Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 27, 2016 · Joe Louis Arena
FS-D · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 43-22.
Evander Kane scored twice. Sam Reinhart, Henrik Zetterberg, Jack Eichel, Drew Miller and Thomas Vanek also scored.
Robin Lehner made 40 saves on 43 shots for the win; Petr Mrazek stopped 18 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evander Kane (7)Brian Gionta (8), Zach Bogosian (2)1–007:12 BUF
Sam Reinhart (8)Rasmus Ristolainen (21), Jack Eichel (4)2–015:54 BUF · PPG
2nd period
Henrik Zetterberg (7)Steve Ott (2), Anthony Mantha (6)2–114:46 DET
Jack Eichel (6)Marcus Foligno (7)3–115:08 BUF
Drew Miller (4)Dylan Larkin (4)3–216:14 DET
3rd period
Thomas Vanek (6)Unassisted3–306:33 DET · PPG- Evander Kane (8)Brian Gionta (9), Dmitry Kulikov (1)4–308:29 BUF
Team stats
BUFDET
22Shots on goal43
34%Faceoff %66%
1/3Power play1/2
14Penalty minutes16
29Hits25
17Blocked shots7
12Giveaways4
2Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 14:40
Frans Nielsen · interference2 min - 2nd 04:56
Marcus Foligno · fighting5 min - 2nd 04:56Anthony Mantha · fighting5 min
- 2nd 06:41Brendan Smith · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:55Dmitry Kulikov · hooking2 min
- 2nd 09:21Luke Glendening · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:21Evander Kane · fighting5 min
- 2nd 19:21Brendan Smith · fighting5 min
- 3rd 05:03Sam Reinhart · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:00 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 18:02 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:53 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:19 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25:36 |
| 77Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:33 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:13 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:34 |
| 27Derek GrantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:29 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:14 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:37 |
| 48William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:28 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:31 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anders NilssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | W | 43 | 40 | 3 | .930 | 60:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 20Drew MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:44 |
| 29Steve OttC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:46 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:23 |
| 62Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 16:47 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 17:53 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 12:01 |
| 21Tomas TatarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:28 |
| 72Andreas AthanasiouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:13 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 61Xavier OuelletD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 65Danny DeKeyserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jared CoreauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Petr MrazekG | L | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 58:47 |