Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, January 2, 2016 · First Niagara Center
BELL TV · FS-D · MSG-B
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Red Wings 35-23.
Jack Eichel scored twice. Brad Richards, Riley Sheahan, Henrik Zetterberg, Sam Reinhart and Tomas Tatar also scored.
Petr Mrazek made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 19 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brad Richards (4)Riley Sheahan (5), Dylan Larkin (13)1–012:59 DET
2nd period
Riley Sheahan (6)Mike Green (12), Tomas Tatar (13)2–007:59 DET · PPG
Jack Eichel (12)Rasmus Ristolainen (19)2–114:26 BUF · PPG- Jack Eichel (13)Zemgus Girgensons (5), Brian Gionta (8)2–217:27 BUF
3rd period
Henrik Zetterberg (7)Gustav Nyquist (11), Brendan Smith (7)3–202:27 DET
Sam Reinhart (9)Unassisted3–308:58 BUF · PPG
Tomas Tatar (12)Mike Green (13), Pavel Datsyuk (10)4–317:10 DET
Team stats
DETBUF
23Shots on goal35
48%Faceoff %52%
1/2Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes4
11Hits25
7Blocked shots19
4Giveaways3
6Takeaways1
Penalties
- 1st 09:00
Darren Helm · hooking2 min - 1st 14:08Tomas Nosek · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 01:36
Mike Weber · hooking2 min - 2nd 06:01Cody Franson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:45Jonathan Ericsson · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:25Mike Green · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:36Mike Green · cross checking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 15Riley SheahanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:40 |
| 21Tomas TatarC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 25Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 14:21 |
| 17Brad RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 18Joakim AnderssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:49 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 83Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 |
| 47Alexey MarchenkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:59 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:42 |
| 65Danny DeKeyserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | W | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 59:46 |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Jack EichelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:54 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:10 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:52 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:53 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:46 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:19 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:56 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:42 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:38 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 23:33 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 46Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 58:16 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |