Detroit Red Wings vs. Buffalo SabresMar 27, 2026

FinalFriday, Mar 27, 2026· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DET	3	0	2	5		DET	10	3	7	20
BUF	0	1	1	2		BUF	11	12	7	30

: DET 37BUF 68
: DET 3.98BUF 3.78
PP goals: DET 2BUF 0
Hits: DET 11BUF 27
Blocks: DET 14BUF 6
PIM: DET 8BUF 14
: DET 56%BUF 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at BUF. Alex DeBrincat (DET) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 5:14 together.

Points
Alex DeBrincat had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:56.DeBrincat
Points
Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:01.Kane
Points
Moritz Seider had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 29:48.Seider
PP1
DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 5:14 together.Kane Larkin DeBrincat Seider Raymond
New line
New look for BUF: Norris–Doan–Benson skated 9:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Norris Doan Benson
New line
New look for DET: Compher–Larkin–Raymond skated 10:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher Larkin Raymond
Usage
Jacob Bernard-Docker (DET) played 9:46, −5:08 down on his 14:54 season average over 62 games.Bernard-Docker
New line
New look for BUF: Carrick–Pearson–Malenstyn skated 4:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrick Pearson Malenstyn

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← DET attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
DET
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · BUF 68 · DET 37

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 27% of the game, BUF 44%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

DET

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

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
	26	55
	1.85	3.23
	1.46	2.91
	6	16
	2	4
	22	20
	+0.025	−0.025
	27%	44%

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

L1Compher – Larkin – Raymond
10:4821% CF
L2Kane – Copp – DeBrincat
10:2532% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Kasper – Finnie
6:1475% CF
L4Perron – Appleton – Shine
3:4925% CF
D1Seider – Edvinsson
15:0150% CF
D2Chiarot – Faulk
13:1131% CF
D3Bernard-Docker – Johansson
8:4617% CF

PP1Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
5:1489% CF
PP2Perron – Faulk – Copp – Compher – Finnie
2:29100% CF
PK1FCopp – Kasper
2:04
PK2FCompher – Larkin
1:24
PK1DSeider – Edvinsson
3:26
PK2DChiarot – Faulk
1:57

Current DET line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Norris – Doan – Benson
9:1143% CF
L2Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
8:3280% CF
L3Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
8:3172% CF
L4Carrick – Pearson – Malenstyn
4:4760% CF
D1Byram – Power
12:2360% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
11:2857% CF
D3Stanley – Timmins
6:5450% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Quinn
4:5593% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Doan – Benson
0:49
PK1FTuch – McLeod
3:56
PK2FMalenstyn – Benson
3:06
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
4:37
PK2DStanley – Power
1:19

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	0.52	1	0	0	23:14	—	—	19	9
J.T. Compher L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:18	—	—	19	6
Lucas Raymond L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	0	0	2	20:14	—	—	22	16
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	1	2	3	+1	4	1.15	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	35	40
Andrew Copp C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.31	2	3	0	18:47	—	—	35	40
Patrick Kane R	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.68	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	32	35
Marco Kasper C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.33	1	0	0	14:05	—	—	50	59
Emmitt Finnie C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.60	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	56	72
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:17	—	—	60	76
David Perron L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	10:13	—	—	17	4
Mason Appleton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	8:15	—	—	8	2
Dominik Shine R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	4:41	—	—	17	5
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.00	1	3	0	29:48	—	—	46	37
Simon Edvinsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	0	0	24:06	—	—	46	32
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	20:11	—	—	26	39
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	17:55	—	—	32	50
Albert Johansson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:11	—	—	19	8
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	1	0	2	9:46	—	—	21	28

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.78	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	41	24
Josh Norris C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	4	1	2	16:38	—	—	58	48
Josh Doan R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	52	35
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	80	74
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.43	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	80	80
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.47	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	88	98
Tage Thompson C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.94	0	1	4	21:16	—	—	74	84
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.32	0	0	0	18:51	—	—	77	89
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	4	0	0	13:12	—	—	73	83
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	9:28	—	—	60	44
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	6:46	—	—	58	64
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	1	0	0	5:43	—	—	67	70
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.11	3	1	0	21:17	—	—	68	55
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.04	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	63	47
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.53	0	0	4	23:30	—	—	79	91
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.25	5	0	0	21:51	—	—	58	61
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	14:30	—	—	64	87
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	4	12:05	—	—	73	99

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	L	19	15	4	.789	2.95	57:57

Goal anatomy

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

Lucas Raymond (DET PP) 1st 9:11 · assists Moritz Seider · Forecheck turnover · 64.7 mph shot.

Lucas Raymond · 1st 9:11 · DET PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.7 mph
Distance: 36 ft

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Alex DeBrincat · 1st 4:02 · DET PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2
Shot: 8.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Marco Kasper · 1st 16:06 · DET

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.0 mph
Distance: 15 ft

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Tage Thompson · 2nd 5:35 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 57.8 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 6.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Jacob Bernard-Docker · 3rd 15:46 · DET

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.5 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Rasmus Dahlin · 3rd 16:25 · BUF

Play: cycle
Entry: loose
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 3
Shot: 3.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 s

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Patrick Kane · 3rd 18:17 · DET EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.6 mph
Distance: 72 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.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Buffalo SabresMar 27, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Detroit Red Wings

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Detroit Red Wings

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Lucas Raymond · 1st 9:11 · DET PP

Alex DeBrincat · 1st 4:02 · DET PP

Marco Kasper · 1st 16:06 · DET

Tage Thompson · 2nd 5:35 · BUF

Jacob Bernard-Docker · 3rd 15:46 · DET

Rasmus Dahlin · 3rd 16:25 · BUF

Patrick Kane · 3rd 18:17 · DET EN