Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings
Preseason · Thursday, September 30, 2021 · Little Caesars Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–2 on Thursday, September 30, 2021 at Little Caesars Arena.
Robby Fabbri scored twice. Rasmus Asplund, Lucas Raymond, Troy Stecher, Arttu Ruotsalainen, Luke Witkowski and Jonathon Martin also scored.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 26 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Rasmus Asplund (1)Dylan Cozens (1), Robert Hagg (1)1–018:31 BUF
2nd period
Robby Fabbri (1)Pius Suter (1), Turner Elson (1)1–102:06 DET
Lucas Raymond (1)Unassisted1–202:29 DET
Troy Stecher (1)Riley Barber (1), Turner Elson (2)1–305:18 DET
Arttu Ruotsalainen (2)Dylan Cozens (2), Rasmus Asplund (1)2–311:52 BUF · 
Luke Witkowski (1)Pius Suter (2)2–417:01 DET
3rd period
- Robby Fabbri (2)Lucas Raymond (1), Pius Suter (3)2–517:42 DET ·
Jonathon Martin (1)Dan Renouf (1), Troy Stecher (1)2–618:33 DET
Team stats
BUFDET
3232
43%57%
1/20/4
1016
2019
119
510
84
Penalties
- 8:58 into the first period
Robert Hagg · cross checking2 min - 18:40 into the first periodJacob Bryson · hooking2 min
- 10:00 into the second period
Dan Renouf · hooking2 min - 14:59 into the second periodJohn Hayden · hooking2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodRiley Barber · embellishment2 min
- 9:38 into the third periodJonathon Martin · interference2 min
- 13:22 into the third periodRobert Hagg · holding the stick2 min
- 15:11 into the third periodCody Eakin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 19:22 into the third periodLuke Witkowski · misconduct10 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 15:54 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:43 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 15:13 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 15John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 42Brendan WarrenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 43Sean MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:32 |
| 57Brett MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 65Linus WeissbachL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | 12:28 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:04 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | 13:04 |
| 4Will ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 45Casey FitzgeraldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 19:34 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 18:57 |
| 88Brandon DavidsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 40Mat RobsonG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 24Pius SuterC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 5 | 19:23 |
| 14Robby FabbriC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 4 | 16:45 |
| 23Lucas RaymondL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 57Turner ElsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:30 |
| 70Troy StecherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 20Luke WitkowskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:51 |
| 26Riley BarberR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 63Jonathon MartinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 21Dan RenoufD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 11Filip ZadinaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:25 |
| 46Chase PearsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 51Hayden VerbeekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 76Tyler SpeziaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:20 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:47 |
| 90Joseph VelenoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:55 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:58 |
| 47Wyatt NewpowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 53Moritz SeiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Victor BrattstromG | 13 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |