Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in a shootout on Thursday, February 6, 2020 on the road.

Final score, Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres
Team Goals 2019-2020 record
Detroit Red Wings 4 17-49-5
at Buffalo Sabres 3 30-31-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Shootout Total
Detroit Red Wings 2 0 1 0 1 4
Buffalo Sabres 0 0 3 0 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Shootout Total
Detroit Red Wings 7 9 4 1 0 21
Buffalo Sabres 8 8 14 2 0 32

Three stars

  1. D. Larkin, Detroit Red Wings (2 goals)
  2. R. Fabbri, Detroit Red Wings (2 assists)
  3. J. Vesey, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:23 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin (14) Trevor Daley (6), Robby Fabbri (15) Even strength DET 1, BUF 0
1st 19:59 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin (15) Robby Fabbri (16), Filip Hronek (18) Even strength DET 2, BUF 0
3rd 05:48 Buffalo Sabres Jimmy Vesey (7) Conor Sheary (10) Even strength DET 2, BUF 1
3rd 08:29 Buffalo Sabres Scott Wilson (1) Colin Miller (7) Even strength DET 2, BUF 2
3rd 13:56 Detroit Red Wings Tyler Bertuzzi (18) Valtteri Filppula (14), Madison Bowey (12) Power play DET 3, BUF 2
3rd 19:13 Buffalo Sabres Evan Rodrigues (4) Rasmus Ristolainen (20) Even strength DET 3, BUF 3

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

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Round Team Shooter Result
1 Buffalo Sabres Jack Eichel Saved
1 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin Goal
2 Buffalo Sabres Sam Reinhart Saved
2 Detroit Red Wings Andreas Athanasiou Goal

Team stats

Team stats, Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres
Stat Detroit Red Wings Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 21 32
Power play 1 of 4 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 10
Hits 13 22
Blocked shots 10 4
Giveaways 6 5
Takeaways 4 4
Faceoffs won 23/53 (43.4%) 30/53 (56.6%)

Box score

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 J. Abdelkader L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 11:53
Number 14 R. Fabbri C 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 2 0 100% 16:55
Number 41 L. Glendening C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 62.5% 18:34
Number 43 D. Helm C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 0 0 12:49
Number 48 G. Smith R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 0 0 06:24
Number 51 V. Filppula C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 20% 17:12
Number 59 T. Bertuzzi L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 1 1 19:55
Number 67 T. Hirose L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:48
Number 70 C. Ehn C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25% 10:05
Number 71 D. Larkin C 2 0 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 47.8% 26:22
Number 72 A. Athanasiou C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 0 0 33.3% 17:23
Number 73 A. Erne L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33.3% 11:27
Number 3 A. Biega D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 20:40
Number 17 F. Hronek D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 28:27
Number 22 P. Nemeth D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 24:12
Number 28 G. Lindstrom D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 12:07
Number 74 M. Bowey D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:21
Number 83 T. Daley D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 15:26
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 45 J. Bernier 32 29 3 .906 65:00 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 J. Eichel C 0 0 0 +2 4 4 1 1 0 58.8% 25:50
Number 13 J. Vesey L 1 0 1 +2 2 4 2 0 0 19:01
Number 20 S. Wilson C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:42
Number 22 J. Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 62.5% 14:13
Number 23 S. Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 25:25
Number 27 C. Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 53.3% 13:11
Number 28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11:54
Number 43 C. Sheary L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 08:27
Number 53 J. Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 16:04
Number 67 M. Frolik R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10:20
Number 71 E. Rodrigues C 1 0 1 +1 2 2 1 0 0 75% 16:00
Number 90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 40% 17:08
Number 10 H. Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:30
Number 19 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 1 0 15:30
Number 24 L. Pilut D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:40
Number 33 C. Miller D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 1 0 0 22:24
Number 55 R. Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 26:02
Number 62 B. Montour D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 4 0 0 23:31
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 34 J. Johansson 21 18 3 .857 63:25 OT loss

Penalties

Penalties, Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:56 Detroit Red Wings Justin Abdelkader Interference 2
1st 18:45 Detroit Red Wings Darren Helm Hooking 2
1st 18:52 Buffalo Sabres Jack Eichel High sticking double minor 4
2nd 09:29 Detroit Red Wings Gustav Lindstrom Tripping 2
2nd 12:59 Buffalo Sabres Jake McCabe High sticking 2
3rd 03:03 Buffalo Sabres Jimmy Vesey Slashing 2
3rd 03:03 Detroit Red Wings Alex Biega Cross checking 2
3rd 06:00 Detroit Red Wings Givani Smith Slashing 2
3rd 12:13 Buffalo Sabres Evan Rodrigues High sticking 2

Game information

Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Ralph Krueger
Referees
Chris Schlenker, Ian Walsh
Linesmen
Mark Shewchyk, David Brisebois
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Jonathan Ericsson, Brendan Perlini, Dennis Cholowski
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Zach Bogosian, Rasmus Asplund, Rasmus Dahlin

2019-2020 season series

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Sources and further reading

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