Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 2–1 on Monday, December 14, 2015 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Team Goals 2015-2016 record
Buffalo Sabres 2 35-36-11
at Detroit Red Wings 1 41-30-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Buffalo Sabres 0 0 2 2
Detroit Red Wings 0 1 0 1

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Buffalo Sabres 9 9 12 30
Detroit Red Wings 6 13 14 33

Three stars

  1. C. Johnson, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
  2. P. Mrazek, Detroit Red Wings (goaltender)
  3. J. Larsson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 04:01 Detroit Red Wings Brad Richards (2) Pavel Datsyuk (6), Darren Helm (5) Even strength BUF 0, DET 1
3rd 15:46 Buffalo Sabres Ryan O'Reilly (11) Sam Reinhart (5), Rasmus Ristolainen (16) Even strength BUF 1, DET 1
3rd 16:47 Buffalo Sabres Johan Larsson (1) Mike Weber (2) Even strength BUF 2, DET 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Stat Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 30 33
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 6
Hits 27 29
Blocked shots 10 6
Giveaways 3 7
Takeaways 4 5
Faceoffs won 30/56 (53.6%) 26/56 (46.4%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 E. Kane L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 20:18
Number 12 B. Gionta R 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 17:54
Number 15 J. Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 40% 17:13
Number 17 D. Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:34
Number 22 J. Larsson L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 2 1 69.2% 13:14
Number 23 S. Reinhart C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 18:44
Number 26 M. Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 11:18
Number 28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 0 14:32
Number 44 N. Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 07:51
Number 82 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 10:12
Number 88 J. McGinn L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 0 19:00
Number 90 R. O'Reilly C 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 65.2% 22:38
Number 4 J. Gorges D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 18:30
Number 6 M. Weber D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 2 16:40
Number 29 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 17:52
Number 46 C. Franson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 16:37
Number 47 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 20:52
Number 55 R. Ristolainen D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 26:02
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 C. Johnson 33 32 1 .970 59:59 Win

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 J. Abdelkader L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0 18:16
Number 13 P. Datsyuk C 0 1 1 +1 0 5 1 0 38.9% 20:34
Number 14 G. Nyquist R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 15:28
Number 15 R. Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 44.4% 16:04
Number 17 B. Richards C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 0 0 16:35
Number 18 J. Andersson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:47
Number 21 T. Tatar L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 0 13:56
Number 26 T. Jurco R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 05:26
Number 40 H. Zetterberg C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0 50% 20:33
Number 41 L. Glendening C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 57.1% 09:24
Number 43 D. Helm C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 6 0 100% 20:03
Number 71 D. Larkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 1 17:03
Number 2 B. Smith D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 15:34
Number 25 M. Green D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 1 19:49
Number 47 A. Marchenko D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 3 15:51
Number 52 J. Ericsson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 21:46
Number 55 N. Kronwall D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 19:20
Number 65 D. DeKeyser D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 23:36
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 34 P. Mrazek 30 28 2 .933 57:55 Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:30 Detroit Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg Hooking 2
1st 08:44 Buffalo Sabres Josh Gorges Hooking 2
1st 19:59 Detroit Red Wings Brendan Smith High sticking 2
2nd 14:56 Buffalo Sabres Mike Weber Ps slash on breakaway (penalty shot) 0
2nd 18:29 Detroit Red Wings Tomas Tatar Holding 2
3rd 06:24 Buffalo Sabres Ryan O'Reilly Slashing 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Dan Bylsma
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Referees
Greg Kimmerly, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen
Devin Berg, Andy McElman
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Carlo Colaiacovo, Cal O'Reilly
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Drew Miller, Jakub Kindl, Teemu Pulkkinen

2015-2016 season series

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Sources and further reading

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