If Game 3 proved anything, it’s that postseason hockey doesn’t just test endurance—it exposes nerve.

The Dallas Stars closed out their regular season on a high note Wednesday night, outlasting the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in a shootout at KeyBank Center.

Wyatt Johnston buried the decisive goal in the fourth round of the tiebreaker, sealing Dallas’ fifth straight victory and capping a late-season surge that carried them to the 50-win mark.