Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Wednesday, March 12, 2025 · Little Caesars Arena

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3–7

Final

SOG 26–29

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Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-3 on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 29-26.

Marco Kasper scored twice and Patrick Kane scored twice. Tage Thompson, Alex DeBrincat, Josh Norris, Vladimir Tarasenko, Zach Benson and Moritz Seider also scored.

Petr Mrazek made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 22 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	1	0	3	26
DET	3	1	3	7	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Tage Thompson (34)Bowen Byram (23)Larkin 1:04 into shift1–007:38 BUF
Marco Kasper (11)Simon Edvinsson (18), Patrick Kane (26)1–112:36 DET
Alex DeBrincat (30)Patrick Kane (27), Marco Kasper (14)1–215:40 DET
Patrick Kane (16)Alex DeBrincat (25), Dylan Larkin (30)Samuelsson 1:35 into shift1–319:07 DET · PPG
Josh Norris (21)Zach Benson (13), Tage Thompson (24)2–319:25 BUF

2nd period

Vladimir Tarasenko (9)Dylan Larkin (31)2–410:54 DET
Zach Benson (10)Owen Power (26), Ryan McLeod (21)Edvinsson 1:37 into shift3–418:12 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Patrick Kane (17)Alex DeBrincat (26), Lucas Raymond (45)3–501:36 DET · PPG
Marco Kasper (12)Alex DeBrincat (27), Patrick Kane (28)Clifton 1:33 into shift3–605:39 DET
Moritz Seider (7)Dylan Larkin (32), Lucas Raymond (46)3–714:31 DET · PPG

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:37

3–4 · 2nd 18:12 · Benson. Edvinsson was 1:37 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceDET on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 BUF

1st 7:38 · Thompson

Long shift: Larkin 1:04

Long shiftLarkin 1:04

1–1 DET

1st 12:36 · Kasper

Quinn 0:42

NormalQuinn 0:42

1–2 DET

1st 15:40 · DeBrincat

Dahlin 0:54

NormalDahlin 0:54

1–3 DET

1st 19:07 · PP · Kane

Stuck out there: Samuelsson 1:35

Stuck out thereSamuelsson 1:35

2–3 BUF

1st 19:25 · Norris

Chiarot 0:18

Fresh legsChiarot 0:18

2–4 DET

2nd 10:54 · Tarasenko

Power 0:31

Fresh legsPower 0:31

3–4 BUF

2nd 18:12 · PP · Benson

Stuck out there: Edvinsson 1:37

Stuck out thereEdvinsson 1:37

3–5 DET

3rd 1:36 · PP · Kane

Norris 0:31

Fresh legsNorris 0:31

3–6 DET

3rd 5:39 · Kasper

Stuck out there: Clifton 1:33

Stuck out thereClifton 1:33

3–7 DET

3rd 14:31 · PP · Seider

Samuelsson 0:52

NormalSamuelsson 0:52

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFDET

26Shots on goal29

58%Faceoff %42%

1/3Power play3/6

83Penalty minutes67

16Hits17

10Blocked shots20

9Giveaways13

3Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 18:23Jiri Kulich · tripping2 min
2nd 03:31Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen · tripping2 min
2nd 10:54Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
2nd 15:45Alex DeBrincat · high sticking double minor4 min
2nd 19:11Jason Zucker · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 19:53Jordan Greenway · tripping2 min
3rd 06:26Albert Johansson · roughing2 min
3rd 06:26Zach Benson · roughing2 min
3rd 11:54Michael Rasmussen · fighting5 min
3rd 11:54Alex Tuch · fighting5 min
3rd 12:28J.T. Compher · roughing2 min
3rd 12:28Jordan Greenway · roughing2 min
3rd 12:28Jordan Greenway · misconduct10 min
3rd 12:28J.T. Compher · misconduct10 min
3rd 13:45Ryan McLeod · tripping2 min
3rd 16:51Simon Edvinsson · roughing2 min
3rd 16:51Mattias Samuelsson · misconduct10 min
3rd 16:51Bowen Byram · misconduct10 min
3rd 16:51Tage Thompson · misconduct10 min
3rd 16:51Josh Norris · misconduct10 min
3rd 16:51Zach Benson · misconduct10 min
3rd 16:51Marco Kasper · misconduct10 min
3rd 16:51Simon Edvinsson · misconduct10 min
3rd 16:51Dominik Shine · misconduct10 min
3rd 16:51Albert Johansson · misconduct10 min
3rd 19:21Moritz Seider · roughing2 min
3rd 19:21Beck Malenstyn · roughing2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Zach BensonL	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	12	–	16:23
72Tage ThompsonC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	10	50	17:06
13Josh NorrisC	1	0	1	-1	1	1	1	10	63	17:25
71Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	2	2	53	19:41
4Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	10	–	20:39
25Owen PowerD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	19:57
12Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	-2	1	5	0	14	100	14:20
17Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	–	14:59
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	67	14:40
20Jiri KulichC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	–	11:31
22Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	10:53
29Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	2	–	09:32
81Sam LaffertyC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	67	07:51
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	5	50	16:20
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	10	–	17:07
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0	–	22:47
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	-3	1	2	0	0	–	18:41
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	–	16:16

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	L	29	22	7	.759	60:00
47James ReimerG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

88Patrick KaneR	2	3	5	+3	5	0	1	0	–	17:21
93Alex DeBrincatR	1	3	4	+3	1	0	0	4	–	15:13
71Dylan LarkinC	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	50	20:53
92Marco KasperC	2	1	3	+3	3	1	0	10	29	15:25
23Lucas RaymondL	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	–	20:31
11Vladimir TarasenkoR	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:14
53Moritz SeiderD	1	0	1	+1	4	1	3	2	–	24:30
77Simon EdvinssonD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	3	12	–	18:45
14Tyler MotteC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	17	13:22
15Craig SmithC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:06
27Michael RasmussenC	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	5	57	10:24
37J.T. CompherL	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	12	44	13:58
50Dominik ShineR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	10	–	09:36
85Elmer SoderblomL	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	50	13:29
3Justin HollD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:39
8Ben ChiarotD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	19:29
20Albert JohanssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	12	–	15:58
56Erik GustafssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	19:01

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Cam TalbotG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Petr MrazekG	W	26	23	3	.885	60:00