Detroit Red Wings vs. Buffalo SabresOct 22, 2025

FinalWednesday, Oct 22, 2025· KeyBank Center

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PP goals: DET —BUF —
Hits: DET 15BUF 19
Blocks: DET 15BUF 18
PIM: DET 10BUF 4
: DET 55%BUF 45%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres beat Detroit Red Wings 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Detroit Red Wings 4–2 at home. Jack Quinn (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Jason Zucker (BUF) played 8:28, −7:16 down on his 15:44 season average over 61 games.

Points
Jack Quinn had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 11:40.Quinn
Points
Ryan McLeod had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:57.McLeod
Usage
Jason Zucker (BUF) played 8:28, −7:16 down on his 15:44 season average over 61 games.Zucker
New line
New look for BUF: Malenstyn–Krebs–Kozak skated 8:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malenstyn Krebs Kozak
New line
New look for BUF: Zucker–Quinn–Ostlund skated 4:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker Quinn Ostlund
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New look for DET: Copp–Appleton–Rasmussen skated 6:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Copp Appleton Rasmussen
New line
New look for DET: van Riemsdyk–Compher–Berggren skated 6:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.van Riemsdyk Compher Berggren
Usage
Tyson Kozak (BUF) played 15:46, +4:35 up on his 11:11 season average over 45 games.Kozak

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
DET
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
DET pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DET 31% of the game, BUF 36%.

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against DET skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	DET	BUF
	67	58
	2.48	2.62
	2.39	2.55
	16	11
	4	6
	14	17
	+0.025	−0.025
	31%	36%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Detroit Red Wings

L1Larkin – Raymond – Finnie
8:4447% CF
L2DeBrincat – Kasper – Brandsegg-Nygård
6:5441% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Compher – Berggren
6:4554% CF
L4Copp – Appleton – Rasmussen
6:3570% CF
D1Chiarot – Seider
16:3266% CF
D2Edvinsson – Sandin-Pellikka
12:1030% CF
D3Bernard-Docker – Johansson
9:4660% CF

PP1Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond – Kasper
3:2350% CF
PP2Larkin – DeBrincat – Kasper – Sandin-Pellikka – Brandsegg-Nygård
0:18100% CF
PK1FKasper – Finnie
2:03
PK2FCopp – Compher
1:31
PK1DChiarot – Seider
3:18
PK2DBernard-Docker – Johansson
2:10

Current DET line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Thompson – Kulich – Benson
10:1761% CF
L2Tuch – McLeod – Doan
9:2957% CF
L3Malenstyn – Krebs – Kozak
8:0347% CF
L4Zucker – Quinn – Ostlund
4:0225% CF
D1Timmins – Power
11:4331% CF
D2Dahlin – Byram
9:2776% CF
D3Samuelsson – Metsa
7:4755% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Doan – Benson
6:16100% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Power
2:38100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
2:07
PK2FMalenstyn – Kozak
1:49
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
2:44
PK2DByram – Power
1:09

Current BUF line combinations →

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Larkin C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	19:48	—	—	52
Lucas Raymond L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	18:09	—	—	50
Emmitt Finnie C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	13:05	—	—	59
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	48
Marco Kasper C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	14:21	—	—	42
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	11:02	—	—	50
Jonatan Berggren R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	56
J.T. Compher L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	59
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	13:52	—	—	57
Andrew Copp C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	15:41	—	—	60
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	2	14:04	—	—	52
Mason Appleton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	13:23	—	—	67
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	2	26:15	—	—	68
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	22:50	—	—	61
Simon Edvinsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	2	17:43	—	—	34
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	17:35	—	—	36
Albert Johansson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	15:15	—	—	58
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	2	1	0	13:41	—	—	58

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	56:49

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	21:03	—	—	57
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	52
Jiri Kulich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2	15:41	—	—	47
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	19:19	—	—	50
Josh Doan R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	18:58	—	—	55
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	17:57	—	—	50
Tyson Kozak C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	5	2	0	15:46	—	—	39
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	13:08	—	—	46
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10:40	—	—	44
Jack Quinn R	L4	1	2	3	+2	3	0	0	0	11:40	—	—	33
Noah Ostlund C	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	1	1	0	9:58	—	—	35
Jason Zucker L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	8:28	—	—	25
Conor Timmins D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	1	1	0	22:39	—	—	36
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	19:34	—	—	31
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	21:50	—	—	58
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	19:42	—	—	72
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	20:41	—	—	43
Zach Metsa D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	9:26	—	—	46

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Colten Ellis(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	59:54

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jason Zucker () · unassisted · Rebound · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 24.9 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Jason Zucker

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 24.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: rebound

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J.T. Compher

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 11.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s
Type: rebound

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Tyson Kozak

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 29.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Emmitt Finnie

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Jack Quinn

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4
Shot: 72.3 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Type: one-timer

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Alex Tuch

Play: deflection
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 24.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.