Buffalo 7th Atlantic36-39-5-2

Dallas 2nd Central50-26-4-2

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Sabres vs Stars Game Overview

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BUF vs DALRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
BUF	14-19-4	18-19-0	20-12-5	7-9-1	7-10-3
DAL	21-13-1	15-20-0	11-20-4	8-8-0	13-5-1

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

2-5-3

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Oct 22, '24	BUF	4 - 2	BUF +132	P6.0	25	30	0-1	0-3
Apr 09, '24	DAL	3 - 2	DAL -218	u6.0	24	21	0-2	0-3
Feb 06, '24	BUF	2 - 1	DAL -155	u6.5	48	30	1-4	1-5
Mar 09, '23	BUF	10 - 4	DAL -165	o6.5	29	49	0-2	1-3
Jan 23, '23	DAL	3 - 2 (OT)	BUF +152	u6.5	31	25	1-1	0-3
Feb 27, '22	DAL	4 - 2	DAL -280	P6.0	31	40	1-3	0-1
Jan 20, '22	BUF	5 - 4	DAL -173	o5.5	24	47	1-3	4-5
Jan 16, '20	DAL	4 - 1	BUF +176	P5.0	29	22	0-4	0-2
Oct 14, '19	BUF	4 - 0	BUF -101	u5.5	22	25	1-2	0-2
Mar 12, '19	BUF	2 - 0	DAL -127	u5.5	35	27	0-3	1-3

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

3-6-0-1

Over / Under

7-2-1

-$393

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 29, '24	@ STL	W 4 - 2	W +107	o5.5	16	37	2-3	0-4
Dec 27, '24	CHI	W 6 - 2	W -154	o6.0	35	17	0-1	0-1
Dec 23, '24	@ NYI	W 7 - 1	W +135	o6.0	25	28	1-3	0-1
Dec 21, '24	@ BOS	L 1 - 3	L +165	u6.0	20	18	1-3	1-3
Dec 20, '24	TOR	L 3 - 6	L +135	o6.5	27	28	0-2	1-3
Dec 17, '24	@ MON	L 1 - 6	L -129	o6.0	21	27	0-5	3-6
Dec 15, '24	@ TOR	L 3 - 5	L +153	o6.0	27	40	1-2	1-4
Dec 14, '24	@ WAS	L 2 - 4	L +163	p6.0	21	30	0-2	2-3
Dec 11, '24	NYR	L 2 - 3	L +128	u6.0	31	27	0-2	1-4
Dec 09, '24	DET	L 5 - 6 (SO)	L -127	o6.5	21	31	0-2	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Jan 02, '25	@ COL	L 5-6 (OT)	L +174	o6.5
Jan 04, '25	@ VEG	W 4-3 (SO)	W +177	o6.5
Jan 06, '25	WAS	W 8-5	W +253	o6.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-4-1-0

Over / Under

2-7-1

-$242

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 29, '24	@ CHI	W 5 - 1	W -270	p6.0	35	25	1-7	1-4
Dec 27, '24	MIN	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L -212	u5.5	29	18	0-3	0-1
Dec 23, '24	@ UTAH	W 3 - 2	W -165	u6.0	29	26	0-3	0-2
Dec 20, '24	NYR	L 1 - 3	L -170	u6.0	42	29	0-7	0-3
Dec 18, '24	TOR	L 3 - 5	L -137	o5.5	39	18	0-4	0-1
Dec 16, '24	WAS	W 3 - 1	W -156	u6.0	24	26	1-2	0-4
Dec 14, '24	STL	W 2 - 1 (OT)	W -214	u6.0	37	16	1-4	0-2
Dec 12, '24	NAS	L 1 - 4	L -222	u6.0	36	25	0-1	0-1
Dec 08, '24	CAL	W 6 - 2	W -202	o6.0	28	31	0-4	0-3
Dec 06, '24	@ VEG	L 2 - 3	L -138	u6.0	40	28	0-2	2-6

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Jan 02, '25	OTT	L 2-3	L -150	u6.0
Jan 04, '25	UTAH	L 3-5	L -115	o6.5
Jan 07, '25	@ NYR	W 5-4 (OT)	W -171	o6.5

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

2.00

Save %

.885

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
U.Luukkonen	Dec 29, 2024	STL 2 - BUF 4	W	2	37	.946	-	W +107	o5.5
U.Luukkonen	Dec 27, 2024	BUF 6 - CHI 2	W	2	17	.882	-	W -154	o6.0
U.Luukkonen	Dec 23, 2024	NYI 1 - BUF 7	W	1	28	.964	-	W +135	o6.0
J.Reimer	Dec 21, 2024	BOS 3 - BUF 1	L	2	18	.889	-	L +165	u6.0
U.Luukkonen	Dec 20, 2024	BUF 3 - TOR 6	L	4	13	.692	-	L +135	o6.5
J.Reimer	Dec 20, 2024	BUF 3 - TOR 6	-	1	15	.933	-	L +135	o6.5

W/L

2-2-1-0

GAA

2.00

Save %

.886

Dallas Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Oettinger	Dec 29, 2024	CHI 1 - DAL 5	W	1	25	.960	-	W -270	p6.0
J.Oettinger	Dec 27, 2024	DAL 2 - MIN 3 (OT)	-	3	18	.833	-	L -212	u5.5
C.DeSmith	Dec 23, 2024	UTAH 2 - DAL 3	W	2	26	.923	-	W -165	u6.0
J.Oettinger	Dec 20, 2024	DAL 1 - NYR 3	L	2	29	.931	-	L -170	u6.0
J.Oettinger	Dec 18, 2024	DAL 3 - TOR 5	L	4	12	.667	-	L -137	o5.5
C.DeSmith	Dec 18, 2024	DAL 3 - TOR 5	-	0	6	1.00	-	L -137	o5.5

BUF vs DALStats

Offense vs Defense

BUFBuffalo Offense
DALDallas Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.08	Total	2.54
1.11	1st Period	0.77
0.92	2nd Period	0.86
0.97	3rd Period	0.89
0.05	OT	0.03

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
27.32	Total	26.43
9.03	1st Period	8.71
9.46	2nd Period	8.37
8.54	3rd Period	9.26
0.30	OT	0.09

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.11	Total	0.90
0.12	1st Period	0.91
0.10	2nd Period	0.90
0.11	3rd Period	0.90
0.18	OT	0.67

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
17 - 106	G/Att vs. GA/Att	15 - 98
16.04	PP % vs. PK %	84.69

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Buffalo Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	713	640	0.898	11-11-3
James Reimer	188	167	0.888	1-4-1

BUF vs DALInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
O. Power	D	Out - Lower-body( Apr 18, '25)	Apr 18, '25
Power said on Saturday (Apr. 19) that he will need two months to recover from his lower-body injury, but he will not need surgery, per Heather Engel of NHL.com.
J. Norris	F	Out For Season - Undisclosed( Apr 14, '25)	Apr 14, '25
Norris' injury is a soft-tissue injury that the Sabres knew about before acquiring him from the Senators, according to Brian Koziol of WGR.
J. Greenway	F	Out - Lower Body( Apr 11, '25)	Apr 11, '25
The Sabres said on Saturday (Apr. 12) that Greenway is not expected to return before the end of the regular season, per Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	9	Zach Benson
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
C	13	Josh Norris
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
C	20	Jiri Kulich
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	36	Noah Ostlund
C	48	Tyson Kozak
RW	63	Isak Rosen
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
RW	77	JJ Peterka
C	81	Sam Lafferty
RW	89	Alex Tuch

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	24	Jacob Bernard-Docker
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	47	James Reimer
D	75	Connor Clifton
D	78	Jacob Bryson

Dallas's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
N. Lundkvist	D	Out For Season - Upper Body( Jan 31, '25)	Jan 31, '25
The Dallas Stars placed D Nils Lundkvist on Long Term Injured Reserve on Saturday (Feb. 1).

Dallas Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	10	Oskar Back
LW	14	Jamie Benn
C	15	Colin Blackwell
C	18	Sam Steel
LW	21	Jason Robertson
C	22	Mavrik Bourque
C	24	Roope Hintz
LW	27	Mason Marchment
C	53	Wyatt Johnston
RW	63	Evgenii Dadonov
C	64	Mikael Granlund
C	91	Tyler Seguin
C	95	Matt Duchene
RW	96	Mikko Rantanen

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Casey DeSmith
D	2	Brendan Smith
D	3	Matt Dumba
D	4	Miro Heiskanen
D	6	Lian Bichsel
D	23	Esa Lindell
D	28	Alexander Petrovic
G	29	Jake Oettinger
D	44	Cody Ceci
D	46	Ilya Lyubushkin
D	55	Thomas Harley

Sabres vs Stars Game Overview

BUF vs DALRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

GoaltendersLast 5

BUF vs DALStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

BUF vs DALInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Dallas's Injuries

Dallas Starters Last Game

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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