Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 29, 2018 · KeyBank Center
FS-D+ · MSG-B
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at KeyBank Center.
Goals came from Jack Eichel, Ryan O'Reilly, Dylan Larkin, Darren Helm, Anthony Mantha, Andreas Athanasiou, Evan Rodrigues, Danny DeKeyser and Evgeny Svechnikov.
Jimmy Howard made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 9 of 12.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jack Eichel (25)Jason Pominville (18), Brendan Guhle (2)0–103:16 BUF
Ryan O'Reilly (21)Sam Reinhart (24), Rasmus Ristolainen (30)0–207:11 BUF · PPG
Dylan Larkin (13)Evgeny Svechnikov (1)1–207:41 DET
2nd period
Darren Helm (11)Frans Nielsen (16)2–205:21 DET · SHG
Anthony Mantha (24)Joe Hicketts (3), Frans Nielsen (17)3–216:26 DET
3rd period
Andreas Athanasiou (15)Justin Abdelkader (21), Niklas Kronwall (19)4–201:50 DET
Evan Rodrigues (7)Casey Mittelstadt (1)4–304:51 BUF
Danny DeKeyser (6)Gustav Nyquist (17), Henrik Zetterberg (40)5–310:10 DET
Evgeny Svechnikov (2)Anthony Mantha (21), Dylan Larkin (45)6–316:59 DET
Team stats
DETBUF
32Shots on goal32
46%Faceoff %54%
0/5Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes10
10Hits16
13Blocked shots13
7Giveaways10
4Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 05:54
Martin Frk · hooking2 min - 1st 17:15
Jordan Nolan · high sticking2 min - 1st 19:23Rasmus Ristolainen · interference2 min
- 2nd 04:45Justin Abdelkader · slashing2 min
- 2nd 12:49Jonathan Ericsson · interference2 min
- 2nd 14:26Bench · delaying game bench face off violation2 min
- 3rd 06:06Trevor Daley · holding2 min
- 3rd 11:53Kyle Okposo · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 14:00Justin Falk · interference2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:27 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:09 |
| 77Evgeny SvechnikovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:42 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 16:15 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 72Andreas AthanasiouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:32 |
| 2Joe HickettsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 19:20 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 65Danny DeKeyserD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:00 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 42Martin FrkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:42 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:05 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:50 |
| 83Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jared CoreauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:45 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Jack EichelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:08 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:41 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 11:30 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 27:53 |
| 13Nick BaptisteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 08:22 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:25 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:04 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:49 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:47 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 12 | 9 | 3 | .750 | 19:43 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 40:00 |