Game

Stars at Sabres

Stars 4, Sabres 0 · first star Mikko Rantanen (1 G, 3 A).

2026-27 regular season · 2026-27 regular season, updated nightly. Data as of October 24, 2026, source NHL.

Dallas Stars 4 at Buffalo Sabres 0

Stars DAL

4 FINAL 0

Sabres BUF

Thursday, October 8, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Stars	1	3	0	4	18
Sabres	0	0	0	0	26

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Stars attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: DAL 18, BUF 26.

DAL in red BUF in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Stars 18 shots on goal (4 goals, 12 missed, 9 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 26 shots on goal (0 goals, 18 missed, 19 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	DAL SOG	DAL G	DAL ATT	BUF SOG	BUF ATT
1st	8	1	16	5	17
2nd	7	3	14	10	17
3rd	3	0	9	11	29
Total	18	4	39	26	63

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	DAL SOG	DAL G	BUF SOG
Even strength	13	3	22
Power play	4	1	4
Short-handed	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 61.8% of the shot attempts, and 65.2% of the 89 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Stars hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Stars at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	51.5	40.9
2nd	54.8	54.2
3rd	76.3	78.6
Game	61.8	59.5

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

09:03 Jason Robertson (2) Mikko Rantanen (2), Wyatt Johnston (2) · snap 1–0

2nd period

09:36 Sam Steel (1) Thomas Harley (1), Mikko Rantanen (3) · snap 2–0
13:57 Mikko Rantanen (2) Nils Lundkvist (1), Wyatt Johnston (3) · backhand 3–0
15:34 Roope Hintz (1) PP Wyatt Johnston (4), Mikko Rantanen (4) · snap 4–0

Three stars

Mikko Rantanen DAL · R #96 · 1 G, 3 A
Wyatt Johnston DAL · C #53 · 0 G, 3 A
Roope Hintz DAL · C #24 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	19:50	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	tripping	2	Miro Heiskanen
2nd	01:50	DAL	Miro Heiskanen	hooking	2	Owen Power
2nd	15:01	BUF	Jack Quinn	cross checking	2	Miro Heiskanen
2nd	17:30	DAL	Nils Lundkvist	holding	2	Jack Quinn
3rd	07:54	DAL	Lian Bichsel	interference	2	Beck Malenstyn

Boxscore

Dallas Stars

Stars skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mikko Rantanen #96	R	1	3	4	+3	2	1	0	0	75.0	15:27
Wyatt Johnston #53	C	0	3	3	+2	1	0	0	0	63.6	16:40
Roope Hintz #24	C	1	0	1	+1	6	0	1	0	70.6	14:57
Sam Steel #18	C	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	0	50.0	15:31
Jason Robertson #21	L	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	0.0	15:14
Nils Lundkvist #5	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	2	0.0	18:08
Thomas Harley #55	D	0	1	1	+3	0	0	4	0	0.0	23:35
Colin Blackwell #15	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.0	12:18
Justin Hryckowian #49	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.0	14:48
Oskar Bäck #10	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	50.0	14:22
Radek Faksa #12	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	37.5	13:11
Tyler Seguin #91	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	15:40
Jamie Benn #14	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	12:26
Arttu Hyry #25	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	66.7	15:02
Esa Lindell #23	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	0.0	21:57
Lian Bichsel #6	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	0.0	17:34
Miro Heiskanen #4	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.0	19:40
Tyler Myers #57	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	17:30

Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jake Oettinger #29	W	26	26	0	1.000	22/22	4/4	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jiri Kulich #20	C	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	11:42
Josh Norris #9	C	-3	3	1	0	0	37.5	14:19
Konsta Helenius #94	C	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	13:38
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	17:05
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	1	3	0	0	33.3	16:16
Ryan McLeod #71	C	-2	1	0	0	0	33.3	16:57
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	6	0	0	0	46.2	19:08
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	5	0	2	0.0	09:55
Zach Benson #6	L	-1	4	2	0	0	50.0	18:18
Jack Quinn #22	R	-2	1	3	0	2	0.0	18:01
Josh Doan #91	R	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	16:26
Justin Danforth #15	R	0	1	2	1	0	55.6	11:44
Louis Crevier #46	D	-1	0	1	1	0	0.0	13:22
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	17:39
Olen Zellweger #8	D	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	17:43
Owen Power #25	D	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	25:23
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	-1	1	1	4	0	0.0	26:24
Zach Metsa #73	D	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	13:33

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	L	18	14	4	.778	10/13	3/4	59:54

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-10-24.