Dallas Stars @ Buffalo Sabres

DAL

Dallas StarsStarsDAL

34-14-9, 18-7-6 Away

BUF

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

32-19-6, 17-8-3 Home

Stars

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Oettinger	23	10	4	2	2.73	.897
C. DeSmith	11	4	5	1	2.37	.911

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Lyon	14	8	3	2	2.72	.913
U. Luukkonen	11	7	2	0	2.73	.903
C. Ellis	7	4	1	0	3.11	.896

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DAL

BUF

Points

Mikko RantanenRW #96

Tage ThompsonC #72

Goals

Jason RobertsonLW #21

Tage ThompsonC #72

Assists

Mikko RantanenRW #96

Rasmus DahlinD #26

Dallas Stars

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Radek Faksa C	Day-To-Day	17 Feb
Lian Bichsel D	IR-LT	25 Feb

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jordan Greenway LW	Day-To-Day	25 Feb
Zach Benson LW	Day-To-Day	25 Feb
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G	IR	25 Feb
Josh Norris C	IR	25 Feb
Justin Danforth RW	IR	25 Feb

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
DAL	3.32	2.75	25.6	26.9	469	50	29.9	35	79.9	3	0
BUF	3.37	3.09	27.6	30.1	513	34	20.1	27	82.5	7	0

Stars Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
2/5/26	vsSTL	W5-4
2/3/26	vsWPG	W4-3 OT
2/1/26	@UTA	W3-2
1/30/26	@VGK	W5-4 SO
1/28/26	@STL	W4-3

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
2/6/26	vsPIT	L5-2
2/4/26	@TB	L4-3 OT
2/3/26	@FLA	W5-3
2/1/26	vsMTL	L4-2
1/30/26	vsLA	W4-1

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

Sabres
4
Stars
1

Game 1

1/1

Stars
Sabres

Game 2

16/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	37	9	9	83
Minnesota	34	14	10	78
Dallas	34	14	9	77
Utah	30	23	4	64
Nashville	26	24	7	59
Chicago	22	26	9	53
Winnipeg	22	26	8	52
St. Louis	20	28	9	49

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	37	14	4	78
Montreal	32	17	8	72
Detroit	33	19	6	72
Buffalo	32	19	6	70
Boston	32	20	5	69
Ottawa	28	22	7	63
Toronto	27	21	9	63
Florida	29	25	3	61

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French hockey player who fought Tom Wilson suspended

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