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Dallas Stars at Buffalo Sabres

Oct 8, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Dallas Stars 4 18
Buffalo Sabres 0 26

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:03 DAL Jason Robertson (2) Mikko Rantanen (2), Wyatt Johnston (2) 1 - 0
2nd Period
09:36 DAL Sam Steel (1) Thomas Harley (1), Mikko Rantanen (3) 2 - 0
13:57 DAL Mikko Rantanen (2) Nils Lundkvist (1), Wyatt Johnston (3) 3 - 0
15:34 DAL Roope Hintz (1) PP Wyatt Johnston (4), Mikko Rantanen (4) 4 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
19:50 BUF Beck Malenstyn Tripping 2
2nd Period
01:50 DAL Miro Heiskanen Hooking 2
15:01 BUF Jack Quinn Cross checking 2
17:30 DAL Nils Lundkvist Holding 2
3rd Period
07:54 DAL Lian Bichsel Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Dallas Stars 40 30 18 4 2.6 36.0
Buffalo Sabres 62 44 26 0 2.7 64.0

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.6 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 0 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndDAL goal, 9:03 of 1st, a 10% chanceDAL goal, 9:36 of 2nd, a 5% chanceDAL goal, 13:57 of 2nd, a 15% chanceDAL goal, 15:34 of 2nd, a 18% chanceBUF 2.7DAL 2.6

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
Jamie Benn · Roope Hintz · Jason Robertson9:1963.257.10-0
Tyler Seguin · Justin Hryckowian · Arttu Hyry7:4915.424.30-0
Mikko Rantanen · Sam Steel · Wyatt Johnston6:5127.351.41-0
Colin Blackwell · Radek Faksa · Oskar Bäck6:4657.150.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nils Lundkvist · Thomas Harley15:1453.865.42-0
Tyler Myers · Lian Bichsel13:4534.824.00-0
Esa Lindell · Miro Heiskanen13:4422.742.80-0

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

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
96 Mikko Rantanen R 1 3 4 3 0 2 1 15:27 0.16 7-12 0.48-0.47
53 Wyatt Johnston C 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 16:40 0.04 8-14 0.50-0.53
18 Sam Steel C 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 15:31 0.16 6-15 0.38-0.48
21 Jason Robertson L 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 15:14 0.65 13-10 0.51-0.37
24 Roope Hintz C 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 14:57 0.77 13-8 0.46-0.33
5 Nils Lundkvist D 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 18:08 16-15 0.64-0.53
55 Thomas Harley D 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 23:35 0.05 17-22 0.78-0.85
4 Miro Heiskanen D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:40 0.03 7-19 0.62-0.76
6 Lian Bichsel D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 17:34 9-21 0.19-1.07
10 Oskar Bäck C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:22 9-10 0.51-0.56
12 Radek Faksa C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:11 0.23 9-11 0.51-0.69
14 Jamie Benn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:26 0.07 13-11 0.43-0.46
15 Colin Blackwell C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:18 0.28 8-16 0.51-1.07
23 Esa Lindell D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:57 6-25 0.67-1.38
25 Arttu Hyry R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:02 2-17 0.09-0.43
49 Justin Hryckowian C 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14:48 3-26 0.14-0.96
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:30 0.04 9-16 0.21-0.60
91 Tyler Seguin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:40 0.09 5-17 0.16-0.52
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Jake Oettinger W, SO 26 26 0 60:00 2.67 +2.67

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jack Quinn · Noah Ostlund · Zach Benson11:3575.070.10-0
Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan7:4080.093.50-0
Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs · Jiri Kulich7:0863.653.50-0
Josh Norris · Ryan McLeod · Konsta Helenius4:5340.04.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Owen Power10:0075.087.10-0
Owen Power · Olen Zellweger9:2569.276.60-1
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin8:5947.433.10-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 18:18 0.36 15-5 0.47-0.22
8 Olen Zellweger D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:43 0.10 19-7 0.90-0.26
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 14:19 0.19 9-10 0.42-0.61
15 Justin Danforth R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:44 0.25 14-10 0.67-0.49
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:16 0.36 19-7 0.87-0.28
20 Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:42 0.07 14-6 0.62-0.29
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 18:01 0.08 15-8 0.47-0.39
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:39 0.03 23-14 1.10-0.74
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 25:23 0.04 31-11 1.46-0.31
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 26:24 0.10 26-17 1.06-0.97
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 09:55 0.02 13-10 0.67-0.49
46 Louis Crevier D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:22 0.00 8-8 0.09-0.33
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:57 0.21 15-12 0.69-0.62
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 19:08 0.34 19-7 0.87-0.28
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:33 0.04 6-7 0.09-0.51
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:05 0.13 13-4 0.42-0.18
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:26 0.38 19-9 1.05-0.42
94 Konsta Helenius C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:38 0.02 7-8 0.17-0.40
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L 18 14 4 59:54 2.54 -1.46