Dallas Stars vs. Buffalo SabresApr 15, 2026

Final / SOWednesday, Apr 15, 2026· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
DAL	1	2	0	0	1	4		DAL	5	11	12	0	28
BUF	1	2	0	0	0	3		BUF	10	7	5	2	24

: DAL 51BUF 59
: DAL 1.92BUF 3.07
PP goals: DAL 1BUF 0
Hits: DAL 21BUF 23
Blocks: DAL 14BUF 14
PIM: DAL 6BUF 6
: DAL 46%BUF 54%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Dallas Stars edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3 (SO)

Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in a shootout at BUF. Zach Benson (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Pearson–Krebs–Quinn skated 11:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Esa Lindell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:14.Lindell
Points
Justin Hryckowian had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:18.Hryckowian
Points
Zach Benson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:22.Benson
Points
Owen Power had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:17.Power
New line
New look for BUF: Pearson–Krebs–Quinn skated 11:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pearson Krebs Quinn
Usage
Zach Benson (BUF) played 24:22, +8:37 up on his 15:45 season average over 64 games.Benson
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–Greenway–Kozak skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Greenway Kozak
New line
New look for DAL: Rantanen–Steel–Johnston skated 10:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rantanen Steel Johnston

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← DAL attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · BUF 59 · DAL 51

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
DAL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 31% of the game, BUF 33%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

DAL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against DAL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	DAL	BUF
	58	54
	2.20	1.78
	2.03	1.74
	13	8
	5	4
	20	16
	+0.001	−0.001
	31%	33%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Dallas Stars

L1Duchene – Robertson – Bourque
10:4647% CF
L2Rantanen – Steel – Johnston
10:1630% CF
L3Faksa – Erne – Bäck
8:3563% CF
L4Benn – Bunting – Hryckowian
8:1467% CF
D1Myers – Bichsel
14:5459% CF
D2Lundkvist – Harley
11:1144% CF
D3Lindell – Lyubushkin
10:1745% CF

PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Harley – Johnston
4:000% CF
PP2Benn – Lindell – Lundkvist – Bourque – Hryckowian
1:41100% CF
PK1FFaksa – Bäck
1:05
PK2FSteel – Hryckowian
0:49
PK1DLindell – Lyubushkin
1:21
PK2DHarley – Bichsel
0:51

Current DAL line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pearson – Krebs – Quinn
11:5844% CF
L2Tuch – Greenway – Kozak
10:0150% CF
L3Norris – Doan – Benson
9:2926% CF
D1Schenn – Power
5:5533% CF
D2Timmins – Byram
5:5140% CF
D3Stanley – Kesselring
4:0063% CF

PP1Tuch – Norris – Quinn – Doan – Benson
2:29100% CF
PP2Pearson – Krebs – Byram – Power – Metsa
1:26100% CF
PK1FTuch – Greenway
2:04
PK2FMalenstyn – Benson
1:28
PK1DStanley – Power
1:03
PK2DSchenn – Byram
0:50

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:19
DALMavrik Bourque (Esa Lindell, Ilya Lyubushkin)snap0.24 xG
DAL: Duchene, Lindell, Robertson, Lyubushkin, BourqueBUF: Pearson, Krebs, Quinn, Power, Metsa
DAL 1 – 0 BUF
12:48
BUFJosh Norris (Zach Benson, Owen Power)wrist0.04 xG
DAL: Duchene, Lindell, Rantanen, Steel, LyubushkinBUF: Norris, Kesselring, Doan, Power, Benson
DAL 1 – 1 BUF

2nd period

3:32
BUFZach BensonSH (Tyson Kozak)snap0.30 xG
DAL: Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Harley, JohnstonBUF: Schenn, Kozak, Benson, Metsa
DAL 1 – 2 BUF
4:24
DALEsa LindellPP (Jamie Benn, Justin Hryckowian)wrist0.08 xG
DAL: Benn, Lindell, Lundkvist, Bourque, HryckowianBUF: Stanley, Kozak, Benson, Metsa
DAL 2 – 2 BUF
11:09
BUFAlex Tuch (Tanner Pearson, Owen Power)snap0.07 xG
DAL: Myers, Duchene, Robertson, Bourque, BichselBUF: Pearson, Tuch, Kesselring, Krebs, Power
DAL 2 – 3 BUF
16:00
DALJustin Hryckowianwrist0.08 xG
DAL: Benn, Myers, Bunting, Bichsel, HryckowianBUF: Malenstyn, Byram, Dunne, Kozak, Metsa
DAL 3 – 3 BUF

Decided in the shootout: DAL 4 – 3 BUF.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	47	43
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:26	—	—	45	40
Mavrik Bourque C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.25	1	0	2	17:06	—	—	58	58
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	18:33	—	—	35	32
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	0	0	18:11	—	—	30	26
Sam Steel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:43	—	—	33	32
Oskar Bäck C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	63	96
Adam Erne L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	3	1	0	13:23	—	—	56	95
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	3	2	2	13:09	—	—	57	95
Justin Hryckowian C	L4	1	1	2	+1	2	0.25	2	0	0	17:18	—	—	67	69
Jamie Benn L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	63	48
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	0	0	+1	5	0.20	1	0	0	12:36	—	—	59	53
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	3	0	21:30	—	—	59	54
Lian Bichsel D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	0	20:37	—	—	58	50
Thomas Harley D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.06	0	3	0	22:45	—	—	63	60
Nils Lundkvist D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	20:26	—	—	40	18
Esa Lindell D	D3	1	1	2	0	3	0.19	1	2	0	22:14	—	—	39	57
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	2	2	15:39	—	—	54	81

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	24	21	3	.875	3.07	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Quinn R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.89	1	0	0	19:29	—	—	52	48
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	0	0	19:00	—	—	58	58
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.22	2	1	0	17:04	—	—	44	44
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	2	0	20:36	—	—	54	40
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:03	—	—	57	48
Tyson Kozak C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	4	1	0	13:34	—	—	41	6
Zach Benson L	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.51	0	1	0	24:22	—	—	48	53
Josh Norris C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.31	0	3	0	16:55	—	—	22	16
Josh Doan R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.28	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	27	23
Owen Power D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	22:17	—	—	55	42
Luke Schenn D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	2	12:41	—	—	36	26
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	35	17
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	1	2	2	16:58	—	—	53	60
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	1	0	0	20:16	—	—	58	74
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	1	0	0	15:03	—	—	46	29
Beck Malenstyn L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	6	0	0	14:59	—	—	65	70
Zach Metsa D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	44	35
Josh Dunne C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	1	0	11:52	—	—	60	62

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Colten Ellis(start)	O	28	25	3	.893	1.92	65:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Mavrik Bourque (DAL) 1st 2:19 · assists Esa Lindell, Ilya Lyubushkin · Rebound · 44.1 mph shot.

Mavrik Bourque · 1st 2:19 · DAL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Josh Norris · 1st 12:48 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.3 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Zach Benson · 2nd 3:32 · BUF SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Esa Lindell · 2nd 4:24 · DAL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.8 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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Alex Tuch · 2nd 11:09 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 19.5 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Justin Hryckowian · 2nd 16:00 · DAL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.8 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.