{"id":391892,"date":"2026-01-05T14:47:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/391892\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:47:05","slug":"dallas-stars-six-game-point-streak-runs-into-buzzsaw-vs-buffalo-sabres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/391892\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars\u2019 six-game point streak runs into buzzsaw vs. Buffalo Sabres"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tage Thompson scored twice within 2 1\/2 minutes midway through the third period and had an assist as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Dallas Stars<\/a> 4-1 on Wednesday night to extend their winning streak to 10 games.<\/p>\n

That matches both the franchise record and the longest for an NHL team this season, also done by Colorado in November.<\/p>\n

Casey DeSmith stopped 27 shots and lost in regulation for the first time since his first start of the season on Oct. 16. DeSmith went on a franchise-record 13-game point streak (9-0-4).<\/p>\n

Josh Doan and defenseman Bowen Byram each had a goal and an assist for the Sabres. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves in his third start during the streak, allowing one goal in each game.<\/p>\n

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Mavrik Bourque scored for the Stars. They are second in the overall NHL standings and had a six-game point streak snapped (4-0-2).<\/p>\n

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Byram\u2019s goal with 2:55 left in the second period snapped a 1-1 tie.<\/p>\n

Bourque put in a rebound 15 seconds in on the game\u2019s opening shift. Two of Bourque\u2019s six goals this season have come in the last four games.<\/p>\n

The Sabres also extended their road winning streak to seven games, the longest in the league this season.<\/p>\n

Buffalo hasn\u2019t trailed after two periods during the streak, leading eight times and tied twice. Thompson gave the Sabres a two-goal lead at 9:21 of the third period and scored again with 8:25 left, his team-high 20th.<\/p>\n

Sabres goalie Alex Lyon, who has earned seven wins during the streak, returned to Buffalo for further evaluation after suffering a lower-body injury late in Monday\u2019s win at St. Louis.<\/p>\n

Doan\u2019s score ended his eight-game goalless streak.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Sabres: At Columbus on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Stars: At Chicago on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

New Year’s Eve with the Stars: See photos from Dallas’ NYE matchup with Buffalo<\/p>\n

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Wyatt Johnston scored twice, but it wasn\u2019t enough. Now, Dallas is on its longest losing streak of the season.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Stars captain Jamie Benn leaves matchup vs. Montreal early after hitting head on ice<\/a><\/p>\n

Benn appeared to hit his face on the ice after making contact with Montreal\u2019s Zachary Bolduc.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Stars-Canadiens preview: Dallas looking to break four-game skid at home vs. Montreal<\/a><\/p>\n

The Stars have dropped four consecutive games and are in the midst of their first real slump of the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n

Find more Stars coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tage Thompson scored twice within 2 1\/2 minutes midway through the third period and had an assist as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5117],"tags":[2322,196,147,5278,5,4,197],"class_list":{"0":"post-391892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-stars","8":"tag-american-airlines-center","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-stars","11":"tag-dallasstars","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-stars"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115843042335485203","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}