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Thursday, October 8, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
| xG by State | Dallas Stars | Buffalo Sabres | ||||
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| Strength State | Time | xG | G | Time | xG | G |
| Power Play | 2:33 | 0.67 | 1 | 6:06 | 0.33 | 0 |
| Even Strength | 51:21 | 1.33 | 3 | 51:21 | 2.33 | 0 |
| Penalty Kill | 6:06 | 0.01 | 0 | 2:33 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Score State | Time | xG | G | Time | xG | G |
| Up 2+ | 30:24 | 0.66 | 2 | 0:00 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Up 1 | 20:33 | 0.89 | 1 | 0:00 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Tied | 9:03 | 0.46 | 1 | 9:03 | 0.39 | 0 |
| Down 1 | 0:00 | 0.00 | 0 | 20:33 | 0.25 | 0 |
| Down 2+ | 0:00 | 0.00 | 0 | 30:24 | 2.02 | 0 |
- Jason Robertson scores at 9:03 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (1-0)
- 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 0.16 xG (3-0)
- Roope Hintz scores at 15:34 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (4-0)
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
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| Team | Player | xG | G | A | Pts | Shifts | TOI | SOG | +/- | PIM | PPG |
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Roope Hintz (C) | 0.72 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14:57 | 6 | +1 | 0 | 1 |
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Tage Thompson (C) | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19:08 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Jason Robertson (L) | 0.38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 15:14 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
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Zach Benson (L) | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18:18 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
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Josh Doan (R) | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16:26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Peyton Krebs (C) | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16:16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Radek Faksa (C) | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13:11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Colin Blackwell (C) | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12:18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Justin Danforth (R) | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11:44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Josh Norris (C) | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14:19 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
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Mikko Rantanen (R) | 0.16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15:27 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
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Jiri Kulich (C) | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11:42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Jack Quinn (R) | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18:01 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 |
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Jamie Benn (L) | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Ryan McLeod (C) | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 16:57 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
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Noah Ostlund (C) | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17:05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Sam Steel (C) | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15:31 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
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Tyler Seguin (C) | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Wyatt Johnston (C) | 0.03 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16:40 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
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Beck Malenstyn (L) | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 09:55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Konsta Helenius (C) | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13:38 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
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Arttu Hyry (R) | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Oskar Bäck (C) | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14:22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Justin Hryckowian (C) | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14:48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defensemen
| Team | Player | xG | G | A | Pts | Shifts | TOI | SOG | +/- | PIM | PPG |
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Olen Zellweger (D) | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17:43 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
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Rasmus Dahlin (D) | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 26:24 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
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Thomas Harley (D) | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 23:35 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
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Owen Power (D) | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 25:23 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
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Zach Metsa (D) | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13:33 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
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Mattias Samuelsson (D) | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17:39 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
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Tyler Myers (D) | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Louis Crevier (D) | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13:22 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
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Miro Heiskanen (D) | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 19:40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Esa Lindell (D) | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 21:57 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
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Nils Lundkvist (D) | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 18:08 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 0 |
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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 |
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Jake Oettinger (G) | +10.23% | 1.000 | 2.7 | 0 | 26 | 60:00 | 26 | W | 1 |
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Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) | -11.03% | 0.778 | -2.0 | 4 | 14 | 59:54 | 18 | L | 0 |