Dallas Stars game notes: 20RQUE, full health, & it’s finally over in SO win at Sabres
Apr 15, 2026; Buffalo, New York, USA; Buffalo Sabres right wing Jack Quinn (22) is pushed by Dallas Stars defenseman Esa Lindell (23) in the second period at KeyBank Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-Imagn Images The Dallas Stars picked up their 50th victory of the season in a 4-3 shootout win against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Wednesday. Stars lines Steel – Johnston – Rantanen Robertson – Duchene – Bourque Bunting – Hryckowian – Benn Bäck – Faksa – Erne Lindell – Lyubushkin Harley – Lundkvist Bichsel – Myers Oettinger DeSmith Scratches: Petrovic, Capobianco, Blackwell, Hyry, Heiskanen (injured), Bastian (injured), Hintz (injured), Seguin (SELTIR) Top story It’s finally over.
Everybody who played tonight appears to be healthy. Let the playoffs begin. The NHL regular season is a funny thing.
When you are in the dog days of January or March, it feels like the season is never going to end. You go to work seemingly every day, the Stars play pretty much every day, the energy is low, the sickness is running rampant through the dressing room, and the finish line appears only as a mirage of delicious chocolate soft serve in the middle of the Sahara Desert. Wow, I really am a poet.
But then the season finally ends, and it feels like it absolutely flew by. You can’t remember every game or every detail, and it feels like you were just sitting in Frisco watching training camp and preseason practices. It’s a pretty wild perspective, and one that has not failed to pop up in nearly 25 years of following the sport every day.
Now, the Stanley Cup Playoffs have arrived. Sure, it feels like Mikko Rantanen just singlehandedly beat Colorado in Game 7 two days ago. But, it’s real, and it’s here.
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