pearson	26	4	6	10	+1	6	0	1	1	0	0	45	8.9	3	17	17.6	43	11	5	19	14:15
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	16	5	3	8	+5	2	0	0	0	1	0	35	14.3	10	35	28.6	11	13	12	14	16:58
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	13	4	4	8	0	8	0	3	0	1	0	47	8.5	0	0	0	18	15	5	12	23:29
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	36	1	5	6	+6	25	0	0	0	0	0	41	2.4	0	0	0	127	58	12	13	15:47
Josh Norris J. Norris	7	6	0	6	+4	4	1	0	0	1	0	11	54.5	53	108	49.1	18	2	1	2	17:37
Owen Power O. Power	7	1	5	6	-2	2	0	0	0	1	1	12	8.3	0	0	0	2	12	3	3	22:48
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	21	2	3	5	-1	12	0	1	0	0	0	20	10.0	3	8	37.5	33	18	7	3	13:55
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	10	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	44	91	48.4	9	7	8	8	13:02
Bowen Byram B. Byram	9	1	3	4	-2	6	0	0	0	1	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	11	12	2	7	20:17
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	9	2	1	3	+1	12	0	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	0	0	0	22	10	2	9	13:39
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	10	1	2	3	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	25	60	41.7	12	3	0	3	13:25
Josh Doan J. Doan	2	2	1	3	+2	2	1	0	0	1	0	6	33.3	2	2	100.0	4	0	2	1	14:30
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	6	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	11	8	0	1	11:42
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	7	1	1	2	-3	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	3	3	2	7	13:56
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	1	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	1	0	2	12:56
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	11	0	1	1	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	47	96	49.0	27	5	3	5	11:02
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	4	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	2	3	1	3	17:04
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	7	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	10	5	3	9	17:49
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	7	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	15	13	1	3	21:30
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	5	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	14	25	56.0	14	3	2	2	12:28
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	4	28	14.3	7	3	1	0	9:54
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	4	13	30.8	1	0	1	1	14:16
Zach Benson Z. Benson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	14:29
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9:28

Stars DAL

Sabres BUF

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Central Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	36	34	20	10	4	979	887	.906	92	2.77	3	1992
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	33	32	20	9	3	893	812	.909	81	2.55	1	1908
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	14	12	7	4	1	390	349	.895	41	3.13	0	786

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	5	5	2	3	0	145	134	.924	11	2.23	0	295
	Alex Lyon A. Lyon	2	2	0	2	0	57	48	.842	9	5.40	0	100