Wednesday, December 31, 2025
- Expected goals, BUF–DAL
- 3.2–3.0
- all situations, empty nets out
- DAL share of xG
- 47.7%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 31–29
- BUF–DAL
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Sabres beat the Stars 4-1 in a game the chances had about even, 3.3 expected goals to 3.0. Tage Thompson had three points, two goals and one assist. Jason Robertson had 8 shots on goal.
- Tage ThompsonBig night
Tage Thompson had three points, two goals and one assist. He also had 11 shot attempts against an average of 6.8. It finished 4-1 for the Sabres.
- Jason RobertsonVolume
Jason Robertson had 8 shots on goal. His average this season was 3.8. He has 46 points in 40 games this season. The Stars fell 4-1 to the Sabres.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
BUFDAL
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BUF 46DAL 38
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Where the shots came from
5 goals from 84 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
GoalShot or miss
← BUF shootingDAL shooting →
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 24:43 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Bowen Byram D | 24:36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.43 | 3 | 1 | 63 |
| Owen Power D | 24:12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 22:56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.08 | 1 | 2 | 37 |
| Tage Thompson C | 18:45 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.87 | 1 | 0 | 66 |
| Alex Tuch R | 18:21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 16:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
| Zach Benson L | 16:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| Josh Doan R | 15:27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.52 | 4 | 0 | 68 |
| Jack Quinn R | 15:21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 13:59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.27 | 2 | 0 | 66 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 13:36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 53 |
| Josh Norris C | 13:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 12:56 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| Jordan Greenway L | 12:28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 4 | 0 | 59 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 12:04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| Josh Dunne C | 11:15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.37 | 1 | 0 | 58 |
| Zach Metsa D | 9:28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Dallas Stars
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miro Heiskanen D | 24:50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 65 |
| Esa Lindell D | 22:58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
| Thomas Harley D | 22:58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| Jason Robertson L | 21:16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| Mikko Rantanen R | 20:36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.26 | 1 | 0 | 33 |
| Wyatt Johnston C | 16:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin D | 16:37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Roope Hintz C | 16:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 86 |
| Nils Lundkvist D | 15:53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| Matt Duchene C | 15:43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Mavrik Bourque C | 15:17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| Alexander Petrovic D | 13:27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 4 | 2 | 40 |
| Sam Steel C | 13:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| Oskar Bäck C | 12:54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Colin Blackwell C | 12:33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.30 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Radek Faksa C | 12:33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.22 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| Jamie Benn L | 11:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| Justin Hryckowian C | 10:10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
Pro: expected goals, minute by minute
The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro
The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.