Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 2, 2011 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Friday, December 2, 2011 at First Niagara Center. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 36-28.
Goals came from Jakub Kindl, Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula, Jochen Hecht and Pavel Datsyuk.
Jimmy Howard made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jakub Kindl (1)Tomas Holmstrom (1), Justin Abdelkader (1)1–008:50 DET
Johan Franzen (1)Nicklas Lidstrom (1), Pavel Datsyuk (1)2–013:38 DET · PPG
Valtteri Filppula (1)Henrik Zetterberg (1)3–014:41 DET
3rd period
Jochen Hecht (1)Jason Pominville (1), Ville Leino (1)3–113:47 BUF
Pavel Datsyuk (1)Unassisted4–118:43 DET · EN
Team stats
DETBUF
36Shots on goal28
41%Faceoff %59%
1/5Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes10
6Hits16
21Blocked shots14
4Giveaways10
8Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 09:13
Derek Roy · hooking2 min - 1st 13:12Jason Pominville · high sticking2 min
- 1st 18:10Thomas Vanek · holding2 min
- 2nd 03:12
Justin Abdelkader · tripping2 min - 2nd 07:16Niklas Kronwall · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:49Valtteri Filppula · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:41Derek Roy · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:58Jakub Kindl · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 09:17Marc-Andre Gragnani · hooking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:05 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:15 |
| 93Johan FranzenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:08 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:02 |
| 4Jakub KindlD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:29 |
| 11Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 20Drew MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 11:31 |
| 26Jiri HudlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 41Chris ConnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:39 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:42 |
| 18Ian WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:17 |
| 23Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:03 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:43 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:38 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:32 |
| 54Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:03 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 4Joe FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:51 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 28:39 |
| 17Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:26 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:39 |
| 81Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | L | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 59:40 |
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |