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Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, March 27, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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5–2

Final

SOG 20–30

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Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Friday, March 27, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Red Wings 30-20.

Goals came from Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond, Marco Kasper, Tage Thompson, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Rasmus Dahlin and Patrick Kane.

John Gibson made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Alex Lyon stopped 15 of 19.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Detroit Red WingsDET302520
Buffalo SabresBUF011230

Three stars

  1. ★1st starLucas RaymondDET · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starMoritz SeiderDET · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starJohn GibsonDET · .933 SV%

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd 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+
1:12

4–1 · 3rd 15:46 · Bernard-Docker. Power was 1:12 into his shift when it went in.

GoalDET on iceBUF on ice

1–0 DET

1st 4:02 · PP · DeBrincat

Carrick 0:05

2–0 DET

1st 9:11 · PP · Raymond

Long shift: Timmins 1:03

3–0 DET

1st 16:06 · Kasper

Benson 0:43

3–1 BUF

2nd 5:35 · Thompson

Copp 0:53

4–1 DET

3rd 15:46 · Bernard-Docker

Long shift: Power 1:12

4–2 BUF

3rd 16:25 · Dahlin

Chiarot 0:43

5–2 DET

3rd 18:17 · EN · Kane

Byram 2:31

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

DETBUF
20Shots on goal30
56%Faceoff %44%
2/6Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes14
11Hits27
14Blocked shots6
18Giveaways18
6Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 03:57Josh Norris · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 08:25Logan Stanley · interference2 min
  • 1st 17:51Jacob Bernard-Docker · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 11:09Lucas Raymond · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 11:09Rasmus Dahlin · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:31Logan Stanley · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 17:30Mason Appleton · holding2 min
  • 3rd 05:53Rasmus Dahlin · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 07:48Justin Faulk · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 09:44Tage Thompson · high sticking double minor4 min

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