Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres

Preseason · Saturday, September 27, 2025 · KeyBank Center

2–5

28–21

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–2 on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 28–21.

Tage Thompson scored twice. Rasmus Dahlin, Radim Mrtka, Patrick Kane, Marco Kasper and Josh Norris also scored.

Alex Lyon made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Sebastian Cossa stopped 16 of 20.

Goals
DET	1	1	0	2	28
BUF	2	1	2	5	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Rasmus Dahlin (1)Bowen Byram (1), Zach Benson (2)0–103:41 BUF
Radim Mrtka (1)Konsta Helenius (2), Isak Rosen (1)0–212:17 BUF
Patrick Kane (1)Alex DeBrincat (1)Rosen 1:00 into shift1–218:27 DET

2nd period

Tage Thompson (2)Josh Norris (2)1–300:14 BUF
Marco Kasper (1)Ben Chiarot (1), Alex DeBrincat (2)2–313:36 DET

3rd period

Tage Thompson (3)Alex Tuch (1), Josh Norris (3)2–400:37 BUF ·
Josh Norris (1)Tage Thompson (1)2–519:47 BUF ·

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 2025–26 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+

1:00

1–2 · 1st 18:27 · Kane. Rosen had been on the ice for 1:00 when it went in.

GoalDET BUF

0–1 BUF

1st 3:41 · Dahlin

Lagesson 0:27

Fresh legsLagesson 0:27

0–2 BUF

1st 12:17 · Mrtka

Chiarot 0:50

NormalChiarot 0:50

1–2 DET

1st 18:27 · Kane

Long shift: Rosen 1:00

Long shiftRosen 1:00

1–3 BUF

2nd 0:14 · Thompson

Bernard-Docker 0:14

Fresh legsBernard-Docker 0:14

2–3 DET

2nd 13:36 · Kasper

Byram 0:28

Fresh legsByram 0:28

2–4 BUF

3rd 0:37 · · Thompson

Copp 0:37

Fresh legsCopp 0:37

2–5 BUF

3rd 19:47 · · Norris

Sandin-Pellikka 1:37

Empty netSandin-Pellikka 1:37

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2025–26. 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.

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.

30%

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

Team stats

DETBUF

2821

52%48%

0/21/2

2029

1415

115

Penalties

15:18 into the first periodRyan Johnson · holding2 min
15:31 into the second periodConor Timmins · cross checking2 min
19:05 into the second periodSebastian Cossa · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
14:02 into the third periodAlbert Johansson · tripping2 min

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

93Alex DeBrincatR	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	50	0	0	24	20:04
88Patrick KaneR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	24	20:33
92Marco KasperC	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	63	0	0	25	19:52
8Ben ChiarotD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	0	0	24	18:40
14Eduards TralmaksR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	13	10:00
18Andrew CoppC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	36	2	1	25	17:40
22Mason AppletonC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	1	0	25	14:46
27Michael RasmussenC	0	0	0	−1	1	3	3	0	–	1	0	22	14:44
28Michael Brandsegg-NygårdR	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	0	1	19	16:45
34Carter MazurL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	3	0	100	1	0	21	16:50
57Ondrej BecherC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	63	0	0	14	10:08
78Amadeus LombardiC	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	47	0	0	20	15:43
82Gabriel SegerC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	50	0	0	13	09:27
20Albert JohanssonD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	–	0	0	27	18:07
25Jacob Bernard-DockerD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	0	0	30	18:16
44Axel Sandin-PellikkaD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	1	0	27	24:14
51Ian MitchellD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	–	2	0	26	18:38
84William LagessonD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	1	0	–	2	0	25	15:52

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
33Sebastian CossaG	L	20	16	4	.800	56:09
35Michal PostavaG		0	0	0	.000	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Josh NorrisC	1	2	3	+3	1	2	2	0	55	0	0	21	20:18
72Tage ThompsonC	2	1	3	+3	4	1	0	0	42	0	1	20	20:02
6Zach BensonL	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	21	18:28
63Isak RosenR	0	1	1	−1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	16	10:24
89Alex TuchR	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	–	0	0	21	18:00
94Konsta HeleniusC	0	1	1	−1	1	1	0	0	25	0	0	16	10:26
4Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	0	–	1	0	27	21:40
26Rasmus DahlinD	1	0	1	+1	5	2	0	0	–	2	0	27	22:46
57Radim MrtkaD	1	0	1	0	1	5	1	0	–	0	0	21	17:03
13Jake LeschyshynC	0	0	0	−1	0	3	1	0	60	0	0	15	10:08
17Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	1	0	20	16:08
44Josh DunneC	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	–	0	0	17	11:58
48Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	50	0	0	19	13:58
55Mason GeertsenL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	17	12:26
71Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	53	0	0	21	16:18
21Conor TimminsD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	–	0	0	26	20:47
33Ryan JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	1	0	23	18:01
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	0	0	22	17:09

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
27Devon LeviG		0	0	0	.000	00:00
34Alex LyonG	W	28	26	2	.929	60:00