Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, February 22, 2018 · Little Caesars Arena
FS-D · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 37-30.
Goals came from Rasmus Ristolainen, Jonathan Ericsson, Evander Kane, Justin Abdelkader and Marco Scandella.
Robin Lehner made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Jimmy Howard stopped 27 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Rasmus Ristolainen (6)Nathan Beaulieu (6), Johan Larsson (8)1–003:39 BUF
2nd period
Jonathan Ericsson (3)Unassisted1–103:42 DET
Evander Kane (20)Jason Pominville (12), Rasmus Ristolainen (23)2–113:09 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Justin Abdelkader (10)Frans Nielsen (13), Henrik Zetterberg (33)2–218:35 DET · PPG
OT period
Marco Scandella (3)Johan Larsson (9), Sam Reinhart (18)3–204:59 BUF
Team stats
BUFDET
30Shots on goal37
44%Faceoff %56%
1/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
23Hits13
23Blocked shots8
11Giveaways13
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 08:05
Luke Glendening · tripping2 min - 2nd 00:40
Casey Nelson · hooking2 min - 2nd 11:32Niklas Kronwall · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:06Nick Baptiste · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:29Dylan Larkin · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:04Johan Larsson · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 28:00 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:06 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:56 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 28:28 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:22 |
| 10Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:09 |
| 13Nick BaptisteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:15 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:36 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:21 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:44 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 64:34 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:50 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:57 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:10 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:17 |
| 17David BoothL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 02:01 |
| 21Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:04 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:57 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:14 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:04 |
| 72Andreas AthanasiouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:32 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:38 |
| 61Xavier OuelletD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:23 |
| 65Danny DeKeyserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:19 |
| 83Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jared CoreauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | O | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 63:55 |