Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars, 2025-12-31

NHL · Dec 31, 2025

Buffalo Sabres21-14-4

4–1

Final

Dallas Stars25-8-7

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The Sabres beat the Stars 4–1 at American Airlines Center. T. Thompson took first star with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	0	2	2	4	31
Stars	1	0	0	1	29

★ Three Stars

1T. ThompsonBUF · 2G 1A

2B. ByramBUF · 1G 1A

3U. LuukkonenBUF

Scoring Summary

1st Period

00:15

Mavrik Bourque (Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen)

0-1

2nd Period

07:44

Josh Doan (Tage Thompson)

1-1

17:05

Bowen Byram (Noah Ostlund, Alex Tuch)

2-1

3rd Period

09:21

Tage Thompson (Josh Doan, Bowen Byram)

3-1

11:35

Tage Thompson (Noah Ostlund, Owen Power)

4-1

Boxscore

Sabres4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Tage ThompsonC	2	1	3	+3	2	7	1	0	18:45
Josh DoanR	1	1	2	+2	2	3	4	0	15:27
Bowen ByramD	1	1	2	+3	0	2	3	1	24:36
Noah OstlundC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	1	12:56
Owen PowerD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	24:12
Alex TuchR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	18:21
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	16:11
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	13:59
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	13:36
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	16:35
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:07
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15:21
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	0	24:43
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9:28
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2	22:56
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:04
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	12:28
Joshua DunneC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	11:15

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenStart	29	28	1	.966	60:00
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00

Stars1

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Mavrik BourqueC	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	15:17
Jason RobertsonL	0	1	1	+1	0	8	0	0	21:16
Miro HeiskanenD	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1	24:50
Colin BlackwellC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	12:33
Oskar BäckC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:54
Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	0	15:43
Radek FaksaC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	12:33
Roope HintzC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	16:32
Justin HryckowianC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	10:10
Wyatt JohnstonC	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	1	16:59
Mikko RantanenR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	20:36
Sam SteelC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:17
Thomas HarleyD	0	0	0	-4	0	2	1	1	22:58
Esa LindellD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	22:58
Nils LundkvistD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	15:53
Ilya LyubushkinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	16:37
Jamie BennL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	11:27
Alexander PetrovicD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2	13:27

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Casey DeSmithStart	31	27	4	.871	60:00
Jake Oettinger	0	0	0	-	0:00