Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2014 · Joe Louis Arena
BELL TV · FS-D · MSG-B
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 39-16.
Tomas Tatar scored twice. Nicolas Deslauriers, Stephen Weiss, Chris Stewart, Andre Benoit, Danny DeKeyser, Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzen also scored.
Petr Mrazek made 13 saves on 16 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 33 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicolas Deslauriers (3)Drew Stafford (12), Brian Flynn (5)1–002:36 BUF
Stephen Weiss (5)Jakub Kindl (6), Gustav Nyquist (6)1–110:50 DET · PPG
Chris Stewart (4)Cody Hodgson (4), Mikhail Grigorenko (1)2–113:35 BUF
2nd period
Andre Benoit (1)Brian Flynn (6)3–109:00 BUF · SHG
Danny DeKeyser (2)Tomas Jurco (10), Luke Glendening (2)3–217:54 DET
3rd period
Henrik Zetterberg (7)Pavel Datsyuk (12), Justin Abdelkader (9)3–304:19 DET
Tomas Tatar (13)Danny DeKeyser (11), Gustav Nyquist (7)3–411:40 DET · PPG
Johan Franzen (7)Henrik Zetterberg (23), Jakub Kindl (7)3–514:06 DET · PPG- Tomas Tatar (14)Brendan Smith (5), Gustav Nyquist (8)3–617:48 DET · PPG
Team stats
BUFDET
16Shots on goal39
38%Faceoff %62%
0/1Power play4/6
12Penalty minutes2
33Hits26
23Blocked shots4
6Giveaways7
1Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 09:23
Zemgus Girgensons · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:46
Pavel Datsyuk · tripping2 min - 2nd 07:55Nikita Zadorov · holding2 min
- 2nd 14:48Nicolas Deslauriers · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:53Brian Flynn · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 12:46Johan Larsson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 17:14Andrej Meszaros · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:31 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:37 |
| 80Chris StewartR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:17 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:09 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:31 |
| 33Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:00 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:35 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 26:49 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 51Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 27:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Michal NeuvirthG | L | 39 | 33 | 6 | .846 | 60:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 21Tomas TatarC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15:14 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19:41 |
| 4Jakub KindlD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 65Danny DeKeyserD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 24:12 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:05 |
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:21 |
| 26Tomas JurcoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:05 |
| 90Stephen WeissC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 08:55 |
| 93Johan FranzenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 19:41 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 20Drew MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:45 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:35 |
| 27Kyle QuinceyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 21:49 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:45 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | W | 16 | 13 | 3 | .813 | 60:00 |
| 38Tom McCollumG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |