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Dallas Stars vs Buffalo Sabres prediction

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Lines

Lines from the last game · may change

Dallas Stars

Last game: Oct 17

Forwards

  1. 1st line8 min together
    21LWRobertsonJason91CSeguinTyler24RWHintzRoope
  2. 2nd line6 min together
    18LWSteelSam53CJohnstonWyatt96RWRantanenMikko
  3. 3rd line4 min together
    14LWBennJamie49CHryckowianJustin25RWHyryArttu
  4. 4th line5 min together
    22LWKivirantaJoel12CFaksaRadek15RWBlackwellColin

Defence

  1. 1st pair10 min together
    4DHeiskanenMiro23DLindellEsa
  2. 2nd pair13 min together
    55DHarleyThomas5DLundkvistNils
  3. 3rd pair9 min together
    57DMyersTyler6DBichselLian

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres

Last game: Oct 21

Forwards

  1. 1st line9 min together
    6LWBensonZach86COstlundNoah22RWQuinnJack
  2. 2nd line9 min together
    20LWKulichJiří72CThompsonTage91RWDoanJosh
  3. 3rd line5 min together
    17LWZuckerJason9CNorrisJosh94RWHeleniusKonsta
  4. 4th line5 min together
    29LWMalenstynBeck71CMcLeodRyan19RWKrebsPeyton

Defence

  1. 1st pair15 min together
    26DDahlinRasmus23DSamuelssonMattias
  2. 2nd pair12 min together
    25DPowerOwen8DZellwegerOlen
  3. 3rd pair4 min together
    73DMetsaZach46DCrevierLouis

Goalies

How we read the lines: from the NHL’s shift charts, the three forwards and the two defencemen who shared the most 5-on-5 ice time, ranked by time on ice. Coaches shuffle lines often, so treat them as a guide until puck drop.

Goalie duel

Projected

Projected from recent starts · confirmed at puck drop

Jake Oettinger DAL

.939 save percentage

1.23 GAA · 5–2–1 · 3 shutouts · 8 starts

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF

.864 save percentage

3.53 GAA · 3–3–2 · 7 starts

Teams do not name their goalie before the game. We expect the No. 1 unless his team played the night before, when the back-up usually starts; last season that call was right about two times in three. Our win chances do not depend on it.

Photo credits: Jake Oettinger: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: CloutsnChara Sports Cards, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Team leaders

Dallas StarsThis seasonBuffalo Sabres

Season totals in this competition from the scoresheets so far (10 games per team); current squads only.

Recent form

Dallas Stars

W3–2W3–2W4–0W3–2L2–3

Buffalo Sabres

L1–3OTL3–4W5–4OTL3–4W5–3

W win · OTL loss in overtime or a shootout · L loss in regulation

Head to head

  • Buffalo Sabres 0–4 Dallas Stars

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