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Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Buffalo Sabres 2 4-3-1
at Detroit Red Wings 3 2-3-2

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 7 6 6 0 19
Detroit Red Wings 8 6 10 2 26

Three stars

  1. A. DeBrincat, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal)
  2. S. Dries, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal)
  3. J.Kulich, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 10:48 Buffalo Sabres Trevor Kuntar (1) Jake Richard (1) Even strength BUF 1, DET 0
1st 16:11 Detroit Red Wings Axel Sandin-Pellikka (2) Anton Johansson (5), Emmitt Finnie (2) Power play BUF 1, DET 1
2nd 00:33 Buffalo Sabres Jiri Kulich (1) Noah Ostlund (1), Radim Mrtka (1) Even strength BUF 2, DET 1
3rd 07:13 Detroit Red Wings Sheldon Dries (1) Jacob Bryson (1), Wilmer Skoog (2) Even strength BUF 2, DET 2
OT 00:33 Detroit Red Wings Alex DeBrincat (1) Lucas Raymond (1), Moritz Seider (1) Power play BUF 2, DET 3

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 19 26
Power play 0 of 4 2 of 4
Penalty minutes 17 17
Hits 15 21
Blocked shots 17 13
Giveaways 24 13
Takeaways 4 3
Faceoffs won 30/57 (52.6%) 27/57 (47.4%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
13 M. Peca C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 53.8% 17:47
15 J. Danforth R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 55.6% 17:40
20 J.Kulich C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 66.7% 10:28
27 A. McDonough L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 10:53
28 L. Valente C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 11:21
41 J. Polin R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10:54
48 T. Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 58.3% 16:58
52 T. Kuntar C 1 0 1 +1 5 2 2 0 0 100% 10:55
70 J. Richard R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 14:19
77 T. Bordeleau C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 2 0 66.7% 15:40
86 N. Ostlund C 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 16.7% 23:56
94 K. Helenius C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 1 0 83.3% 24:35
33 R. Johnson D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 0 3 0 15:01
44 D. Gilbert D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 21:55
57 R. Mrtka D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 14:22
62 G. McCarthy D 0 0 0 -1 6 0 1 0 0 17:34
73 Z. Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:17
76 V. Komarov D 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 16:05
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
34 A. Lyon 8 7 1 .875 18:00
92 C. Ellis 18 16 2 .889 41:59 OT loss

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player
15 S. Dries C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 1 0 37.5% 11:52
18 A. Copp C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 50% 21:36
22 M. Appleton C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 14:39
23 L. Raymond L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 0 0 21:13
28 M. Brandsegg-Nygård R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 14:14
29 N. Danielson C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 1 0 26.7% 17:19
34 C. Mazur L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 0 11:30
43 J. Leonard L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:28
58 E. Finnie C 0 1 1 0 2 1 6 0 0 85.7% 15:50
65 D. Shine R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 09:29
73 W. Skoog C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 10:00
93 A. DeBrincat R 1 0 1 -1 5 8 1 0 1 100% 18:37
25 J. Bernard-Docker D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 20:55
42 A. Johansson D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 17:46
44 A. Sandin-Pellikka D 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 2 1 20:33
53 M. Seider D 0 1 1 -1 4 1 4 1 0 24:21
54 W. Wallinder D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 15:21
78 J. Bryson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 17:38
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
80 D. Tarasov 19 17 2 .895 60:24 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 14:57 Buffalo Sabres Vsevolod Komarov Holding 2
2nd 06:17 Detroit Red Wings Axel Sandin-Pellikka Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 13:44 Detroit Red Wings Moritz Seider Tripping 2
2nd 18:11 Buffalo Sabres Vsevolod Komarov Tripping 2
3rd 00:54 Detroit Red Wings Moritz Seider Roughing 2
3rd 00:54 Detroit Red Wings Carter Mazur Holding 2
3rd 00:54 Detroit Red Wings Alex DeBrincat Fighting (major) 5
3rd 00:54 Buffalo Sabres Gavin McCarthy Roughing 2
3rd 00:54 Buffalo Sabres Trevor Kuntar Fighting (major) 5
3rd 05:01 Buffalo Sabres Noah Ostlund Slashing 2
3rd 14:14 Buffalo Sabres Gavin McCarthy High sticking 2
3rd 14:14 Detroit Red Wings Emmitt Finnie Roughing removing opponents helmet 2
3rd 16:02 Detroit Red Wings Nate Danielson Slashing 2
3rd 18:41 Buffalo Sabres Gavin McCarthy Holding 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Todd McLellan
Referees
Kendrick Nicholson, Mike Sullivan
Linesmen
Brandon Grillo, Mark Shewchyk
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Artem Kriukov, Jason Zucker, Sam Carrick, Mason Geertsen, Conor Sheary, Brendan Warren, Beck Malenstyn, Tage Thompson, Vasily Glotov, Conor Timmins, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Jack Rathbone, Josh Norris, Matt Villalta, Carson Meyer, Ryan McLeod, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Peyton Krebs, Louis Crevier, Jack Quinn, Matteo Costantini, Josh Doan, Redmond Savage, Owen Power, Prokhor Poltapov, Olen Zellweger, Talyn Boyko, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Noah Laaouan, Topias Leinonen, Graham Slaggert, Zach Benson, Scott Ratzlaff, Maxim Strbak, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Zac Funk, Brodie Ziemer, Adam Kleber, Luke Osburn, Simon-Pier Brunet, Patrick Geary, Vasily Zelenov, David Bedkowski, Matous Jan Kucharcik, Samuel Meloche, Noah Laberge, Ashton Schultz, Melvin Novotny, Yevgeni Prokhorov, Ryan Rucinski, Brayden Holberton, Ilia Morozov, Daxon Rudolph, Olivers Murnieks, Doman Szongoth, Dylan Dumont, Jean-Christoph Lemieux, Sawyer Mayes, Caden Dabrowski, Cohen Bidgood, Kristopher Richards, Eddy Doyle
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Ben Chiarot, Justin Faulk, John Gibson, J.T. Compher, Dylan Larkin, William Lagesson, Viktor Arvidsson, Alexander Kadeykin, Keegan Kolesar, Michael Rasmussen, Alex Kannok-Leipert, Ronnie Attard, Albert Johansson, Jacob Truscott, Theo Rochette, Kienan Draper, Chase Stillman, Simon Edvinsson, Shai Buium, Cameron Butler, Brennan Ali, Dylan James, Marco Kasper, Owen Mehlenbacher, Trey Augustine, Brady Cleveland, Noah Dower Nilsson, Larry Keenan, Jesse Kiiskinen, Sutter Muzzatti, Jack Phelan, Kevin Bicker, Rudy Guimond, Ondrej Becher, Max Plante, John Whipple, Charlie Forslund, Austin Baker, Fisher Scott, Carter Bear, Michal Postava, Michal Pradel, Michal Svrcek, Brent Solomon, Nikita Tyurin, Will Murphy, Grayden Robertson-Palmer, Justice Christensen, Beckham Edwards, JP Hurlbert, Michal Orsulak, Victor Plante, Adam Levac, Luka Arkko, Myles Brosnan, Salvatore Viviano

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