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Thursday, October 8, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
KeyBank Center | MSG-B
Dallas Stars DAL
4-0
Final
BUF Buffalo Sabres
44% xGF Expected Goals Share 56% xGF
DAL was expected to score 2.35 goals BUF was expected to score 2.94 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG DAL BUF Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Jason Robertson scores at 9:03 in the 1st period 0.14 xG (1-0) End of Period 1
  • ► Sam Steel scores at 9:36 in the 2nd period 0.03 xG (2-0)
  • ► Mikko Rantanen scores at 13:57 in the 2nd period 0.15 xG (3-0)
  • ► Roope Hintz scores at 15:34 in the 2nd period 0.17 xG (4-0) End of Period 2
  • No goals this period End of Game
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xG by State
Dallas Stars
Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 2:33 0.77 1 6:06 0.56 0
Even Strength 51:21 1.56 3 51:21 2.39 0
Short-Handed 6:06 0.01 0 2:33 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 30:24 0.77 2 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 20:33 1.10 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 9:03 0.48 1 9:03 0.47 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 20:33 0.28 0
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 30:24 2.20 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
DAL Roope Hintz (C) 0.81 1 0 1 21 14:57 6 +1 0 1
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.64 0 0 0 22 18:18 4 -1 0 0
DAL Jason Robertson (L) 0.47 1 0 1 21 15:14 4 +1 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.43 0 0 0 21 16:16 1 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.36 0 0 0 20 16:26 1 0 0 0
DAL Radek Faksa (C) 0.30 0 0 0 19 13:11 1 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.28 0 0 0 24 19:08 6 0 0 0
DAL Colin Blackwell (C) 0.26 0 0 0 16 12:18 2 0 0 0
BUF Justin Danforth (R) 0.25 0 0 0 19 11:44 1 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.19 0 0 0 19 14:19 3 -3 0 0
DAL Mikko Rantanen (R) 0.16 1 3 4 20 15:27 2 +3 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.15 0 0 0 21 17:05 2 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.14 0 0 0 22 16:57 1 -2 0 0
DAL Sam Steel (C) 0.13 1 0 1 20 15:31 1 +2 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.09 0 0 0 21 18:01 1 -2 2 0
BUF Jiri Kulich (C) 0.09 0 0 0 18 11:42 0 0 0 0
DAL Jamie Benn (L) 0.07 0 0 0 17 12:26 0 0 0 0
DAL Wyatt Johnston (C) 0.04 0 3 3 20 16:40 1 +2 0 0
DAL Tyler Seguin (C) 0.03 0 0 0 17 15:40 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.02 0 0 0 18 09:55 0 0 2 0
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.02 0 0 0 17 13:38 1 -1 0 0
DAL Arttu Hyry (R) 0.00 0 0 0 19 15:02 0 0 0 0
DAL Justin Hryckowian (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 14:48 0 0 0 0
DAL Oskar Bäck (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 14:22 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.11 0 0 0 23 17:43 0 -1 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.07 0 0 0 25 26:24 1 -1 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.05 0 0 0 17 13:33 1 -1 0 0
DAL Thomas Harley (D) 0.04 0 1 1 25 23:35 0 +3 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.04 0 0 0 27 25:23 2 -1 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.03 0 0 0 23 17:39 1 -1 0 0
DAL Tyler Myers (D) 0.02 0 0 0 20 17:30 0 0 0 0
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.01 0 0 0 18 13:22 0 -1 0 0
DAL Miro Heiskanen (D) 0.00 0 0 0 25 19:40 1 0 2 0
DAL Esa Lindell (D) 0.00 0 0 0 25 21:57 0 +1 0 0
DAL Nils Lundkvist (D) 0.00 0 1 1 25 18:08 0 +2 2 0
DAL Lian Bichsel (D) 0.00 0 0 0 19 17:34 0 0 2 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
DAL Jake Oettinger (G) +6.69% 1.000 2.9 0 26 60:00 26 W 1
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -5.50% 0.778 -1.7 4 14 59:54 18 L 0