Rantanen’s four-point night leads Stars past Sabres 4–0

Mikko Rantanen was involved in every Dallas goal as the Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–0 at KeyBank Center on Thursday, October 8. He finished with a goal and three assists, while Jake Oettinger stopped all 26 shots for his second consecutive shutout.

Jason Robertson opened the scoring at 9:03 of the first period, with Rantanen and Wyatt Johnston credited with assists. Dallas added its remaining goals in the second period and held that four-goal lead through the third.

Sam Steel made it 2–0 at 9:36 of the second, assisted by Thomas Harley and Rantanen. Rantanen scored at 13:57, with Nils Lundkvist and Johnston assisting, before Roope Hintz added a power-play goal at 15:34. Johnston and Rantanen supplied the assists on Hintz’s goal.

Johnston finished with three assists. Hintz led Dallas with six shots and scored its only power-play goal of the night. Rantanen had two shots, a plus-three rating and 15:27 of ice time.

Buffalo outshot Dallas 26–18 but could not beat Oettinger. Tage Thompson had six shots for the Sabres, while Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 14 saves at the other end.