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Dallas Stars at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 15, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Dallas Stars 4 28
Buffalo Sabres 3 24

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:19 DAL Mavrik Bourque (20) Esa Lindell (26), Ilya Lyubushkin (8) 1 - 0
12:48 BUF Josh Norris (13) Zach Benson (30), Owen Power (20) 1 - 1
2nd Period
03:32 BUF Zach Benson (13) SH Tyson Kozak (4) 1 - 2
04:24 DAL Esa Lindell (6) PP Jamie Benn (21), Justin Hryckowian (16) 2 - 2
11:09 BUF Alex Tuch (33) Tanner Pearson (8), Owen Power (21) 2 - 3
16:00 DAL Justin Hryckowian (14) Unassisted 3 - 3
Shootout
DAL Wyatt Johnston Shootout winner 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:08 DAL Radek Faksa High sticking 2
13:33 DAL Ilya Lyubushkin Holding 2
2nd Period
02:24 BUF Jordan Greenway Interference 2
16:32 BUF Luke Schenn Holding 2
3rd Period
13:09 BUF Conor Timmins Delaying game puck over glass 2
Overtime
02:36 DAL Mavrik Bourque Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Dallas Stars 53 37 28 3 2.3 52.7
Buffalo Sabres 57 43 24 3 3.0 47.3

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadDallas Stars ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Dallas Stars had.

Expected goals

Dallas Stars: 2.3 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.0 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTDAL goal, 2:19 of 1st, a 15% chanceDAL goal, 4:24 of 2nd, a 9% chanceDAL goal, 16:00 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 12:48 of 1st, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 3:32 of 2nd, a 20% chanceBUF goal, 11:09 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBUF 3.0DAL 2.3

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Dallas Stars
Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Duchene · Jason Robertson · Mavrik Bourque10:4647.138.51-1
Mikko Rantanen · Sam Steel · Wyatt Johnston10:1635.036.30-0
Radek Faksa · Adam Erne · Oskar Bäck8:3563.291.40-0
Jamie Benn · Michael Bunting · Justin Hryckowian8:1466.772.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyler Myers · Lian Bichsel14:5057.748.61-1
Nils Lundkvist · Thomas Harley11:0644.460.10-0
Esa Lindell · Ilya Lyubushkin10:1745.077.71-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
23 Esa Lindell D 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 22:14 0.18 15-21 0.94-0.64
49 Justin Hryckowian C 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 17:18 0.28 18-9 0.89-0.26
22 Mavrik Bourque C 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 17:06 0.18 14-10 0.65-0.50
14 Jamie Benn L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:46 15-9 0.69-0.42
46 Ilya Lyubushkin D 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 15:39 0.02 14-12 1.08-0.24
5 Nils Lundkvist D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:26 0.00 13-17 0.38-0.53
6 Lian Bichsel D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:37 0.04 18-13 0.62-0.67
10 Oskar Bäck C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:36 0.04 12-7 0.67-0.06
12 Radek Faksa C 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 13:09 0.41 13-10 0.73-0.07
18 Sam Steel C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:43 9-15 0.25-0.44
21 Jason Robertson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:26 0.08 9-10 0.29-0.50
53 Wyatt Johnston C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:11 0.07 8-15 0.23-0.53
55 Thomas Harley D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 22:45 0.08 19-11 0.71-0.23
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:30 0.13 20-14 0.62-0.57
58 Michael Bunting L 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 12:36 0.48 16-11 0.84-0.43
73 Adam Erne L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:23 0.22 14-11 0.68-0.07
95 Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:26 9-11 0.29-0.58
96 Mikko Rantanen R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:33 0.05 9-14 0.25-0.44
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Jake Oettinger W 24 21 3 65:00 2.88 -0.12

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tanner Pearson · Peyton Krebs · Jack Quinn11:5844.447.00-1
Alex Tuch · Jordan Greenway · Tyson Kozak10:0150.012.90-0
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Zach Benson9:2926.312.31-0
Beck Malenstyn · Josh Dunne · Zach Benson4:5672.798.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Luke Schenn · Owen Power5:5133.31.40-0
Conor Timmins · Bowen Byram5:4840.033.40-0
Michael Kesselring · Owen Power4:1550.042.72-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
6 Zach Benson L 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 24:22 0.46 14-17 0.51-0.89
25 Owen Power D 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 22:17 0.01 18-15 0.40-0.65
9 Josh Norris C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:55 0.21 5-18 0.12-0.93
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 20:36 0.04 14-12 0.22-0.40
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 13:34 0.00 11-16 0.06-0.67
70 Tanner Pearson L 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 17:04 0.22 10-13 0.51-0.58
2 Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 12:41 0.00 8-14 0.27-1.02
7 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15:03 0.04 11-13 0.18-0.45
8 Logan Stanley D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:16 0.23 20-16 0.85-0.27
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:03 0.02 17-13 0.37-0.42
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 19:00 0.19 14-10 0.75-0.53
21 Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 16:58 0.06 18-18 0.81-0.59
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 19:29 0.88 12-11 0.59-0.55
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:35 0.07 7-13 0.11-0.94
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 14:59 0.07 14-9 0.50-0.26
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:52 0.10 14-11 0.50-0.35
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:43 7-9 0.25-0.42
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:57 0.37 6-16 0.17-0.89
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
92 Colten Ellis OTL 28 25 3 65:00 2.18 -0.82