BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
Final
4—1
2025-12-31 · American Airlines Center
DAL
DAL
Dallas Stars
48-20-12 · W3 · L10: 5-4-1
SO
OT
W
W
W
W
L
L
W
W
DAL controlled xG 2.8 to 2.6 but BUF won on execution

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RD
BUF xG
2.58
ACTUAL
4 — 1
DAL xG
2.75

Scoring Timeline

0.28
HIGH xG
DAL1P 00:15Even Strength
Mavrik Bourque
22
Mavrik Bourque(6)
C · DAL · #22
Jason Robertson (23), Miro Heiskanen (28)
BUF 0 - 1 DAL
0.07
MED xG
BUF2P 07:44Even Strength
Josh Doan
91
Josh Doan(11)
R · BUF · #91
Tage Thompson (17)
BUF 1 - 1 DAL
0.03
LOW xG
BUF2P 17:05Even Strength
Bowen Byram
4
Bowen Byram(9)
D · BUF · #4
Noah Ostlund (4), Alex Tuch (20)
BUF 2 - 1 DAL
0.15
HIGH xG
BUF3P 09:21Even Strength
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(19)
C · BUF · #72
Josh Doan (15), Bowen Byram (11)
BUF 3 - 1 DAL
0.04
MED xG
BUF3P 11:35Even Strength
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(20)
C · BUF · #72
Noah Ostlund (5), Owen Power (8)
BUF 4 - 1 DAL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
28/29 saves, .965 SV%, +1.9 GSAx
★2
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson
C · BUF · #72
2G, 1A, 7 SOG, 1 HIT
★3
Casey DeSmith
1
Casey DeSmith
G · DAL · #1
27/31 saves, .870 SV%, -1.3 GSAx

Team Stats

BUFDAL
31Shots29
2.58xGF2.75
54.6CF%45.4
58.3FO%41.7
0/2PP0/2
24Hits15
9Blocks12
14Giveaways12
4Takeaways3
4PIM4

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGDAL SOGBUF xGDAL xG
1st14131.300.99
2nd980.850.92
3rd470.420.85
Total27282.572.76

Penalties

4 TOTAL
1P 00:38
DAL
Radek Faksahigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Josh Dunne
2P 01:41
DAL
Justin Hryckowiantripping (2 min)
Drawn by Owen Power
2P 04:44
BUF
Josh Doantripping (2 min)
Drawn by Thomas Harley
3P 03:59
BUF
Tage Thompsonhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Jason Robertson