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Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Saturday, November 15, 2025 · Little Caesars Arena

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

5–4

Final/OT

SOG 27–28

Detroit Red WingsDetroitRed WingsHome

FDSNDET · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 in overtime on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 28-27.

Alex DeBrincat scored twice. Patrick Kane, Alex Tuch, Dylan Larkin, Josh Doan, Tage Thompson, Ryan McLeod and Mattias Samuelsson also scored.

Colten Ellis made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; John Gibson stopped 22 of 27.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF1121527
Detroit Red WingsDET1300428

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTage ThompsonBUF · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starLucas RaymondDET · 0G 3A
  3. ★3rd starJosh DoanBUF · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:39

4–4 · 3rd 9:28 · McLeod. Seider was 1:39 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceDET on ice

0–1 DET

1st 10:23 · Kane

Timmins 0:41

1–1 BUF

1st 10:52 · Tuch

Larkin 0:29

1–2 DET

2nd 3:52 · DeBrincat

Byram 0:31

1–3 DET

2nd 5:56 · Larkin

Thompson 0:16

1–4 DET

2nd 8:50 · PP · DeBrincat

Tuch 0:21

2–4 BUF

2nd 17:58 · Doan

Long shift: Kasper 1:09

3–4 BUF

3rd 4:25 · Thompson

Larkin 0:18

4–4 BUF

3rd 9:28 · SH · McLeod

Stuck out there: Seider 1:39

5–4 BUF

OT 1:05 · Samuelsson

Long shift: Sandin-Pellikka 1:05

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

BUFDET
27Shots on goal28
36%Faceoff %64%
0/4Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes8
19Hits18
16Blocked shots14
15Giveaways10
8Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 2nd 05:26Noah Ostlund · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 05:40Patrick Kane · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 08:29Josh Dunne · holding2 min
  • 2nd 15:37Jordan Greenway · interference2 min
  • 2nd 18:23Simon Edvinsson · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 05:37Simon Edvinsson · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 08:05Peyton Krebs · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 10:13Jonatan Berggren · interference2 min
  • 3rd 17:27Bench · too many men on the ice2 min

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