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DAL @ BUF

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 · 6:00 PM CT

How the Matchup Page Works

Lines

Before puck drop the page uses Hard Rock Bet's latest moneyline, puck line and total; once the game is final it switches to Hard Rock's closing line so you can see how each bet graded. Hard Rock only — no other sportsbook is shown. Hard Rock doesn't post period totals to our feed, so the period table shows DraftKings and FanDuel lines (labelled DK / FD) and grades at DraftKings' number (FanDuel's if DraftKings has none, 1.5 if neither has posted); the 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 chips grade at a fixed line instead. vs DK/FD Close is each team's record against past games' DraftKings (else FanDuel) closing period total.

Betting trends

Each team's hit rate at tonight's number: Season (last season until 5 games are played), L5 / L10, Venue (home games for the home team, road games for the visitor) and H2H (meetings this season and last). vs HR Close is the record against each past game's own Hard Rock closing line (moneyline: in the role — favorite or underdog — the team has tonight). Trends only use games played before this one.

Totals and puck lines are graded on the official final score (overtime counts; the shootout winner gets one goal). Period totals use regulation goals of that period only.

Props, goalies, H2H

Player props lists every Hard Rock line for this game with Season / L10 / H2H over rates at that line; after the game the actual stat is shown. Goalies shows each team's most recent starter as the probable starter (confirmed starters are not published in advance). Head-to-head lists recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Dallas Stars
50-20-12 · Away
4 – 3
FINAL / SO
Buffalo Sabres
50-23-9 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
DAL -145 · BUF +125
Puck Line
DAL -1.5 (+160) · BUF +1.5 (-210)
Total
O 6.5 (+105) · U (-130)

Graded: total 7 → OVER W · BUF +1.5 W

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6.5
 DALo6.5 48%
39-42
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
53%
21-19
0%
0-3
49%
39-41
BUFo6.5 46%
37-44
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
48%
19-21
0%
0-3
46%
37-43
Puck Line
cover %
 DAL-1.5 27%
22-59
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
28%
11-29
33%
1-2
-18.48u
31-49
BUF+1.5 75%
61-20
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
80%
32-8
67%
2-1
+9.27u
45-35
Moneyline
win %
 DAL fav -145 61%
49-32
80%
4-1
60%
6-4
58%
23-17
33%
1-2
-0.02u
38-24
BUF dog +125 62%
50-31
80%
4-1
60%
6-4
65%
26-14
67%
2-1
+11.78u
23-16
Period Totals grade at DK/FD line 0.5 1.5 2.5 · Hard Rock posts no period totals — DraftKings / FanDuel shown (closing)
PeriodDK / FDTeamSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs DK/FD CloseAvg goalsGF / GA
1st Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-140/u+110 DAL 51%
41-40
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
45%
18-22
0%
0-3
51%
41-40
 1.62 0.88 / 0.74
BUF 57%
46-35
80%
4-1
60%
6-4
53%
21-19
0%
0-3
57%
46-35
 1.96 1.02 / 0.94
2nd Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-175/u+135 DAL 63%
51-30
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
60%
24-16
100%
3-0
63%
51-30
 2.02 1.21 / 0.81
BUF 65%
53-28
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
65%
26-14
100%
3-0
52%
42-39
 2.01 1.15 / 0.86
3rd Period
over 1.5 (no DK/FD line — default)
 no DK/FD line DAL 68%
55-26
100%
5-0
80%
8-2
75%
30-10
100%
3-0
57%
46-35
 2.22 1.17 / 1.05
BUF 67%
54-27
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
63%
25-15
100%
3-0
46%
36-43
 2.27 1.25 / 1.02
Team Comparison '25-26
DALBUF
Record (W-L-OTL)50-20-1250-23-9
Points %68.3%66.5%
Goals for / game3.403.51
Goals against / game2.762.94
Shots for / game25.328.1
Shots against / game26.229.1
Power play %28.6%19.5%
Penalty kill %80.3%81.9%
Faceoff %51.7%45.9%
1st period GF / GA0.88 / 0.741.02 / 0.94
2nd period GF / GA1.22 / 0.831.16 / 0.88
3rd period GF / GA1.16 / 1.041.23 / 1.01
Avg game total6.166.45
Starting Goalies from the box score
21 saves on 24 shots · 3 GA · W
25 saves on 28 shots · 3 GA · OTL
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
DAL1200281/3
BUF1200240/3
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
DALPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Jason Robertson G 0.5
o+100
 46% 50% 33%1/3 0 U
Wyatt Johnston G 0.5
o+175
 46% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Matt Duchene G 0.5
o+275
 27% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Mikko Rantanen G 0.5
o+225
 33% 20% 50%2/4 0 U
Sam Steel G 0.5
o+400
 15% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Mavrik Bourque G 0.5
o+325
 19% 20% 33%1/3 1 O
Justin Hryckowian G 0.5
o+475
 16% 20% 0%0/2 1 O
Jamie Benn G 0.5
o+475
 22% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Adam Erne G 0.5
o+800
 14% 10% — 0 U
Michael Bunting G 0.5
o+425
 19% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Lian Bichsel G 0.5
o+1500
 6% 10% — 0 U
Tyler Myers G 0.5
o+1400
 1% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Radek Faksa G 0.5
o+850
 4% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Esa Lindell G 0.5
o+900
 6% 0% 33%1/3 1 O
Oskar Bäck G 0.5
o+900
 7% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Nils Lundkvist G 0.5
o+1400
 6% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Ilya Lyubushkin G 0.5
o+1750
 2% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Thomas Harley G 0.5
o+550
 9% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
Matt Duchene PTS 0.5
o-135 / u+105
 55% 70% 33%1/3 0 U
Mikko Rantanen PTS 0.5
o-195 / u+145
 76% 70% 75%3/4 0 U
Jason Robertson PTS 1.5
o+160 / u-220
 37% 50% 33%1/3 0 U
Wyatt Johnston PTS 0.5
o-150 / u+110
 65% 50% 33%1/3 0 U
Thomas Harley PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-145
 42% 40% 67%2/3 0 U
Mavrik Bourque PTS 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 37% 30% 67%2/3 1 O
Mikko Rantanen A 0.5
o-110 / u-120
 65% 70% 75%3/4 0 U
Matt Duchene A 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 39% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Jason Robertson A 0.5
o+100 / u-135
 47% 40% 67%2/3 0 U
Thomas Harley A 0.5
o+145 / u-195
 38% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Mavrik Bourque A 0.5
o+300 / u-450
 25% 30% 33%1/3 0 U
Wyatt Johnston A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 38% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Jason Robertson SOG 3.5
o-110 / u-125
 47% 70% 33%1/3 1 U
Mavrik Bourque SOG 1.5
o-130 / u-105
 49% 70% 33%1/3 1 U
Matt Duchene SOG 1.5
o-130 / u+100
 46% 60% 33%1/3 0 U
Wyatt Johnston SOG 2.5
o+100 / u-130
 48% 40% 67%2/3 0 U
Thomas Harley SOG 1.5
o-165 / u+125
 52% 30% 33%1/3 4 O
Mikko Rantanen SOG 2.5
o+145 / u-195
 38% 20% 50%2/4 1 U
Jake Oettinger SV 21.5
o-125 / u-105
 64% 60% 0%0/1 21 U
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+170
 37% 30% 33%1/3 1 O
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+350
 15% 30% 33%1/3 0 U
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+175
 20% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Josh Norris G 0.5
o+210
 23% 20% 33%1/3 1 O
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+260
 17% 20% 0%0/2 1 O
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+600
 9% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+575
 12% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Josh Doan G 0.5
o+250
 25% 10% 100%2/2 0 U
Luke Schenn G 0.5
o+2000
 2% 0% 0%0/7 0 U
Tanner Pearson G 0.5
o+575
 13% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Jordan Greenway G 0.5
o+650
 3% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Logan Stanley G 0.5
o+1100
 12% 0% 33%2/6 0 U
Conor Timmins G 0.5
o+1300
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Michael Kesselring G 0.5
o+1400
 0% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Josh Dunne G 0.5
o+700
 3% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+650
 10% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Tyson Kozak G 0.5
o+600
 4% 0% — 0 U
Zach Metsa G 0.5
o+1750
 5% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Josh Norris PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 61% 60% 33%1/3 1 O
Zach Benson PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 50% 60% 0%0/2 2 O
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o-140 / u+105
 64% 50% 67%2/3 1 O
Bowen Byram PTS 0.5
o+125 / u-170
 42% 50% 67%2/3 0 U
Jack Quinn PTS 0.5
o-145 / u+110
 46% 50% 0%0/3 0 U
Josh Doan PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-145
 48% 40% 100%2/2 0 U
Owen Power PTS 0.5
o+160 / u-220
 31% 10% 67%2/3 2 O
Josh Norris A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 42% 40% 0%0/3 0 U
Bowen Byram A 0.5
o+170 / u-230
 33% 40% 67%2/3 0 U
Zach Benson A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 36% 40% 0%0/2 1 O
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+165 / u-225
 36% 30% 67%2/3 0 U
Jack Quinn A 0.5
o+160 / u-220
 33% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Josh Doan A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 28% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Owen Power A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 24% 10% 67%2/3 2 O
Alex Tuch SOG 2.5
o-110 / u-120
 40% 60% 33%1/3 1 U
Josh Norris SOG 1.5
o-145 / u+110
 54% 60% 33%1/3 2 O
Jack Quinn SOG 2.5
o-130 / u-105
 35% 60% 0%0/3 5 O
Zach Benson SOG 1.5
o-150 / u+110
 52% 60% 0%0/2 3 O
Josh Doan SOG 1.5
o-190 / u+140
 56% 20% 100%2/2 1 U
Colten Ellis SV 21.5
o-125 / u-105
 85% 80% — 25 O

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Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Dec 31, 2025 at DAL BUF 4–1 0–12–02–0 5 6.5 U BUF
Dec 31, 2024 at DAL BUF 2–4 0–01–11–3 6 6 P DAL
Oct 22, 2024 at BUF BUF 4–2 0–02–02–2 6 6 P BUF
Apr 9, 2024 at DAL BUF 2–3 2–10–20–0 5 — DAL
Feb 6, 2024 at BUF BUF 1–2 0–11–10–0 3 — DAL
Mar 9, 2023 at BUF BUF 4–10 1–31–22–5 14 — DAL
Jan 23, 2023 at DAL BUF 3–2 OT 1–10–01–1 5 — BUF
Feb 27, 2022 at DAL BUF 2–4 0–11–21–1 6 — DAL
Jan 20, 2022 at BUF BUF 4–5 2–12–20–2 9 — DAL
Jan 16, 2020 at DAL BUF 4–1 1–01–12–0 5 — BUF