NHL · Friday 9 October · KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres – Dallas Stars 0:4: NHL, 09/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Buffalo Sabres – Dallas Stars 0:4 (9 October). Dallas Stars won. Venue: KeyBank Center.
By period: 0:1, 0:3, 0:0.
Goals: J. Robertson (Dallas Stars); S. Steel (Dallas Stars); M. Rantanen (Dallas Stars); R. Hintz (Dallas Stars).
Table now: Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches; Dallas Stars — 4th, 22 points from 17 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Stars | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 09'
🏒 J. Robertson0:1
assist: M. Rantanen, W. Johnston
- 19'pen.
Tripping
2nd period
- 01'pen.
Hooking
- 09'
🏒 S. Steel0:2
assist: T. Harley, M. Rantanen
- 13'
🏒 M. Rantanen0:3
assist: N. Lundkvist, W. Johnston
- 15'pen.
Cross-checking
- 15'
🏒 R. Hintz0:4
assist: W. Johnston, M. Rantanen · Power-play
- 17'pen.
Holding
3rd period
- 07'pen.
Interference
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 14
- 23
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Malenstyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dallas Stars
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| W. Johnston | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Robertson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Hintz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Steel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Lundkvist | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| T. Harley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Bichsel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Heiskanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Buffalo Sabres
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen | 18 | 14 | 4 | 77.8% |
Dallas Stars
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Oettinger(W) | 26 | 26 | 0 | 100.0% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 26Shots on goal18
- 14Saves26
- 77%Save %100%
- 23Faceoffs won38
- 4Penalty minutes6
- 2Penalties3
- 0Power-play goals1
- 0%Power play %50%
- 50%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | WWLWL | |
| 4 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | LWWLW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away