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Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres

Preseason · Monday, September 30, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Detroit Red WingsDetroitRed WingsAway

3–4

Final, in overtime

21–44

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–3 in overtime on Monday, September 30, 2024 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Red Wings 44–21.

Graham Slaggert scored twice. Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, Viktor Neuchev, Elmer Soderblom, William Lagesson and Konsta Helenius also scored.

Felix Sandstrom made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Jack Campbell stopped 20 of 22.

Goals
Detroit Red WingsDET1020321
Buffalo SabresBUF2011444

Three stars

  1. ★1st starGraham SlaggertBUF · 2 goals
  2. ★2nd starKonsta HeleniusBUF · 1 goal
  3. ★3rd starWilliam LagessonDET · 1 goal

Scoring

1st period

3rd period

Overtime

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2024–25 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:50

3–3 · 3rd 13:57 · Slaggert. Snively had been on the ice for 1:50 when it went in.

GoalDET BUF

1–0 DET

1st 1:15 · Brandsegg-Nygård

Komarov 0:52

1–1 BUF

1st 5:29 · Slaggert

Wallinder 0:35

1–2 BUF

1st 19:06 · Neuchev

Stuck out there: Lagesson 1:29

2–2 DET

3rd 2:05 · · Soderblom

Dunne 0:11

3–2 DET

3rd 8:07 · Lagesson

Long shift: Helenius 1:19

3–3 BUF

3rd 13:57 · · Slaggert

Stuck out there: Snively 1:50

3–4 BUF

OT 4:47 · · Helenius

Didier 0:30

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2024–25. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.6 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 15 against about 1 in 24.

29%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

DETBUF
2144
42%58%
0/31/5
128
1711
2014
1613
73

Penalties

  • 6:55 into the second periodVsevolod Komarov · slashing2 min
  • 10:09 into the second periodWilliam Lagesson · hooking2 min
  • 12:46 into the second periodAnton Wahlberg · holding2 min
  • 1:54 into the third periodAmadeus Lombardi · hooking2 min
  • 3:55 into the third periodCross Hanas · tripping2 min
  • 8:23 into the third periodWilliam Lagesson · hooking2 min
  • 12:07 into the third periodTyler Tullio · roughing2 min
  • 12:07 into the third periodWilliam Lagesson · roughing2 min
  • 13:01 into the third periodJack Rathbone · hooking2 min
  • 4:17 into overtimeEmmitt Finnie · tripping2 min