Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Saturday, March 16, 2024, 12:30 PM ET
· Little Caesars Arena, Detroit · Regular Season · Final
Final score
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at home.
News about this game
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
Buffalo Sabres (32-30-5), on a win streak, play Detroit Red Wings (33-27-6) at 12:30 PM EDT. Detroit's record in the division is 9-7-3; Buffalo's is 10-8-2. Last meet: Buffalo won 7-3.
Sat, Mar 16, 2024
Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres 4-1 for a wild-card spot, with Patrick Kane's tiebreaker securing their victory and second place.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Team
1st 1st period 2nd 2nd period 3rd 3rd period Total
Buffalo Sabres
1
0
0
1
Detroit Red Wings
0
2
2
4
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Team
1st 1st period 2nd 2nd period 3rd 3rd period Total
Buffalo Sabres
10
8
8
26
Detroit Red Wings
8
12
6
26
Three stars
P. Kane , Detroit Red Wings (1 goal)C. Fischer , Detroit Red Wings (1 goal)D. Sprong , Detroit Red Wings (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
1st
11:22
Buffalo Sabres
Tage Thompson (20)
Rasmus Dahlin (35), Alex Tuch (24)
Power play
BUF 1, DET 0
2nd
05:35
Detroit Red Wings
Christian Fischer (3)
Andrew Copp (19), Moritz Seider (28)
Even strength
BUF 1, DET 1
2nd
17:40
Detroit Red Wings
Patrick Kane (14)
J.T. Compher (22), Shayne Gostisbehere (34)
Even strength
BUF 1, DET 2
3rd
13:52
Detroit Red Wings
Daniel Sprong (17)
Robby Fabbri (12)
Even strength
BUF 1, DET 3
3rd
18:53
Detroit Red Wings
Lucas Raymond (20)
Michael Rasmussen (16), Andrew Copp (20)
Even strength, Empty net
BUF 1, DET 4
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
26
26
Power play
1 of 2
0 of 2
Penalty minutes
4
4
Hits
31
30
Blocked shots
13
13
Giveaways
6
4
Takeaways
5
14
Faceoffs won
25/54 (46.3%)
29/54 (53.7%)
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
Pos Position G Goals A Assists P Points +/- Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes SOG Shots on goal HIT Hits BLK Blocked shots PPG Power-play goals FO% Faceoff percentage TOI Time on ice
Number 9L
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
15:35
Number 12L
0
0
0
-1
0
5
5
1
0
21:01
Number 17C
0
0
0
-1
0
3
1
1
0
44.4%
09:07
Number 19C
0
0
0
-1
0
1
1
1
0
14.3%
11:21
Number 24C
0
0
0
-1
0
1
5
0
0
63.2%
21:22
Number 28C
0
0
0
-1
0
0
7
1
0
13:17
Number 50L
0
0
0
-1
2
1
2
0
0
10:18
Number 53L
0
0
0
-1
0
1
0
0
0
66.7%
13:43
Number 71L
0
0
0
-1
0
2
0
0
0
11:47
Number 72C
1
0
1
-2
0
2
0
2
1
42.9%
20:00
Number 77R
0
0
0
-1
0
1
0
0
0
11:12
Number 89R
0
1
1
-2
0
0
0
2
0
20:15
Number 4D
0
0
0
-3
0
0
2
0
0
26:10
Number 10D
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
21:08
Number 25D
0
0
0
-1
0
2
1
0
0
23:21
Number 26D
0
1
1
-4
2
3
4
0
0
25:03
Number 75D
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
14:45
Number 78D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
09:22
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
SA Shots against SV Saves GA Goals against SV% Save percentage TOI Time on ice DEC Decision
Number 125
22
3
.880
57:13
Loss
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player
Pos Position G Goals A Assists P Points +/- Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes SOG Shots on goal HIT Hits BLK Blocked shots PPG Power-play goals FO% Faceoff percentage TOI Time on ice
Number 14C
0
1
1
+1
0
1
0
0
0
33.3%
10:00
Number 17R
1
0
1
+1
0
3
0
0
0
11:03
Number 18C
0
2
2
+2
0
0
0
0
0
47.4%
18:53
Number 21C
0
0
0
+1
0
3
1
0
0
66.7%
08:03
Number 23L
1
0
1
+1
0
2
1
0
0
17:29
Number 27C
0
1
1
+2
2
0
4
1
0
100%
17:46
Number 36R
1
0
1
+1
0
2
3
0
0
16:51
Number 37L
0
1
1
+1
0
4
0
0
0
54.5%
15:10
Number 57L
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
17:23
Number 88R
1
0
1
+1
2
3
0
1
0
15:36
Number 90C
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
57.1%
17:16
Number 93R
0
0
0
+1
0
1
2
0
0
14:41
Number 2D
0
0
0
+1
0
1
0
1
0
14:14
Number 8D
0
0
0
+2
0
0
3
1
0
18:41
Number 41D
0
1
1
+1
0
2
1
0
0
15:32
Number 46D
0
0
0
+1
0
2
2
2
0
19:02
Number 53D
0
1
1
+2
0
0
7
2
0
27:07
Number 96D
0
0
0
+1
0
0
2
3
0
23:25
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
SA Shots against SV Saves GA Goals against SV% Save percentage TOI Time on ice DEC Decision
Number 4726
25
1
.962
59:32
Win
Penalties
Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Period
Time
Team
Player
Infraction
Minutes
1st
07:09
Buffalo Sabres
Eric Robinson
Hooking
2
1st
11:06
Detroit Red Wings
Patrick Kane
Tripping
2
2nd
00:55
Detroit Red Wings
Michael Rasmussen
Interference
2
2nd
10:01
Buffalo Sabres
Rasmus Dahlin
Roughing
2
Game information
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Don Granato
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Derek Lalonde
Referees
Furman South, Jean Hebert
Linesmen
Derek Nansen, Ben O'Quinn
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Kale Clague, Lukas Rousek
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Justin Holl, Dylan Larkin, Ville Husso, Jonatan Berggren
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at Detroit Red Wings 3
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