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Buffalo Sabres vs. Detroit Red WingsMar 12, 2025

Final· Little Caesars Arena
away
BUF
3
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home
DET
7
Goals123TShots123T
BUF2103BUF99826
DET3137DET1010929
BUF 55DET 61
BUF 2.20DET 4.66
PP goals
BUF 1DET 3
Hits
BUF 16DET 17
Blocks
BUF 10DET 20
PIM
BUF 81DET 67
BUF 58%DET 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings rout Buffalo Sabres 7–3

Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres 7–3 at home. Patrick Kane (DET) led the scoring with 2G 3A. DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:54 together.

  1. Points
    Patrick Kane had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 17:21.Kane
  2. Points
    Alex DeBrincat had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 15:13.DeBrincat
  3. Points
    Marco Kasper had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:25.Kasper
  4. Points
    Dylan Larkin had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:53.Larkin
  5. Points
    Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:06.Thompson
  6. Points
    Zach Benson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:23.Benson
  7. Points
    Lucas Raymond had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:31.Raymond
  8. PP1
    DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:54 together.KaneLarkinDeBrincatSeiderRaymond

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.

Shot map, BUF at DET: 116 attempts, 55 on goal, 10 goals, 6.86 expected goals; best chance Patrick Kane at 0.52 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)DET attacks right (top on phones) →
  • DET
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · DET 61 · BUF 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BUF at DET: expected goals 4.66 to 2.20 (DET led the chances), shot attempts 61 to 55, 10 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdDETBUFTKDKNTBKKSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • DET
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DETBUFcontrol2nd3rdThompson · 1st 7:38Kasper · 1st 12:36DeBrincat · 1st 15:40Kane · 1st 19:07Norris · 1st 19:25Tarasenko · 2nd 10:54Benson · 2nd 18:12Kane · 3rd 1:36Kasper · 3rd 5:39Seider · 3rd 14:31
  • DET pressure
  • BUF pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 20% of the game, DET 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, BUF at DET: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Petr Mrazek (60:00) for DET and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (60:00) for BUF, 10 goals.

DET
BUF
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
StatBUFDET
5347
2.002.48
1.952.38
911
25
1717
+0.046−0.046
20%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.

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 7:38
    BUFTage Thompson (Bowen Byram)wrist0.05 xG
    BUF: Thompson, Krebs, Byram, Power, BensonDET: Smith, Holl, Tarasenko, Gustafsson, Larkin
    BUF 1 – 0 DET
  2. 12:36
    DETMarco Kasper (Simon Edvinsson, Patrick Kane)tip-in0.09 xG
    BUF: Clifton, Greenway, Norris, Quinn, PowerDET: Kane, Gustafsson, DeBrincat, Edvinsson, Kasper
    BUF 1 – 1 DET
  3. 15:40
    DETAlex DeBrincat (Patrick Kane, Marco Kasper)wrist0.07 xG
    BUF: Greenway, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Quinn, KulichDET: Kane, Chiarot, DeBrincat, Seider, Kasper
    BUF 1 – 2 DET
  4. 19:07
    DETPatrick KanePP (Alex DeBrincat, Dylan Larkin)snap0.18 xG
    BUF: Clifton, Tuch, McLeod, SamuelssonDET: Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond
    BUF 1 – 3 DET
  5. 19:25
    BUFJosh Norris (Zach Benson, Tage Thompson)snap0.24 xG
    BUF: Thompson, Norris, Bryson, Byram, Kulich, BensonDET: Chiarot, Motte, Shine, Rasmussen, Edvinsson
    BUF 2 – 3 DET

2nd period

  1. 10:54
    DETVladimir Tarasenko (Dylan Larkin)wrist0.05 xG
    BUF: Zucker, Clifton, Tuch, McLeod, PowerDET: Smith, Tarasenko, Larkin, Johansson, Edvinsson
    BUF 2 – 4 DET
  2. 18:12
    BUFZach BensonPP (Owen Power, Ryan McLeod)wrist0.20 xG
    BUF: Tuch, McLeod, Power, Kulich, BensonDET: Motte, Rasmussen, Seider, Edvinsson
    BUF 3 – 4 DET

3rd period

  1. 1:36
    DETPatrick KanePP (Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond)wrist0.52 xG
    BUF: Zucker, Norris, Byram, PowerDET: Kane, Gustafsson, Larkin, DeBrincat, Raymond
    BUF 3 – 5 DET
  2. 5:39
    DETMarco Kasper (Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane)snap0.19 xG
    BUF: Zucker, Clifton, Malenstyn, Norris, SamuelssonDET: Kane, Holl, Gustafsson, DeBrincat, Kasper
    BUF 3 – 6 DET
  3. 14:31
    DETMoritz SeiderPP (Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond)snap0.10 xG
    BUF: Clifton, Malenstyn, Samuelsson, QuinnDET: Kane, Larkin, Seider, Soderblom, Raymond
    BUF 3 – 7 DET

Box score

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

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Josh Norris CL1101-110.24111017:25——6336
Tage Thompson CL1112+230.20001017:06——6556
Zach Benson LL1112+220.26001216:23——6751
Ryan McLeod CL2011-120.2802219:41——4462
Alex Tuch RL2000-120.1401516:20——3560
Jason Zucker LL2000-210.2510214:59——3844
Peyton Krebs CL3000+100.0021014:40——5852
Beck Malenstyn LL3000-100.003129:32——563
Sam Lafferty CL3000000.002007:51——332
Jordan Greenway LL4000-210.05501414:20——5436
Jiri Kulich CL4000-120.0801211:31——5042
Jack Quinn RL4000-210.0900010:53——6246
Bowen Byram DD1011+220.23001020:39——4539
Jacob Bryson DD1000+120.0902016:16——3324
Owen Power DD2011-100.0400019:57——6254
Connor Clifton DD2000-310.0320018:41——4853
Rasmus Dahlin DD3000-150.1701022:47——6853
Mattias Samuelsson DD3000-210.06001017:07——5352
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)L29227.7594.6660:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Dylan Larkin CL1033010.3901020:53——3666
Lucas Raymond LL1022010.4101020:31——3568
Elmer Soderblom LL1000020.3534013:29——3268
Patrick Kane RL2235+351.2201017:21——4066
Marco Kasper CL2213+330.35101015:25——4263
Alex DeBrincat RL2134+310.3000415:13——4469
Vladimir Tarasenko RL3101010.4010015:14——5233
J.T. Compher LL3000030.30011213:58——5334
Craig Smith CL3000000.0110013:06——5730
Tyler Motte CL4000-130.0900013:22——7167
Michael Rasmussen CL4000-100.2851510:24——7366
Dominik Shine RL4000-120.2110109:36——7566
Moritz Seider DD1101+140.2213224:30——4857
Ben Chiarot DD1000010.0411019:29——4443
Simon Edvinsson DD2011+110.05131218:45——4949
Albert Johansson DD2000+100.00021215:58——6386
Erik Gustafsson DD3000+100.0012019:01——4057
Justin Holl DD3000010.0610014:39——4058
DET goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Petr Mrazek(start)W26233.8852.2060:00

Goal anatomy

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

Tage Thompson (BUF) 1st 7:38 · assists Bowen Byram · Rush · carried in · 86.3 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Tage Thompson · 1st 7:38 · BUF

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
86.3 mph
Distance
37 ft
Entry to goal
2.1 s

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Marco Kasper · 1st 12:36 · DET

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
1
Shot
8.4 mph
Distance
3 ft
Entry to goal
5.9 s

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Alex DeBrincat · 1st 15:40 · DET

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
59.7 mph
Distance
34 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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