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Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Preseason Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Buffalo Sabres 2 50-23-9
at Detroit Red Wings 5 41-31-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 1 0 2
Detroit Red Wings 2 3 0 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 4 5 9 18
Detroit Red Wings 15 17 8 40

Three stars

  1. A. Copp, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. J. Doan, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. L. Raymond, Detroit Red Wings (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:39 Detroit Red Wings Mason Appleton (1) Andrew Copp (1) Shorthanded BUF 0, DET 1
1st 06:23 Buffalo Sabres Noah Ostlund (1) Josh Doan (2), Jack Quinn (1) Power play BUF 1, DET 1
1st 09:04 Detroit Red Wings Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (1) Axel Sandin-Pellikka (1), Nate Danielson (1) Power play BUF 1, DET 2
2nd 06:59 Buffalo Sabres Josh Doan (1) Jack Quinn (2), Noah Ostlund (1) Power play BUF 2, DET 2
2nd 10:04 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin (1) Jacob Bernard-Docker (1), Lucas Raymond (1) Even strength BUF 2, DET 3
2nd 12:35 Detroit Red Wings Moritz Seider (1) Elmer Soderblom (1), Jacob Truscott (1) Even strength BUF 2, DET 4
2nd 18:23 Detroit Red Wings Andrew Copp (1) Lucas Raymond (2) Even strength BUF 2, DET 5

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 18 40
Power play 2 of 5 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 12
Hits 29 31
Blocked shots 10 2
Giveaways 7 5
Takeaways 0 2
Faceoffs won 27/65 (41.5%) 38/65 (58.5%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
15 J. Danforth R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 47.1% 15:34
19 P. Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 30% 20:03
22 J. Quinn R 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 0 0 18:05
29 B. Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 14:51
44 J. Dunne C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 1 0 54.5% 11:53
45 R. Fiddler-Schultz C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 1 0 09:07
48 T. Kozak C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 50% 12:30
63 I. Rosen R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 13:14
86 N. Ostlund C 1 1 2 -2 0 1 2 1 1 25% 18:51
91 J. Doan R 1 1 2 -1 4 1 2 0 1 18:28
92 A. Wahlberg C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 09:32
94 K. Helenius C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 0 14:20
3 J. Rathbone D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 2 0 12:48
8 M. Kesselring D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 22:46
25 O. Power D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 27:06
28 Z. Jones D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 18:01
57 R. Mrtka D 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 17:57
73 Z. Metsa D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 3 0 15:49
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
40 A. Georgiev 40 35 5 .875 60:00 Loss

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player
18 A. Copp C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 0 0 0 66.7% 16:04
22 M. Appleton C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 2 0 0 14:00
23 L. Raymond L 0 2 2 +2 0 5 0 0 0 16:54
27 M. Rasmussen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 60% 14:54
28 M. Brandsegg-Nygård R 1 0 1 +1 4 2 3 0 1 12:28
29 N. Danielson C 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 33.3% 17:14
34 C. Mazur L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14:08
58 E. Finnie C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 5 0 0 14:54
71 D. Larkin C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 56.5% 16:44
78 A. Lombardi C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 61.5% 13:41
85 E. Soderblom L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 09:49
92 M. Kasper C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 80% 16:02
8 B. Chiarot D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 3 1 0 19:38
20 A. Johansson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 0 17:46
25 J. Bernard-Docker D 0 1 1 +2 2 3 1 0 0 16:06
44 A. Sandin-Pellikka D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 21:35
53 M. Seider D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 5 0 0 21:48
62 J. Truscott D 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 16:57
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
35 M. Postava 10 10 0 1.000 28:52
39 C. Talbot 8 6 2 .750 31:08 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:27 Detroit Red Wings Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 07:59 Buffalo Sabres Josh Doan Slashing 2
1st 15:38 Buffalo Sabres Michael Kesselring Holding 2
2nd 05:48 Detroit Red Wings Michael Brandsegg-Nygård Tripping 2
2nd 13:00 Detroit Red Wings Jacob Bernard-Docker High sticking 2
2nd 14:45 Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs Roughing 2
2nd 16:52 Buffalo Sabres Josh Dunne Roughing 2
2nd 16:52 Detroit Red Wings Ben Chiarot Roughing 2
3rd 01:30 Buffalo Sabres Josh Doan Roughing 2
3rd 08:12 Detroit Red Wings Marco Kasper Holding 2
3rd 18:45 Detroit Red Wings Michael Brandsegg-Nygård Slashing 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Todd McLellan
Referees
Carter Sandlak, Michael Markovic
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Dylan Blujus
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Artem Kriukov, Jason Zucker, Mason Geertsen, Alex Tuch, Jordan Greenway, Brendan Warren, Alex Lyon, Tage Thompson, Vasily Glotov, Conor Timmins, Jake Leschyshyn, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Josh Norris, Jacob Bryson, Carson Meyer, Ryan McLeod, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Peter Tischke, Bowen Byram, Ryan Johnson, Matteo Costantini, Trevor Kuntar, Redmond Savage, Olivier Nadeau, Prokhor Poltapov, Isaac Belliveau, Nikita Novikov, Noah Laaouan, Jiri Kulich, Topias Leinonen, Viktor Neuchev, Graham Slaggert, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Zach Benson, Gavin McCarthy, Scott Ratzlaff, Maxim Strbak, Jagger Joshua, Aidan Fulp, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Brodie Ziemer, Adam Kleber, Luke Osburn, Simon-Pier Brunet, Patrick Geary, Ryerson Leenders, Vasily Zelenov, David Bedkowski, Matous Jan Kucharcik, Tyler Kopff, Samuel Meloche, Noah Laberge, Ashton Schultz, Melvin Novotny, Yevgeni Prokhorov, Ryan Rucinski
Detroit Red Wings scratches
James van Riemsdyk, Patrick Kane, Travis Hamonic, Justin Holl, Austin Watson, John Gibson, Erik Gustafsson, J.T. Compher, William Lagesson, Alexander Kadeykin, Alex DeBrincat, Dominik Shine, Ian Mitchell, Sheldon Dries, Alex Kannok-Leipert, Jonatan Berggren, John Leonard, Antti Tuomisto, Carter Gylander, William Wallinder, Carson Bantle, Kienan Draper, Eduards Tralmaks, Sebastian Cossa, Simon Edvinsson, Shai Buium, Brennan Ali, Dylan James, Dmitri Buchelnikov, Owen Mehlenbacher, Maximilian Kilpinen, Alexandre Doucet, Trey Augustine, Brady Cleveland, Noah Dower Nilsson, Larry Keenan, Jack Phelan, Kevin Bicker, Rudy Guimond, Ondrej Becher, Max Plante, Jakub Rychlovsky, Gabriel Seger, Landon Miller, John Whipple, Charlie Forslund, Austin Baker, Fisher Scott, Carter Bear, Eddie Genborg, Nicklas Andrews, Michal Pradel, Michal Svrcek, Brent Solomon, Nikita Tyurin, Will Murphy, Grayden Robertson-Palmer, Justice Christensen

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
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