Sabres vs. Stars (Dec 31, 2025)

Forward Matchup

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

M. Rantanen

DAL RW #96

18

Goals

15

34

Points

54

129

Shots on Goal

96

Defenseman Matchup

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

M. Heiskanen

DAL D #4

28

Points

34

41

Blocks

70

27

Hits

6

Goalie Matchup

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

J. Oettinger

DAL G #29

9

Wins

16

.907

Save Pct

.910

2.87

Goals Against Avg

2.51

BUF

Team Stats

DAL

3.05

Goals per Game

3.49

3.19

Goals Against per Game

2.62

28.41

Shots per Game

25.26

29.46

Shots Against per Game

28.03

19.6

Power Play Pct

30.6

84.6

Penalty Kill Pct

82.9

.892

Save Pct

.907

BUF

Injuries

DAL

Tyson Kozak

C

Day to day (Upper Body)

D

Ilya Lyubushkin

Day to day (Illness)

Colten Ellis

G

Day to day (Concussion)

D

Lian Bichsel

Out (Lower-Body)

Rasmus Dahlin

D

Day to day (Personal)

C

Tyler Seguin

Out (ACL)

Jiri Kulich

C

Out (Ear)

Justin Danforth

RW

Out (Lower Body)

Conor Timmins

D

Out (Leg)

Jason Zucker

LW

Out (Lower-Body)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

BUFDAL

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	22	14	3	47	-5
Lightning	21	13	3	45	24
Canadiens	20	12	5	45	-1
Panthers	20	15	2	42	1
Sabres	19	14	4	42	-2
Senators	18	14	5	41	4
Bruins	20	18	1	41	-7
Maple Leafs	17	15	5	39	-4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	28	2	7	63	63
Stars	25	7	7	57	34
Wild	23	10	6	52	19
Mammoth	18	18	3	39	4
Blues	15	16	8	38	-35
Predators	16	17	4	36	-19
Jets	15	17	4	34	-5
Blackhawks	14	17	6	34	-14

BUF

Last 5

DAL

Sat, Dec 27

Sat, Dec 27

Tue, Dec 23

Tue, Dec 23

Sun, Dec 21

Sun, Dec 21

Sat, Dec 20

Fri, Dec 19

Thu, Dec 18

Thu, Dec 18

Game Info

December 31, 2025

ESPN+

American Airlines Center

Dallas, Texas

Team Leaders

G

18

T. Thompson

A

24

R. Dahlin

GWG

3

B. Byram

SV%

.907

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs DAL

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	20	18	9	6	3	559	507	.907	52	2.87	1	1088
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	12	11	6	5	1	291	261	.897	30	2.58	0	697
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	8	8	4	3	0	228	204	.895	24	3.25	0	443

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	4	4	1	3	0	116	106	.914	10	2.55	0	235
	Alex Lyon A. Lyon	2	2	0	2	0	57	48	.842	9	5.40	0	100

Team Leaders

G

23

J. Robertson

A

39

M. Rantanen

GWG

4

S. Steel

SV%

.915

C. DeSmith

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	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	1	0	86	12.8	3	14	21.4	42	17	12	22	16:08
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	13	4	7	11	-4	8	1	1	1	0	36	11.1	32	89	36.0	13	2	6	11	15:42
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	12	4	4	8	-1	8	0	3	1	0	42	9.5	0	0	0	18	15	5	11	23:23
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	15	5	2	7	+4	2	0	0	1	0	33	15.2	9	34	26.5	10	12	12	13	16:53
Josh Norris J. Norris	6	6	0	6	+4	4	1	0	1	0	11	54.5	45	95	47.4	18	2	1	2	18:22
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	20	2	3	5	-1	12	0	1	0	0	19	10.5	3	7	42.9	29	18	7	3	13:59
Owen Power O. Power	6	1	4	5	-3	2	0	0	1	1	12	8.3	0	0	0	2	11	3	2	22:35
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	9	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	10	20.0	34	79	43.0	9	6	8	5	12:39
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	9	1	2	3	-3	2	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	25	59	42.4	10	3	0	3	13:21
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	5	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	6	8	0	1	11:19
Bowen Byram B. Byram	8	0	2	2	-5	6	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	8	11	1	7	19:45
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	6	1	1	2	-3	2	1	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	2	3	1	7	13:41
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	4	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	2	3	1	3	17:04
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	6	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	9	4	3	8	18:46
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	6	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	14	11	1	1	21:16
Josh Doan J. Doan	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	0	0	1	0	13:33
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	5	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	14	25	56.0	14	3	2	2	12:28
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	15:32
Ryan Johnson R. Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9:28
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	2	22	9.1	6	3	0	0	9:27
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	4	13	30.8	1	0	1	1	14:16
Zach Benson Z. Benson	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	13:55

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	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	1	106	13.2	132	237	55.7	29	6	11	28	17:00
Matt Duchene M. Duchene	27	11	13	24	+16	12	3	0	0	2	68	16.2	191	340	56.2	13	17	15	18	18:34
Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	16	9	14	23	+1	14	4	5	0	1	48	18.8	41	80	51.2	13	5	12	13	21:03
Jamie Benn J. Benn	25	12	10	22	+10	6	4	3	1	2	65	18.5	101	193	52.3	43	17	13	19	17:42
Jason Robertson J. Robertson	8	5	6	11	-3	2	2	2	0	1	27	18.5	1	1	100.0	9	4	3	3	18:10
Radek Faksa R. Faksa	13	5	4	9	+10	4	0	0	0	1	29	17.2	78	143	54.5	23	9	5	2	14:42
Roope Hintz R. Hintz	12	6	3	9	-3	8	2	2	0	1	32	18.8	74	112	66.1	18	6	1	2	16:24
Nathan Bastian N. Bastian	16	0	7	7	+5	4	0	0	0	0	23	0.0	8	17	47.1	40	10	1	2	12:03
Thomas Harley T. Harley	5	1	5	6	+3	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	1	10	2	2	20:34
Esa Lindell E. Lindell	16	2	3	5	-1	6	0	2	0	0	30	6.7	0	0	0	20	33	7	6	21:35
Sam Steel S. Steel	11	2	3	5	+2	4	0	2	0	1	8	25.0	53	90	58.9	10	3	8	5	15:35
Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	12	0	4	4	-1	14	0	0	0	0	23	0.0	0	0	0	6	13	0	7	22:50
Alexander Petrovic A. Petrovic	13	1	2	3	+7	58	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	0	0	0	32	11	3	3	17:20
Colin Blackwell C. Blackwell	15	1	2	3	-1	4	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	10	24	41.7	14	4	6	2	13:12
Wyatt Johnston W. Johnston	6	3	0	3	+2	0	0	0	0	1	17	17.6	26	49	53.1	0	5	2	2	18:00
Mavrik Bourque M. Bourque	2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	37.5	1	0	0	1	13:00
Kyle Capobianco K. Capobianco	1	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	15	0.0	6	13	46.2	34	7	4	4	12:28
Oskar Back O. Back	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0	0	1	15:07
Nils Lundkvist N. Lundkvist	5	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	4	7	1	2	12:58
Ilya Lyubushkin I. Lyubushkin	14	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	36	16	3	12	15:35
Justin Hryckowian J. Hryckowian	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	2	0	0	1	7:30

Sabres BUF

Stars DAL

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Casey DeSmith C. DeSmith	10	10	6	2	2	296	276	.932	20	1.99	3	602
	Jake Oettinger J. Oettinger	6	6	4	1	1	187	172	.920	15	2.53	0	355