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Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–2 on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at home.

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

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Detroit Red Wings 8 13 7 28
Buffalo Sabres 7 11 3 21

Three stars

  1. T. Thompson, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. J. Norris, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. R. Mrtka, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:41 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (1) Bowen Byram (1), Zach Benson (2) Even strength DET 0, BUF 1
1st 12:17 Buffalo Sabres Radim Mrtka (1) Konsta Helenius (2), Isak Rosen (1) Even strength DET 0, BUF 2
1st 18:27 Detroit Red Wings Patrick Kane (1) Alex DeBrincat (1) Even strength DET 1, BUF 2
2nd 00:14 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson (2) Josh Norris (2) Even strength DET 1, BUF 3
2nd 13:36 Detroit Red Wings Marco Kasper (1) Ben Chiarot (1), Alex DeBrincat (2) Even strength DET 2, BUF 3
3rd 00:37 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson (3) Alex Tuch (1), Josh Norris (3) Power play DET 2, BUF 4
3rd 19:47 Buffalo Sabres Josh Norris (1) Tage Thompson (1) Even strength, Empty net DET 2, BUF 5

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

Team stats

Stat Detroit Red Wings Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 28 21
Power play 0 of 2 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 20 29
Blocked shots 14 15
Giveaways 11 5
Takeaways 2 1
Faceoffs won 32/61 (52.5%) 29/61 (47.5%)

Box score

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player
14 E. Tralmaks R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10:00
18 A. Copp C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 35.7% 17:40
22 M. Appleton C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 14:46
27 M. Rasmussen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 3 0 14:44
28 M. Brandsegg-Nygård R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 16:45
34 C. Mazur L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 3 0 100% 16:50
57 O. Becher C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 62.5% 10:08
78 A. Lombardi C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 0 46.7% 15:43
82 G. Seger C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 50% 09:27
88 P. Kane R 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 20:33
92 M. Kasper C 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 63.2% 19:52
93 A. DeBrincat R 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 50% 20:04
8 B. Chiarot D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 2 0 18:40
20 A. Johansson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 0 18:07
25 J. Bernard-Docker D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 2 0 18:16
44 A. Sandin-Pellikka D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 24:14
51 I. Mitchell D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 18:38
84 W. Lagesson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 0 15:52
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
33 S. Cossa 20 16 4 .800 56:09 Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
6 Z. Benson L 0 1 1 +3 0 0 0 0 0 18:28
9 J. Norris C 1 2 3 +3 0 1 2 2 0 54.5% 20:18
13 J. Leschyshyn C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 1 0 60% 10:08
17 J. Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:08
44 J. Dunne C 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 0 11:58
48 T. Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 50% 13:58
55 M. Geertsen L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:26
63 I. Rosen R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 10:24
71 R. McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 52.9% 16:18
72 T. Thompson C 2 1 3 +3 0 4 1 0 1 41.7% 20:02
89 A. Tuch R 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 18:00
94 K. Helenius C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 25% 10:26
4 B. Byram D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 2 0 21:40
21 C. Timmins D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 20:47
26 R. Dahlin D 1 0 1 +1 0 5 2 0 0 22:46
33 R. Johnson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 18:01
57 R. Mrtka D 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 17:03
78 J. Bryson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 2 0 17:09
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
34 A. Lyon 28 26 2 .929 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 15:18 Buffalo Sabres Ryan Johnson Holding 2
2nd 15:31 Buffalo Sabres Conor Timmins Cross checking 2
2nd 19:05 Detroit Red Wings Sebastian Cossa Delaying game illegal play by goalie 2
3rd 14:02 Detroit Red Wings Albert Johansson Tripping 2

Game information

Detroit Red Wings head coach
Todd McLellan
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Kendrick Nicholson, Alex Lepkowski
Linesmen
James Tobias, Mark Shewchyk
Detroit Red Wings scratches
James van Riemsdyk, Travis Hamonic, Cam Talbot, Justin Holl, Austin Watson, John Gibson, Erik Gustafsson, J.T. Compher, Dylan Larkin, Alexander Kadeykin, Dominik Shine, Sheldon Dries, Alex Kannok-Leipert, Jonatan Berggren, John Leonard, Moritz Seider, Antti Tuomisto, Elmer Soderblom, Carter Gylander, Lucas Raymond, Jacob Truscott, William Wallinder, Carson Bantle, Kienan Draper, Simon Edvinsson, Shai Buium, Brennan Ali, Dylan James, Dmitri Buchelnikov, Owen Mehlenbacher, Maximilian Kilpinen, Alexandre Doucet, Trey Augustine, Brady Cleveland, Nate Danielson, Noah Dower Nilsson, Larry Keenan, Jack Phelan, Kevin Bicker, Rudy Guimond, Emmitt Finnie, Max Plante, Jakub Rychlovsky, 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
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Artem Kriukov, Jordan Greenway, Brendan Warren, Beck Malenstyn, Vasily Glotov, Justin Danforth, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Jack Rathbone, Carson Meyer, Alexandar Georgiev, Mattias Samuelsson, Michael Kesselring, Peter Tischke, Peyton Krebs, Zac Jones, Jack Quinn, Matteo Costantini, Trevor Kuntar, Josh Doan, Redmond Savage, Owen Power, Olivier Nadeau, Prokhor Poltapov, Isaac Belliveau, Nikita Novikov, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Noah Laaouan, Jiri Kulich, Topias Leinonen, Viktor Neuchev, Noah Ostlund, Graham Slaggert, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Gavin McCarthy, Scott Ratzlaff, Maxim Strbak, Anton Wahlberg, Jagger Joshua, Aidan Fulp, Zach Metsa, 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

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Detroit Red Wings 5 Final Preseason Game page
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Buffalo Sabres 5 Final Preseason Game page

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