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Wed, Apr 15, 2026·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Dallas Stars 4, Buffalo Sabres 3 (SO)

Away

Dallas Stars

4

Final

Shootout

Home

Buffalo Sabres

3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 56% of the time.

BUF winsDAL wins

Play-by-play

Model-based

Every event the NHL recorded. Goals show how much they moved the win probability, and who was on the ice.

  1. P1 0:00Period start
  2. P1 2:19Goal by Bourque (Lindell, Lyubushkin)+15 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Pearson, Krebs, Quinn, Power, Metsa · DAL Duchene, Lindell, Robertson, Lyubushkin, Bourque

  3. P1 2:58Shot by Bunting, saved by Ellis
  4. P1 4:07Shot by Doan, saved by Oettinger
  5. P1 6:51Shot by Timmins, saved by Oettinger
  6. P1 8:09Shot by Stanley, saved by Oettinger
  7. P1 9:04Shot by Timmins, saved by Oettinger
  8. P1 9:08Faksa: High sticking (2 min)

    On ice: BUF Timmins, Norris, Byram, Doan, Benson · DAL Faksa, Erne, Bunting, Lundkvist, Harley

  9. P1 9:45Shot by Quinn, saved by Oettinger5v4
  10. P1 9:55Shot by Quinn, saved by Oettinger5v4
  11. P1 12:27Shot by Benson, saved by Oettinger
  12. P1 12:48Goal by Norris (Benson, Power)+16 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Norris, Kesselring, Doan, Power, Benson · DAL Duchene, Lindell, Rantanen, Steel, Lyubushkin

  13. P1 13:33Lyubushkin: Holding (2 min)

    On ice: BUF Greenway, Timmins, Krebs, Byram, Quinn · DAL Duchene, Lindell, Robertson, Lyubushkin, Bourque

  14. P1 15:32Shot by Krebs, saved by Oettinger5v4
  15. P1 16:27Shot by Robertson, saved by Ellis
  16. P1 17:56Shot by Harley, saved by Ellis
  17. P1 18:21Shot by Harley, saved by Ellis
  18. P1 19:58Shot by Benson, saved by Oettinger
  19. P1 0:00Period end
  20. P2 0:00Period start
  21. P2 1:51Shot by Power, saved by Oettinger
  22. P2 1:56Shot by Krebs, saved by Oettinger
  23. P2 2:24Greenway: Interference (2 min)

    On ice: BUF Schenn, Tuch, Greenway, Stanley, Kozak · DAL Faksa, Lindell, Erne, Bäck, Lyubushkin

  24. P2 3:32Goal by Benson (Kozak)4v5+22 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Schenn, Kozak, Benson, Metsa · DAL Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Harley, Johnston

  25. P2 4:24Goal by Lindell (Benn, Hryckowian)4v5+22 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Stanley, Kozak, Benson, Metsa · DAL Benn, Lindell, Lundkvist, Bourque, Hryckowian

  26. P2 6:36Shot by Lyubushkin, saved by Ellis
  27. P2 8:22Shot by Timmins, saved by Oettinger
  28. P2 8:36Shot by Myers, saved by Ellis
  29. P2 9:17Shot by Bunting, saved by Ellis
  30. P2 9:48Shot by Faksa, saved by Ellis
  31. P2 9:49Shot by Faksa, saved by Ellis
  32. P2 9:50Shot by Faksa, saved by Ellis
  33. P2 10:22Shot by Erne, saved by Ellis
  34. P2 11:09Goal by Tuch (Pearson, Power)+25 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Pearson, Tuch, Kesselring, Krebs, Power · DAL Myers, Duchene, Robertson, Bourque, Bichsel

  35. P2 11:16Shot by Harley, saved by Ellis
  36. P2 11:43Shot by Stanley, saved by Oettinger
  37. P2 13:28Shot by Timmins, saved by Oettinger
  38. P2 16:00Goal by Hryckowian, unassisted+28 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Malenstyn, Byram, Dunne, Kozak, Metsa · DAL Benn, Myers, Bunting, Bichsel, Hryckowian

  39. P2 16:32Schenn: Holding (2 min)

    On ice: BUF Schenn, Pearson, Krebs, Quinn, Power · DAL Faksa, Erne, Bäck, Lundkvist, Harley

  40. P2 18:32Shot by Lindell, saved by Ellis
  41. P2 0:00Period end
  42. P3 0:00Period start
  43. P3 0:32Shot by Dunne, saved by Oettinger
  44. P3 1:14Shot by Schenn, saved by Oettinger
  45. P3 1:48Shot by Hryckowian, saved by Ellis
  46. P3 1:56Shot by Lindell, saved by Ellis
  47. P3 3:44Shot by Myers, saved by Ellis
  48. P3 4:09Shot by Bäck, saved by Ellis
  49. P3 4:12Shot by Erne, saved by Ellis
  50. P3 5:14Shot by Bunting, saved by Ellis
  51. P3 5:23Shot by Harley, saved by Ellis
  52. P3 6:58Shot by Quinn, saved by Oettinger
  53. P3 11:19Shot by Rantanen, saved by Ellis
  54. P3 12:55Shot by Quinn, saved by Oettinger
  55. P3 13:09Timmins: Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)

    On ice: BUF Timmins, Norris, Byram, Doan, Benson · DAL Duchene, Robertson, Lundkvist, Harley, Bourque

  56. P3 15:41Shot by Myers, saved by Ellis
  57. P3 16:39Shot by Bunting, saved by Ellis
  58. P3 17:04Shot by Bunting, saved by Ellis
  59. P3 17:43Shot by Stanley, saved by Oettinger
  60. P3 19:41Shot by Bichsel, saved by Ellis
  61. P3 0:00Period end
  62. OT 0:00Period start
  63. OT 2:34Shot by Norris, saved by Oettinger3v3
  64. OT 2:36Bourque: Hooking (2 min)3v3

    On ice: BUF Tuch, Stanley, Norris · DAL Harley, Bourque, Hryckowian

  65. OT 3:34Shot by Quinn, saved by Oettinger4v3
  66. OT 5:00Period end4v4
  67. SO Period start
  68. SO Goal by Norris, unassistedother
  69. SO Goal by Robertson, unassistedother
  70. SO Goal by Quinn, unassistedother
  71. SO Goal by Duchene, unassistedother
  72. SO Shot by Doan, saved by Oettingerother
  73. SO Goal by Johnston, unassistedother
  74. SO Period endother
  75. SO Finalother