DAL @ BUF - 2026-04-15

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Viewing as of May 5, 20262025-26 Season

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 — KeyBank Center

4—3

Final/SO

DAL: Glen GulutzanBUF: Lindy Ruff

★

Wyatt Johnston(DAL)★★

Zach Benson(BUF)★★★

Josh Norris(BUF)

Game Context

Decided in shootoutSeason finale for one or both teamsBUF clinched top-2 seedMTL clinched home ice in round 1OTT clinched #6 seedPHI clinched a playoff berthVGK clinched home ice in round 1

Standings Impact

BUF 108 → 109 pts

DAL 110 → 112 pts

Coverage

Dallas Stars Buffalo Sabres game recap April 15 2026— Brian Eller

Dallas Stars Buffalo Sabres game preview April 15, 2026— Sean McCullen

Notable

Alex Tuch— career_goal #200

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Who scored and who assisted?Key moments and turning points Shot breakdown by period Faceoff winners by zone Power play performance Who had the most ice time?Ask anything...

Goals

SOG

Missed

Blocked

Hits

Penalties

Goals (11)

17:41

DAL

Mavrik Bourque(20)snap

Assists: Esa Lindell, Ilya Lyubushkin

1-0

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7:12

BUF

Josh Norris(13)wrist

Assists: Zach Benson, Owen Power

1-1

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Shot Map (118 shot attempts)

DAL 31 SOG, 6G

BUF 27 SOG, 5G

BUF Shot

DAL Shot

Goal

Missed

Blocked

Game Timeline

Period Summary

Period	Team	G	SOG	Hits	Blk	PIM	FO%	TK	GV
P1	BUF	1	10	7	8	0	100%	0	4
P1	DAL	1	5	7	2	4	100%	5	7
P2	BUF	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	0
P2	DAL	0

Penalties (6)

10:52

DAL

Radek Faksahigh-sticking

2 min

6:27

DAL

Ilya Lyubushkinholding

2 min

17:36

BUF

Jordan Greenwayinterference

2 min

Team Comparison

DALBUF

20Shots21

12Hits13

11Blocks11

6PIM2

8Takeaways3

10Giveaways7

Box Score

DAL Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	Hits	Blk	PIM	FO	TOI	SH
Thomas HarleyD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	3	0	-	22:45	23
Esa LindellD	1	1	2	0	3	1

On This Day (Apr 15)

2025SEA 5 - LAK 6

2025CGY 5 - VGK 4

2025OTT 3 - CHI 4

2025BUF 0 - TOR 4

2025MIN 3 - ANA 2

Healthy Scratches

DAL

Colin Blackwell(C)Roope Hintz(C)Kyle Capobianco(D)Miro Heiskanen(D)Alexander Petrovic(D)Nathan Bastian(R)Arttu Hyry(R)

BUF

Sam Carrick(C)Ryan McLeod(C)Noah Ostlund(C)Tage Thompson(C)Rasmus Dahlin(D)Mattias Samuelsson(D)Alex Lyon(G)Jason Zucker(L)

All Events

faceoff

shot

hit

blocked shot

missed shot

giveaway

takeaway

goal

penalty

delayed-penalty

shootout complete

BUF Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	Hits	Blk	PIM	FO	TOI	SH
Zach BensonL	1	1	2	+2	3	0	1	0	-	24:22	30
Owen PowerD	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	0	-	22:17	26
Alex TuchR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	2	0	-	20:36	23
Logan StanleyD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	-	20:16	26
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	-	19:35	26
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	-	19:29	23
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	-	19:00	26
Tanner PearsonL	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	-	17:04	22
Conor TimminsD	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	-	16:58	24
Josh NorrisC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	3	0	-	16:55	20
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-	16:03	21
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	-	15:57	20
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	-	15:03	18
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0	-	14:59	18
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	-	14:43	17
Tyson KozakC	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	-	13:34	19
Luke SchennD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	-	12:41	18
Josh DunneC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	-	11:52	15

Goalie	Team	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Colten Ellis	BUF	28	25	3	.893	65:00
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	0	0	0	-	0:00
Jake Oettinger	DAL	24	21	3	.875	65:00
Casey DeSmith	DAL	0	0	0	-	0:00

Game Context

Standings Impact

Coverage

Notable

Ask about this game

Goals (11)

Shot Map (118 shot attempts)

Game Timeline

Period Summary

Penalties (6)

Team Comparison

Box Score

DAL Skaters

On This Day (Apr 15)

Healthy Scratches

DAL

BUF

All Events

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