Buffalo Sabres vs Dallas Stars — December 31, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Dallas Stars 4-1 on December 31, 2025. Expected goals were closely matched at 5-on-5 (DAL 8.13, BUF 8.86), making this a tightly contested game on both sides of the puck. The Buffalo Sabres created 13 high-danger scoring chances compared to 9 from the Dallas Stars at 5-on-5. Tage Thompson scored 2 goals. The Buffalo Sabres outshot the Dallas Stars 31-29 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Dallas Stars progressed on Dec 31, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

BUF4 - 1DAL

Dec 31, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
DAL	P1	15	31	32.6	15	23	39.5	14	14	50.0	13	21	38.2	2	9	18.2	2.90	5.21	35.7	1	0	100.0
	P2	13	18	41.9	9	14	39.1	8	11	42.1	10	13	43.5	3	3	50.0	2.48	2.82	46.8	0	2	0.0
	P3	20	10	66.7	14	9	60.9	7	6	53.8	15	8	65.2	5	3	62.5	4.01	2.02	66.6	0	2	0.0
	Total	48	59	44.9	38	46	45.2	29	31	48.3	38	42	47.5	10	15	40.0	9.39	10.05	48.3	1	4	20.0
BUF	P1	31	15	67.4	23	15	60.5	14	14	50.0	21	13	61.8	9	2	81.8	5.21	2.90	64.3	0	1	0.0
	P2	18	13	58.1	14	9	60.9	11	8	57.9	13	10	56.5	3	3	50.0	2.82	2.48	53.2	2	0	100.0
	P3	10	20	33.3	9	14	39.1	6	7	46.2	8	15	34.8	3	5	37.5	2.02	4.01	33.4	2	0	100.0
	Total	59	48	55.1	46	38	54.8	31	29	51.7	42	38	52.5	15	10	60.0	10.05	9.39	51.7	4	1	80.0

Win Probability

DAL Favored

BUF Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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BUF

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

DAL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

BUF ShootDAL Shoot

Shot on Net

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (DAL) performed against every skater on the away team (BUF) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = DAL players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the DAL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

DAL ↓ / BUF →	Thompson	Norris	Ostlund	Krebs	McLeod	Dunne	Benson	Malenstyn	Greenway	Doan	Tuch	Quinn	Dahlin	Power	Samuelsson	Byram	Kesselring	Metsa
Hintz	70	75	77	63	100	57	100	50	57	63	77	100	63	71	76	82	75	50
Bourque	71	75	63	75	75	75	67	43	80	60	59	100	57	67	69	71	83	67
Steel	25	80	43	25	71	67	77	33	50	27	38	83	29	40	57	67	75	100
Johnston	26	67	50	29	33	29	25	43	33	29	40	25	19	38	45	23	56	50
Blackwell	20	33	50	17	33	29	25	17	17	20	40	33	19	25	50	13	40	67
Bäck	13	33	50	20	14	38	11	17	29	13	25	14	14	18	43	0	50	50
Faksa	0	50	50	0	14	38	14	17	29	0	25	14	15	10	43	0	25	50
Duchene	44	0	0	57	0	0	0	25	25	50	0	0	17	23	25	23	30	0
Hryckowian	20	0	0	50	43	0	33	0	0	25	0	43	14	0	0	60	17	100
Robertson	50	82	77	40	100	57	100	63	67	40	77	100	45	61	82	88	75	50
Benn	0	71	0	0	33	0	50	0	0	0	0	57	0	0	63	57	0	75
Rantanen	33	67	50	37	25	30	25	42	36	37	40	25	28	43	39	33	75	25
Harley	31	90	57	35	44	33	60	36	30	33	38	67	27	45	55	48	55	44
Heiskanen	35	50	50	45	67	75	54	50	71	38	41	67	42	33	65	63	43	82
Lindell	27	50	64	17	25	67	23	57	63	17	57	25	30	33	76	33	43	63
Lundkvist	38	50	43	33	29	33	38	33	33	33	43	38	13	54	40	23	78	50
Lyubushkin	29	75	75	33	44	8	33	0	8	29	67	40	11	24	27	50	33	43
Petrovic	40	73	33	50	0	22	50	9	22	40	30	63	22	17	53	64	38	0