Sabres vs. Stars Prediction, Odds & Stats - December 31, 2025

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Buffalo Sabres 50-23-8-1	0	2	2	+6
Dallas Stars 50-20-8-4	1	0	0	+125

Date	Result	Competition
05/01/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 4 - 1	Atlantic
04/30/26	Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) 2 - 5	Central
04/28/26	Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) 4 - 2	Central
04/28/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 1	Atlantic
04/26/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 6 - 1	Atlantic
04/25/26	Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) 2 - 3	Central
04/23/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 3 - 1	Atlantic
04/22/26	Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) 4 - 3	Central
04/21/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 4 - 2	Atlantic
04/20/26	Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) 2 - 4	Central
04/19/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 3 - 4	Atlantic
04/18/26	Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) 6 - 1	Central

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Buffalo Sabres BUF	+1.5 0	0	U+60
Dallas Stars DAL	-1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	line	total
Opening 30 Dec 9:21pm	BUF		O +6 -118
Closing 1 Jan 3:21am	BUF		O +5.5 -150

Jason Robertson Left Wing Buffalo	96	Points	81	Tage Thompson Center Dallas
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Dallas	41	+ / -	30	Esa Lindell Defense Buffalo
Jason Robertson Left Wing Buffalo	294	Shots	272	Tage Thompson Center Dallas
Mikko Rantanen Right Wing Buffalo	93	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Dallas
Jake Oettinger Goaltender Buffalo	35	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Dallas
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Dallas	2.5	GAA	2.4	Casey DeSmith Goaltender Buffalo

Matt Duchene Center Buffalo	9	Points	7	Tage Thompson Center Dallas
Peyton Krebs Center Dallas	8	+ / -	1	Nils Lundkvist Defense Buffalo
Jason Robertson Left Wing Buffalo	30	Shots	26	Tage Thompson Center Dallas
Zach Benson Left Wing Dallas	28	Penalty Mins	12	Mikko Rantanen Right Wing Buffalo
Alex Lyon Goaltender Dallas	3	Wins	2	Jake Oettinger Goaltender Buffalo
Jake Oettinger Goaltender Buffalo	2.8	GAA	1.1	Alex Lyon Goaltender Dallas

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres	20	14	6-3-0-1	1L	19-19	-455	12-5-2	8-9-2	15-16-7
Dallas Stars Dallas Stars	25	7	7-2-1	5W	17-22	-265	12-5-1-1	13-2-3-2	19-17-3

date	home-away	ats	o/u	DAL:Shots	DAL:Goals	DAL:Assists	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists
04/15/2026	BUF 3 - DAL 3	BUF	Under 6	28	3	4	24	3	5
12/31/2025	DAL 1 - BUF 4	BUF	Under 6	29	1	2	31	4	7
12/31/2024	DAL 4 - BUF 2	DAL	Under 6	23	2	4	33	4	4
10/22/2024	BUF 4 - DAL 2	BUF	Under 6	30	2	4	25	4	7
04/09/2024	DAL 3 - BUF 2	DAL	Under 6	21	2	4	24	3	4
02/06/2024	BUF 1 - DAL 2	DAL	Under 6.5	30	2	4	48	1	2
03/09/2023	BUF 4 - DAL 10	DAL	Over 6.5	49	10	19	29	4	7
01/23/2023	DAL 2 - BUF 3 (OT)	BUF	Under 6.5	25	3	5	31	2	3
02/27/2022	DAL 4 - BUF 2	DAL	Under 6	40	2	3	31	4	8
01/20/2022	BUF 4 - DAL 5	DAL	Over 5.5	47	5	10	24	4	8
01/16/2020	DAL 1 - BUF 4	BUF	Under 5	22	4	7	29	1	2
10/14/2019	BUF 4 - DAL 0	BUF	Under 5.5	25	0	0	22	4	8
03/12/2019	BUF 0 - DAL 2	DAL	Under 5.5	27	2	4	35	0	0
01/30/2019	DAL 1 - BUF 0	DAL	Under 5.5	30	0	0	27	1	1
01/20/2018	BUF 1 - DAL 7	DAL	Over 5.5	32	7	14	27	1	2
11/04/2017	DAL 5 - BUF 1	DAL	Under 6	28	1	0	22	5	9

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/01/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	W	Under 5.5	26	4	7
04/28/2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	L	Under 6	29	2	1
04/26/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	W	Over 6	35	6	10
04/23/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 3	W	Under 6	28	3	5
04/21/2026	BUF 2 - BOS 4	L	Under 6	26	4	8
04/19/2026	BUF 4 - BOS 3	W	Over 6	20	3	6
04/15/2026	BUF 3 - DAL 3	W	Under 6	28	3	4
04/13/2026	CHI 1 - BUF 5	W	Under 6.5	26	5	8
04/09/2026	BUF 5 - CLB 0	W	Under 6	37	0	0
04/08/2026	NYR 3 - BUF 5	W	Over 6.5	27	5	9

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/30/2026	MIN 5 - DAL 2	L	Over 5.5	21	5	5
04/28/2026	DAL 2 - MIN 4	L	Over 5.5	22	2	4
04/25/2026	MIN 3 - DAL 2	L	Under 6	42	3	6
04/22/2026	MIN 3 - DAL 4 (OT)	W	Over 6	31	3	5
04/20/2026	DAL 4 - MIN 2	W	Under 6	32	4	8
04/18/2026	DAL 1 - MIN 6	L	Over 6	28	1	2
04/15/2026	BUF 3 - DAL 3	L	Under 6	24	3	5
04/13/2026	TOR 5 - DAL 6	W	Over 6.5	27	5	8
04/11/2026	DAL 2 - NYR 0	W	Under 6	19	2	4
04/09/2026	DAL 5 - MIN 4	W	Over 6	20	5	8

Buffalo Sabres BUF Dallas Stars DAL

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
3.3	4	Goals Per Game	8	2.5
2.0	3	Goals Against Per Game	11	3.8
31.7	3	Shots Per Game	4	31.0
25.2	2	Shots Against Per Game	10	30.3
10.5	7	Shooting %	11	8.1
7.9	4	Opponent Shooting %	14	12.6
6.5	1	Shot Differential Per Game	7	0.67
10.5	7	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	11	8.1
.920	3	Save %	7	.870
.890	3	Opponent Save %	5	.920
15.5	4	Penalty Minutes Per Game	10	10.3
0.17	9	Power Play Goals Per Game	1	1.67
0.33	3	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	5	0.67
4.2	16	Power Play %	2	40.0
87.5	6	Penalty Kill %	10	84.0
1.84	6	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	4	1.92

offence

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

Dallas Stars DAL

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.33	9
Shots	25.29	30
Power Play (%)	29	2
Faceoff (%)	52	7
Penalty Mins	703	17

defence

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

Dallas Stars DAL

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.33	9
Shots	25.29	30
Power Play (%)	29	2
Faceoff (%)	52	7
Penalty Mins	703	17

Buffalo Sabres BUF

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Logan Stanley (D)	Ques Sun	Illness - 30 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jason Zucker (LW)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tyson Kozak (C)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Norris (C)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 23 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alex Lyon (G)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 08 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Carrick (C)	Out indefinitely	Arm - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 27 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mattias Samuelsson (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Colten Ellis (G)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 13 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Dallas Stars DAL

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Arttu Hyry (RW)	Ques Sat	Lower Body - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nils Lundkvist (D)	Ques Sat	Face - 26 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Miro Heiskanen (D)	Ques Sat	Lower Body - 10 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nils Lundkvist (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 09 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tyler Myers (D)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 31 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Michael Bunting (LW)	Ques Mon	Lower Body - 30 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nathan Bastian (RW)	Out indefinitely	Hand - 28 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Steel (C)	Out indefinitely	Undisclosed - 26 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Roope Hintz (C)	out for season	Lower Body - 07 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mikko Rantanen (RW)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 23 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Buffalo Sabres BUF

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Dallas Stars DAL

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Buffalo Sabres BUF

Over is 4-0 in Sabres last 4 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 5-0-3 in Sabres last 8 Wednesday games.

Sabres are 6-1 in their last 7 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Under is 4-1-1 in Sabres last 6 games as a favorite.

Sabres are 37-112 in their last 149 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Dallas Stars DAL

Under is 5-1 in Stars last 6 Wednesday games.

Over is 3-0-1 in Stars last 4 games as a favorite.

Stars are 6-2 in their last 8 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 14-6-2 in Stars last 22 games as a home favorite of -151 to -200.

Stars are 4-1 in their last 5 games as a home underdog of +110 to +150.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	53-22	49-30	37-35-7
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	45-33	35-34-9
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	45-33	42-32-4
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	41-25	46-30	38-30-8
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	43-27	49-30	37-35-7
Washington Capitals WAS	43-30	39-33	34-31-7
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	40-30	39-33	34-31-7
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	43-34	27-42	37-27-5
New Jersey Devils NJ	42-37	28-44	31-37-4
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	34-39	35-35	30-38-2

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	55-16	39-36	29-36-10
Dallas Stars DAL	50-20	40-38	43-30-5
Minnesota Wild MIN	46-24	41-38	44-30-5
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	39-26	30-47	37-33-7
Edmonton Oilers EDM	41-30	35-43	42-27-9
Utah Mammoth UTAH	43-33	30-47	37-33-7
Anaheim Ducks ANA	43-33	35-43	42-27-9
Los Angeles Kings LA	35-27	39-36	29-36-10
San Jose Sharks SJ	39-35	45-29	34-31-9
St. Louis Blues STL	37-33	37-33	31-35-4
Nashville Predators NAS	38-34	31-41	39-27-6
Winnipeg Jets WIN	35-35	45-29	34-31-9
Seattle Kraken SEA	34-37	44-27	29-35-7
Calgary Flames CAL	34-39	23-48	31-38-2
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	29-39	45-28	33-31-9
Vancouver Canucks VAN	25-49	31-40	39-25-7

Buffalo Sabres

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Dallas Stars

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

12.9

3.4

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )	W L W W L
Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 )	L L W W L

Jason Robertson Left Wing Buffalo	96	Points	81	Tage Thompson Center Dallas
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Dallas	41	+ / -	30	Esa Lindell Defense Buffalo
Jason Robertson Left Wing Buffalo	294	Shots	272	Tage Thompson Center Dallas
Mikko Rantanen Right Wing Buffalo	93	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Dallas
Jake Oettinger Goaltender Buffalo	35	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Dallas
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Dallas	2.5	GAA	2.4	Casey DeSmith Goaltender Buffalo

Matt Duchene Center Buffalo	9	Points	7	Tage Thompson Center Dallas
Peyton Krebs Center Dallas	8	+ / -	1	Nils Lundkvist Defense Buffalo
Jason Robertson Left Wing Buffalo	30	Shots	26	Tage Thompson Center Dallas
Zach Benson Left Wing Dallas	28	Penalty Mins	12	Mikko Rantanen Right Wing Buffalo
Alex Lyon Goaltender Dallas	3	Wins	2	Jake Oettinger Goaltender Buffalo
Jake Oettinger Goaltender Buffalo	2.8	GAA	1.1	Alex Lyon Goaltender Dallas

nhl Standings Complete BUF Standings

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	53-22	49-30	37-35-7
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	45-33	35-34-9
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	45-33	42-32-4
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	41-25	46-30	38-30-8
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	43-27	49-30	37-35-7
Washington Capitals WAS	43-30	39-33	34-31-7
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	40-30	39-33	34-31-7
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	43-34	27-42	37-27-5
New Jersey Devils NJ	42-37	28-44	31-37-4
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	34-39	35-35	30-38-2

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	55-16	39-36	29-36-10
Dallas Stars DAL	50-20	40-38	43-30-5
Minnesota Wild MIN	46-24	41-38	44-30-5
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	39-26	30-47	37-33-7
Edmonton Oilers EDM	41-30	35-43	42-27-9
Utah Mammoth UTAH	43-33	30-47	37-33-7
Anaheim Ducks ANA	43-33	35-43	42-27-9
Los Angeles Kings LA	35-27	39-36	29-36-10
San Jose Sharks SJ	39-35	45-29	34-31-9
St. Louis Blues STL	37-33	37-33	31-35-4
Nashville Predators NAS	38-34	31-41	39-27-6
Winnipeg Jets WIN	35-35	45-29	34-31-9
Seattle Kraken SEA	34-37	44-27	29-35-7
Calgary Flames CAL	34-39	23-48	31-38-2
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	29-39	45-28	33-31-9
Vancouver Canucks VAN	25-49	31-40	39-25-7