Dallas Stars at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-04-15

NHL · Apr 15, 2026

Dallas Stars50-20-12

4–3

Final – SO

Buffalo Sabres50-23-9

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The Stars edged the Sabres 4–3 in a shootout at KeyBank Center. W. Johnston took first star.

Team	1	2	3	SO	T	SOG
Stars	1	2	0	1	4	28
Sabres	1	2	0	0	3	24

★ Three Stars

1W. JohnstonDAL · 0G 0A

2Z. BensonBUF · 1G 1A

3J. NorrisBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

02:19

Mavrik Bourque (Esa Lindell, Ilya Lyubushkin)

1-0

12:48

Josh Norris (Zach Benson, Owen Power)

1-1

2nd Period

03:32

Zach Benson (Tyson Kozak)SH

1-2

04:24

Esa Lindell (Jamie Benn, Justin Hryckowian)PP

2-2

11:09

Alex Tuch (Tanner Pearson, Owen Power)

2-3

16:00

Justin Hryckowian

3-3

Shootout

00:00

Wyatt Johnston

4-3

Boxscore

Stars4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Justin HryckowianC	1	1	2	+1	0	2	2	0	17:18
Esa LindellD	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	2	22:14
Mavrik BourqueC	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	17:06
Ilya LyubushkinD	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	15:39
Jamie BennL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	13:46
Oskar BäckC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13:36
Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	17:26
Radek FaksaC	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	13:09
Wyatt JohnstonC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	18:11
Mikko RantanenR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	18:33
Jason RobertsonL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	17:26
Sam SteelC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	15:43
Lian BichselD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	20:37
Thomas HarleyD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	3	22:45
Nils LundkvistD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20:26
Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	21:30
Adam ErneL	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	13:23
Michael BuntingL	0	0	0	+1	0	5	1	0	12:36

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jake OettingerStart	24	21	3	.875	65:00
Casey DeSmith	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Zach BensonL	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	1	24:22
Owen PowerD	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	2	22:17
Josh NorrisC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	3	16:55
Alex TuchR	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	2	20:36
Tyson KozakC	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	13:34
Tanner PearsonL	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	17:04
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	15:57
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	19:00
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	6	0	14:59
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	19:29
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	14:43
Conor TimminsD	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	16:58
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	15:03
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16:03
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	19:35
Luke SchennD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	12:41
Logan StanleyD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	20:16
Joshua DunneC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	11:52

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Colten EllisStart	28	25	3	.893	65:00
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0:00