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Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, February 22, 2018 on the road.

Team Goals 2017-2018 record
Buffalo Sabres 3 25-45-12
at Detroit Red Wings 2 30-39-13

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 1 0 1 3
Detroit Red Wings 0 1 1 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 14 10 2 4 30
Detroit Red Wings 10 16 8 3 37

Three stars

  1. M. Scandella, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
  2. J. Abdelkader, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal)
  3. R. Ristolainen, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:39 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (6) Nathan Beaulieu (6), Johan Larsson (8) Even strength BUF 1, DET 0
2nd 03:42 Detroit Red Wings Jonathan Ericsson (3) Unassisted Even strength BUF 1, DET 1
2nd 13:09 Buffalo Sabres Evander Kane (20) Jason Pominville (12), Rasmus Ristolainen (23) Power play BUF 2, DET 1
3rd 18:35 Detroit Red Wings Justin Abdelkader (10) Frans Nielsen (13), Henrik Zetterberg (33) Power play BUF 2, DET 2
OT 04:59 Buffalo Sabres Marco Scandella (3) Johan Larsson (9), Sam Reinhart (18) Even strength BUF 3, DET 2

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 30 37
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 6
Hits 23 13
Blocked shots 23 8
Giveaways 11 13
Takeaways 3 5
Faceoffs won 27/62 (43.5%) 35/62 (56.5%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 E. Kane L 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 50% 20:06
10 J. Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.3% 11:09
13 N. Baptiste R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 08:15
20 S. Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 15:39
21 K. Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13:36
22 J. Larsson L 0 2 2 +2 2 2 2 2 0 36.4% 18:22
23 S. Reinhart C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 0 1 0 20:56
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 12:32
29 J. Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 50% 15:25
67 B. Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13:50
71 E. Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 16.7% 15:27
90 R. O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 59.4% 22:21
4 J. Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 13:01
6 M. Scandella D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 4 0 28:28
8 C. Nelson D 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 19:44
55 R. Ristolainen D 1 1 2 +1 0 3 3 4 0 28:00
82 N. Beaulieu D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 2 1 0 17:22
93 V. Antipin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 15:42
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
40 R. Lehner 37 35 2 .946 64:34 Win

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player
8 J. Abdelkader L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 100% 15:54
14 G. Nyquist R 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 20:17
17 D. Booth L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 02:01
21 T. Tatar L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 18:04
39 A. Mantha R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:20
40 H. Zetterberg C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 50% 21:50
41 L. Glendening C 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 71.4% 09:57
43 D. Helm C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 1 0 0 18:14
51 F. Nielsen C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 56.3% 18:57
59 T. Bertuzzi L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 11:35
71 D. Larkin C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 0 0 60% 20:04
72 A. Athanasiou C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:12
3 N. Jensen D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 21:32
52 J. Ericsson D 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 17:10
55 N. Kronwall D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 2 0 20:38
61 X. Ouellet D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13:23
65 D. DeKeyser D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 24:19
83 T. Daley D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:01
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
35 J. Howard 30 27 3 .900 63:55 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:05 Detroit Red Wings Luke Glendening Tripping 2
2nd 00:40 Buffalo Sabres Casey Nelson Hooking 2
2nd 11:32 Detroit Red Wings Niklas Kronwall Hooking 2
2nd 17:06 Buffalo Sabres Nick Baptiste Hooking 2
3rd 02:29 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin Tripping 2
3rd 17:04 Buffalo Sabres Johan Larsson Tripping 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Phil Housley
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Referees
Trevor Hanson, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Tim Nowak
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Justin Falk, Jordan Nolan
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Mike Green, Luke Witkowski, Martin Frk

2017-2018 season series

Matchup Status Details
Detroit Red Wings 0 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Detroit Red Wings 2 Final/OT Game page
Detroit Red Wings 6 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 22

Matchup Status Details
New York Islanders 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Final/SO Game page
Minnesota Wild 4 at New Jersey Devils 2 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 2 Final Game page
New York Rangers 1 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Ottawa Senators 3 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 2 at Florida Panthers 3 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 1 at Nashville Predators 7 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Edmonton Oilers 3 Final/OT Game page
Calgary Flames 5 at Arizona Coyotes 2 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 2 at Los Angeles Kings 0 Final Game page

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