{"id":607723,"date":"2026-04-16T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/607723\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:55:09","slug":"sabres-vs-stars-how-to-watch-lineup-notes-and-storylines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/607723\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres vs. Stars | How to watch, lineup notes, and storylines"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Buffalo Sabres wrap up the 2025-26 regular season when they face the Dallas Stars on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at KeyBank Center.<\/p>\n

For the first time since 2011, Game 82 doesn\u2019t mean goodbye until October, because the Atlantic Division-champion Sabres are gearing up for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Game 1 against the Boston Bruins will be either Saturday or Sunday on home ice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really proud of this group,\u201d Alex Tuch said. \u201cWe worked really hard to attain that goal, but the work\u2019s not over. … We want more, and we\u2019re hungry. That\u2019s all that matters to us: what\u2019s next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before that next challenge, however, it\u2019s Fan Appreciation Night at the arena, headlined by a Tage Thompson bobblehead giveaway, special concessions and Sabres store discounts, award announcements and more. Full details<\/a><\/p>\n

Sabres fans have been filling KeyBank Center to capacity since January and making it a hostile environment for visiting teams. They\u2019ve also traveled well, with \u201cLet\u2019s go Buffalo\u201d chants popping up in arenas across North America. Home crowds will play a massive role in the playoffs, so Wednesday is an opportunity for the team to say thanks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable, the type of support we\u2019ve had here this year,\u201d captain Rasmus Dahlin said Monday after a healthy dose of Sabres fans celebrated the division title in Chicago. \u201cThey\u2019re real passionate fans, and it seems like they\u2019re everywhere right now, so it\u2019s unbelievable. It just keeps us pushing harder every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are the details before puck drop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Buffalo Sabres wrap up the 2025-26 regular season when they face the Dallas Stars on Wednesday at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-607723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}