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Dallas Stars vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, April 15, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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4–3

Final/SO

SOG 28–24

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Game summary

The Dallas Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Stars outshot the Sabres 28-24.

Goals came from Mavrik Bourque, Josh Norris, Zach Benson, Esa Lindell, Alex Tuch and Justin Hryckowian.

Jake Oettinger made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Colten Ellis stopped 25 of 28.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Dallas StarsDAL12001428
Buffalo SabresBUF12000324

Three stars

  1. ★1st starWyatt JohnstonDAL · 0G 0A
  2. ★2nd starZach BensonBUF · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starJosh NorrisBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

SO period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:08

1–2 · 2nd 3:32 · Benson. Duchene was 1:08 into his shift when it went in.

GoalDAL on iceBUF on ice

1–0 DAL

1st 2:19 · Bourque

Pearson 0:50

1–1 BUF

1st 12:48 · Norris

Rantanen 0:53

1–2 BUF

2nd 3:32 · SH · Benson

Long shift: Duchene 1:08

2–2 DAL

2nd 4:24 · PP · Lindell

Stanley 0:17

2–3 BUF

2nd 11:09 · Tuch

Myers 0:45

3–3 DAL

2nd 16:00 · Hryckowian

Byram 0:57

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

DALBUF
28Shots on goal24
46%Faceoff %54%
1/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits23
14Blocked shots14
12Giveaways13
8Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 09:08Radek Faksa · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 13:33Ilya Lyubushkin · holding2 min
  • 2nd 02:24Jordan Greenway · interference2 min
  • 2nd 16:32Luke Schenn · holding2 min
  • 3rd 13:09Conor Timmins · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • OT 02:36Mavrik Bourque · hooking2 min

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