Dallas 6th Central1-2-0-0

Buffalo 4th Atlantic2-1-0-0

7:00PM ET 7:00PM ET · Oct 08, 2026

Stars vs Sabres Game Overview

DAL vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
DAL	1-2-0	1-2-0	0-3-0	0-1-0	1-1-0
BUF	2-1-0	0-3-0	2-1-0	0-1-0	2-0-0

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

7-3

Over / Under

4-5-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Apr 15, '26	BUF	4 - 3 (SO)	DAL -146	o6.0	24	28	0-3	1-3
Dec 31, '25	DAL	4 - 1	BUF +126	u6.0	29	31	0-2	0-2
Dec 31, '24	DAL	4 - 2	DAL -220	u6.5	33	23	0-1	0-0
Oct 22, '24	BUF	4 - 2	BUF +126	o5.5	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

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-5-1-0

Over / Under

5-4-1

-$301

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Oct 05, '26	SJ	W 5 - 0	W -205	u6.5	26	13	0-3	0-2
Oct 03, '26	@ NAS	L 1 - 2	L -142	u6.5	30	26	0-1	2-3
Oct 02, '26	STL	L 0 - 4	L -185	u5.5	25	23	0-4	0-4
Apr 30, '26	@ MIN	L 2 - 5	L +106	o5.5	23	19	1-2	0-3
Apr 28, '26	MIN	L 2 - 4	L -125	o5.5	22	27	1-4	1-3
Apr 25, '26	@ MIN	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L +105	u6.0	45	42	2-2	0-4
Apr 22, '26	@ MIN	W 4 - 3 (OT)	W +108	o5.5	36	32	3-8	1-7
Apr 20, '26	MIN	W 4 - 2	W -137	p6.0	32	30	2-5	0-4
Apr 18, '26	MIN	L 1 - 6	L -122	o6.0	28	28	1-4	2-4
Apr 15, '26	@ BUF	W 4 - 3 (SO)	W -146	o6.0	28	24	1-3	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Oct 10, '26	@ PIT	W 6-3	W -134	o6.0
Oct 13, '26	COL	L 0-2	L -104	u6.0
Oct 14, '26	@ COL	L 0-2	L -104	u6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-4-1-0

Over / Under

6-3-1

-$25

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Oct 06, '26	MIN	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W -108	u6.5	28	20	0-2	1-4
Oct 03, '26	CHI	W 4 - 3	W -230	o6.5	28	15	0-3	0-2
Oct 01, '26	@ CLB	L 3 - 6	L -112	o6.5	26	22	0-5	2-3
May 18, '26	MON	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L -115	u5.5	39	25	0-1	1-1
May 16, '26	@ MON	W 8 - 3	W +146	o6.5	36	22	4-6	1-3
May 14, '26	MON	L 3 - 6	L -111	o6.0	36	26	0-2	2-2
May 12, '26	@ MON	W 3 - 2	W +122	u6.0	22	31	2-4	1-7
May 10, '26	@ MON	L 2 - 6	L +112	o6.0	28	36	1-4	2-6
May 08, '26	MON	L 1 - 5	L -130	p6.0	29	27	0-5	0-5
May 06, '26	MON	W 4 - 2	W -142	o5.5	16	28	2-3	1-2

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Oct 10, '26	UTAH	L 2-5	L +172	o6.5
Oct 12, '26	FLA	W 3-2	W +100	u6.0
Oct 13, '26	@ MON	L 2-3 (OT)	L -115	u5.5

DAL vs BUF Preview

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DAL vs BUFInjury report

Dallas's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
M. Duchene	C	Out - Lower-Body( Sep 30, '26)	Sep 30, '26
The Dallas Stars placed F Matt Duchene on long-term injured reserve.
H. Scott	LW	Out - Undisclosed( Sep 29, '26)	Sep 29, '26
The Dallas Stars placed F Harrison Scott on injured reserve non-roster list on Wednesday (Sep. 30).
C. Hughes	C	Out - Upper-body( Sep 20, '26)	Sep 20, '26
The Dallas Stars placed F Cameron Hughes on injured reserve non-roster list on Monday (Sep. 21).

Dallas Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	10	Oskar Back
C	12	Radek Faksa
LW	14	Jamie Benn
C	15	Colin Blackwell
C	18	Sam Steel
LW	21	Jason Robertson
LW	22	Joel Kiviranta
C	24	Roope Hintz
RW	25	Arttu Hyry
C	49	Justin Hryckowian
C	53	Wyatt Johnston
C	91	Tyler Seguin
RW	96	Mikko Rantanen

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Casey DeSmith
D	4	Miro Heiskanen
D	5	Nils Lundkvist
D	6	Lian Bichsel
D	20	Kyle Capobianco
D	23	Esa Lindell
G	29	Jake Oettinger
D	55	Thomas Harley
D	57	Tyler Myers

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
J. Doan	RW	Day To Day - Lower Body( Oct 05, '26)	Oct 05, '26
Doan is dealing with a lower-body injury that limited him late in Tuesday's (Oct. 6) game versus the Wild, per Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News.
A. Lyon	G	Out - Upper-body( Oct 05, '26)	Oct 05, '26
The Buffalo Sabres placed G Alex Lyon on injured reserve and was spotted practicing at Tuesday's (Oct. 6) optional morning skate.
J. Zucker	LW	Out - Abdomen( Oct 05, '26)	Oct 05, '26
The Buffalo Sabres placed F Jason Zucker on injured reserve and is still a couple of weeks away from recovering as of Tuesday (Oct. 6).
C. Timmins	D	Out - Lower-body( Sep 28, '26)	Sep 28, '26
The Buffalo Sabres placed D Conor Timmins on injured reserve and does not have a timeline for his return yet, according to Heather Engel of NHL.com.
J. Rathbone	D	Out - Undisclosed( Sep 27, '26)	Sep 27, '26
The Buffalo Sabres placed D Jack Rathbone on injured reserve non-roster list on Monday (Sep. 28).
T. Leinonen	G	Out - Lower-body( Sep 27, '26)	Sep 27, '26
The Buffalo Sabres placed G Topias Leinonen on injured reserve non-roster list.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
RW	15	Justin Danforth
C	19	Peyton Krebs
C	20	Jiri Kulich
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	48	Tyson Kozak
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	91	Josh Doan
C	94	Konsta Helenius

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	8	Olen Zellweger
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	24	Matt Grzelcyk
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
D	46	Louis Crevier
D	73	Zach Metsa
G	92	Colten Ellis

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

1.00

Save %

.959

Dallas Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Oettinger	Oct 5, 2026	DAL 5 - SJ 0	W	0	13	1.00	-	W -205	u6.5
C.DeSmith	Oct 3, 2026	NAS 2 - DAL 1	L	2	26	.923	-	L -142	u6.5
J.Oettinger	Oct 2, 2026	DAL 0 - STL 4	L	2	22	.909	-	L -185	u5.5
C.DeSmith	Sep 25, 2026	MIN 1 - DAL 2	W	1	27	.963	-	W +114	u5.5
R.Poirier	Sep 23, 2026	DAL 2 - MIN 0	W	0	24	1.00	-	W -185	u5.5

W/L

2-2-1-0

GAA

2.14

Save %

.874

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
C.Ellis	Oct 6, 2026	BUF 3 - MIN 2 (OT)	W	2	20	.900	-	W -108	u6.5
U.Luukkonen	Oct 3, 2026	BUF 4 - CHI 3	W	3	15	.800	-	W -230	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Oct 1, 2026	CLB 6 - BUF 3	L	5	22	.773	-	L -112	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Sep 26, 2026	BUF 1 - PIT 3	L	2	17	.882	-	L -142	u6.5
C.Ellis	Sep 26, 2026	BUF 1 - PIT 3	-	0	6	1.00	-	L -142	u6.5
A.Lyon	Sep 24, 2026	DET 3 - BUF 2 (OT)	-	1	8	.875	-	L +220	u5.5
C.Ellis	Sep 24, 2026	DET 3 - BUF 2 (OT)	-	2	18	.889	-	L +220	u5.5

DAL vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

DALDallas Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
2.00	Total	3.67
0.67	1st Period	1.67
1.00	2nd Period	1.33
0.33	3rd Period	0.67
0.00	OT	0.00

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
27.00	Total	19.33
9.00	1st Period	5.67
9.33	2nd Period	6.00
8.67	3rd Period	6.67
0.00	OT	1.00

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.07	Total	0.81
0.07	1st Period	0.71
0.11	2nd Period	0.78
0.04	3rd Period	0.90
0.00	OT	1.00

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
0 - 8	G/Att vs. GA/Att	3 - 9
0.00	PP % vs. PK %	66.67

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Dallas Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Casey DeSmith	26	24	0.923	0-1-0
Jake Oettinger	35	33	0.943	1-1-0

Stars vs Sabres Game Overview

DAL vs BUFRecords

DAL vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

DAL vs BUF Preview

DAL vs BUFInjury report

Dallas's Injuries

Dallas Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

DAL vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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