Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres
· HSBC Arena, Buffalo · Regular Season · Final
Final score
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–2 on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at home.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Detroit Red Wings |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Buffalo Sabres |
1 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Detroit Red Wings |
11 |
4 |
10 |
25 |
| Buffalo Sabres |
8 |
18 |
11 |
37 |
Scoring summary
Every goal, Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Goal |
Assists |
Type |
Score |
| 1st |
12:36 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Drew Stafford (1) |
Paul Gaustad (1), Jason Pominville (1) |
Power play |
DET 0, BUF 1 |
| 1st |
15:30 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Valtteri Filppula (1) |
Niklas Kronwall (1), Jason Williams (1) |
Power play |
DET 1, BUF 1 |
| 2nd |
06:03 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Patrick Kaleta (1) |
Tyler Myers (1) |
Even strength |
DET 1, BUF 2 |
| 2nd |
08:04 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Thomas Vanek (1) |
Derek Roy (1) |
Even strength |
DET 1, BUF 3 |
| 2nd |
10:58 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Clarke MacArthur (1) |
Derek Roy (2), Jason Pominville (2) |
Even strength |
DET 1, BUF 4 |
| 2nd |
12:46 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Thomas Vanek (2) |
Derek Roy (3) |
Even strength |
DET 1, BUF 5 |
| 3rd |
04:28 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Paul Gaustad (1) |
Patrick Kaleta (1), Matt Ellis (1) |
Even strength |
DET 1, BUF 6 |
| 3rd |
09:25 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Tomas Holmstrom (1) |
Brian Rafalski (1), Henrik Zetterberg (1) |
Even strength |
DET 2, BUF 6 |
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres
| Stat |
Detroit Red Wings |
Buffalo Sabres |
| Shots on goal |
25 |
37 |
| Power play |
1 of 2 |
1 of 4 |
| Penalty minutes |
10 |
6 |
| Hits |
28 |
17 |
| Blocked shots |
5 |
6 |
| Giveaways |
16 |
13 |
| Takeaways |
2 |
4 |
| Faceoffs won |
20/53 (37.7%) |
33/53 (62.3%) |
Box score
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 8 J. Abdelkader |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
28.6% |
10:46 |
| Number 11 D. Cleary |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
16:15 |
| Number 13 P. Datsyuk |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50% |
17:39 |
| Number 17 P. Eaves |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
14:24 |
| Number 21 V. Leino |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
12:22 |
| Number 24 B. May |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
11:18 |
| Number 29 J. Williams |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
12:16 |
| Number 40 H. Zetterberg |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
40% |
17:59 |
| Number 43 D. Helm |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
35% |
16:08 |
| Number 44 T. Bertuzzi |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
14:56 |
| Number 51 V. Filppula |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
50% |
16:09 |
| Number 96 T. Holmstrom |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
13:19 |
| Number 5 N. Lidstrom |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
22:54 |
| Number 14 D. Meech |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
12:14 |
| Number 23 B. Stuart |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
23:50 |
| Number 28 B. Rafalski |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
20:55 |
| Number 52 J. Ericsson |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
19:29 |
| Number 55 N. Kronwall |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
19:28 |
Detroit Red Wings goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 30 C. Osgood |
22 |
17 |
5 |
.773 |
32:46 |
Loss |
| Number 35 J. Howard |
15 |
14 |
1 |
.933 |
27:14 |
|
Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 9 D. Roy |
C |
0 |
3 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
70% |
17:34 |
| Number 13 T. Kennedy |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
55.6% |
14:41 |
| Number 19 T. Connolly |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
45.5% |
18:30 |
| Number 21 D. Stafford |
R |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
14:00 |
| Number 25 M. Grier |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
15:19 |
| Number 26 T. Vanek |
L |
2 |
0 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
07:54 |
| Number 28 P. Gaustad |
C |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
71.4% |
13:55 |
| Number 29 J. Pominville |
R |
0 |
2 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
100% |
17:59 |
| Number 36 P. Kaleta |
R |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
10:05 |
| Number 37 M. Ellis |
L |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
10:47 |
| Number 41 C. MacArthur |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
66.7% |
17:56 |
| Number 55 J. Hecht |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
60% |
16:11 |
| Number 4 S. Montador |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
17:28 |
| Number 5 T. Lydman |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
16:49 |
| Number 10 H. Tallinder |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
20:33 |
| Number 34 C. Butler |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
22:38 |
| Number 52 C. Rivet |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
20:24 |
| Number 57 T. Myers |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
22:08 |
Buffalo Sabres goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 30 R. Miller |
25 |
23 |
2 |
.920 |
59:56 |
Win |
Penalties
Penalties, Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Infraction |
Minutes |
| 1st |
12:27 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Brad Stuart |
Slashing |
2 |
| 1st |
13:47 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Mike Grier |
Cross checking |
2 |
| 2nd |
14:30 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Jonathan Ericsson |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
00:54 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Tomas Holmstrom |
Holding |
2 |
| 3rd |
12:05 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Tim Kennedy |
High sticking |
2 |
| 3rd |
14:19 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Justin Abdelkader |
Hooking |
2 |
| 3rd |
18:30 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Patrick Kaleta |
Unsportsmanlike conduct |
2 |
| 3rd |
18:30 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Todd Bertuzzi |
Roughing |
2 |
Game information
- Detroit Red Wings head coach
- Mike Babcock
- Buffalo Sabres head coach
- Lindy Ruff
- Referees
- Mike Leggo, Rob Martell
- Linesmen
- Pierre Racicot, Tim Nowak
- Detroit Red Wings scratches
- Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, Brett Lebda
- Buffalo Sabres scratches
- Adam Mair, Nathan Paetsch, Daniel Paille
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