Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Thursday, September 30, 2021, 7:30 PM ET Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Preseason Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–2 on Thursday, September 30, 2021 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Team	Goals	2021-2022 record
Buffalo Sabres	2	32-39-11
at Detroit Red Wings	6	32-40-10

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	1	1	0	2
Detroit Red Wings	0	4	2	6

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	15	8	32
Detroit Red Wings	18	9	5	32

Three stars

R. Fabbri, Detroit Red Wings (2 goals)
P. Suter, Detroit Red Wings (3 assists)
M. Seider, Detroit Red Wings

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	18:31	Buffalo Sabres	Rasmus Asplund (1)	Dylan Cozens (1), Robert Hagg (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, DET 0
2nd	02:06	Detroit Red Wings	Robby Fabbri (1)	Pius Suter (1), Turner Elson (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, DET 1
2nd	02:29	Detroit Red Wings	Lucas Raymond (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	BUF 1, DET 2
2nd	05:18	Detroit Red Wings	Troy Stecher (1)	Riley Barber (1), Turner Elson (2)	Even strength	BUF 1, DET 3
2nd	11:52	Buffalo Sabres	Arttu Ruotsalainen (2)	Dylan Cozens (2), Rasmus Asplund (1)	Power play	BUF 2, DET 3
2nd	17:01	Detroit Red Wings	Luke Witkowski (1)	Pius Suter (2)	Even strength	BUF 2, DET 4
3rd	17:42	Detroit Red Wings	Robby Fabbri (2)	Lucas Raymond (1), Pius Suter (3)	Even strength, Empty net	BUF 2, DET 5
3rd	18:33	Detroit Red Wings	Jonathon Martin (1)	Dan Renouf (1), Troy Stecher (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, DET 6

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	32	32
Power play	1 of 2	0 of 4
Penalty minutes	10	16
Hits	20	19
Blocked shots	11	9
Giveaways	5	10
Takeaways	8	4
Faceoffs won	22/51 (43.1%)	29/51 (56.9%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 15 J. Hayden	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	0	0		16:11
Number 20 C. Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	53.8%	14:49
Number 22 J. Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0		14:07
Number 24 D. Cozens	C	0	2	2	-1	0	3	0	0	0	36.4%	15:54
Number 25 A. Ruotsalainen	C	1	0	1	-3	0	5	0	0	1	40%	15:13
Number 42 B. Warren	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		11:11
Number 43 S. Malone	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0	40%	12:32
Number 57 B. Murray	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0	100%	14:11
Number 65 L. Weissbach	L	0	0	0	-4	0	2	1	0	0		12:28
Number 72 T. Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0	66.7%	17:04
Number 74 R. Asplund	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	0	0		16:43
Number 77 J. Peterka	R	0	0	0	-4	0	2	0	0	0		13:04
Number 4 W. Butcher	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0		18:17
Number 8 R. Hagg	D	0	1	1	0	4	2	3	2	0		19:20
Number 13 M. Pysyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		19:13
Number 45 C. Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	0	0		19:34
Number 78 J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	4	2	1	0		18:57
Number 88 B. Davidson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2	0		21:07

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 U. Luukkonen	31	26	5	.839	59:43	Loss

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 F. Zadina	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0		19:25
Number 14 R. Fabbri	C	2	0	2	+4	0	4	1	0		16:45
Number 20 L. Witkowski	D	1	0	1	+1	10	1	0	1		14:51
Number 23 L. Raymond	L	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	0		15:56
Number 24 P. Suter	C	0	3	3	+4	0	5	1	0	62.5%	19:23
Number 26 R. Barber	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0		14:39
Number 46 C. Pearson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	87.5%	16:47
Number 51 H. Verbeek	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	40%	10:14
Number 57 T. Elson	C	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	11:30
Number 63 J. Martin	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0		11:20
Number 76 T. Spezia	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	50%	11:20
Number 89 S. Gagner	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	50%	15:47
Number 90 J. Veleno	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	50%	18:55
Number 2 N. Leddy	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3		21:58
Number 21 D. Renouf	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	1		19:13
Number 47 W. Newpower	D	0	0	0	+4	0	2	2	1		17:23
Number 53 M. Seider	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		21:18
Number 70 T. Stecher	D	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	2		17:24

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 V. Brattstrom	13	13	0	1.000	28:08
Number 39 A. Nedeljkovic	19	17	2	.895	31:52	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	08:58	Buffalo Sabres	Robert Hagg	Cross checking	2
1st	18:40	Buffalo Sabres	Jacob Bryson	Hooking	2
2nd	10:00	Detroit Red Wings	Dan Renouf	Hooking	2
2nd	14:59	Buffalo Sabres	John Hayden	Hooking	2
2nd	14:59	Detroit Red Wings	Riley Barber	Embellishment	2
3rd	09:38	Detroit Red Wings	Jonathon Martin	Interference	2
3rd	13:22	Buffalo Sabres	Robert Hagg	Holding the stick	2
3rd	15:11	Buffalo Sabres	Cody Eakin	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	19:22	Detroit Red Wings	Luke Witkowski	Misconduct (misconduct)	10

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Don Granato
Detroit Red Wings head coach: Jeff Blashill
Referees: Thomas John Luxmore, Justin Kea
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, Jonny Murray
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Craig Anderson, Artem Kriukov, Kyle Okposo, Dustin Tokarski, Jeff Skinner, Michael Houser, Michael Mersch, Colin Miller, Zemgus Girgensons, Vinnie Hinostroza, Aaron Dell, Connor Hurley, Ryan MacInnis, Anders Bjork, Victor Olofsson, Jack Eichel, Nicholas Boka, Ivan Chukarov, Ethan Prow, Matthew Cairns, Drake Caggiula, Philip Nyberg, Vasily Glotov, Casey Mittelstadt, Henri Jokiharju, Oskari Laaksonen, Ryan Scarfo, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Matej Pekar, Andrew Oglevie, Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, Miska Kukkonen, William Worge Kreu, Mitch Eliot, Josh Teves, Mason Jobst, Jimmy Schuldt, Ryan Johnson, Erik Portillo, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek, Brandon Biro, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Dominic Franco, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Owen Power, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Isak Rosen, Prokhor Poltapov, Josh Bloom, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov
Detroit Red Wings scratches: Thomas Greiss, Marc Staal, Brian Lashoff, Calvin Pickard, Ryan Murphy, Vladislav Namestnikov, Danny DeKeyser, Carter Rowney, Adam Erne, Tyler Bertuzzi, Jordan Oesterle, Jakub Vrana, Dylan Larkin, Alexander Kadeykin, Mitchell Stephens, Joren Van Pottelberghe, Kyle Criscuolo, Givani Smith, Filip Hronek, Filip Larsson, Michael Rasmussen, Gustav Lindstrom, John Adams, Kaden Fulcher, Jared McIsaac, Seth Barton, Jonatan Berggren, Jesper Eliasson, Ryan O'Reilly, Otto Kivenmaki, Taro Hirose, Robert Mastrosimone, Antti Tuomisto, Albin Grewe, Albert Johansson, Ethan Phillips, Gustav Berglund, Kirill Tyutyayev, Elmer Soderblom, Cooper Moore, Carter Gylander, Cross Hanas, Sam Stange, Donovan Sebrango, Jan Bednar, Theodor Niederbach, Eemil Viro, William Wallinder, Alex Cotton, Kyle Aucoin, Chase Bradley, Kienan Draper, Sebastian Cossa, Redmond Savage, Oscar Plandowski, Simon Edvinsson, Liam Dower Nilsson, Shai Buium, Carter Mazur, Pasquale Zito, Davis Codd, Mason Ward

2021-2022 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Detroit Red Wings game in the 2021-2022 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Detroit Red Wings 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings, Thu, Sep 30, 2021
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Oct 9, 2021

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