Buffalo Sabres vs. Detroit Red WingsNov 15, 2025

Final / OTSaturday, Nov 15, 2025· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	1	2	1	5		BUF	5	8	13	1	27
DET	1	3	0	0	4		DET	5	15	8	0	28

: BUF 54DET 58
: BUF 3.42DET 3.14
PP goals: BUF 0DET 1
Hits: BUF 19DET 18
Blocks: BUF 16DET 14
PIM: BUF 8DET 8
: BUF 36%DET 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Detroit Red Wings 5–4 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Detroit Red Wings 5–4 in overtime at DET. Lucas Raymond (DET) led the scoring with 0G 3A. DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:48 together.

Points
Lucas Raymond had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:47.Raymond
Points
Alex DeBrincat had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:04.DeBrincat
Points
Josh Doan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:10.Doan
Points
Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:07.Thompson
Points
Moritz Seider had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:39.Seider
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) in 27:05.Dahlin
PP1
DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:48 together.Kane Larkin DeBrincat Seider Raymond
Usage
Axel Sandin-Pellikka (DET) played 22:59, +6:52 up on his 16:07 season average over 67 games.Sandin-Pellikka

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

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

DET
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · DET 58 · BUF 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 34% of the game, DET 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

DET 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	BUF	DET
	49	48
	2.70	2.03
	2.56	1.99
	11	6
	5	6
	18	18
	−0.135	+0.135
	34%	38%

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

L1Malenstyn – Krebs – Dunne
6:5636% CF
L2Greenway – Doan – Kozak
6:2755% CF
L3Tuch – Thompson – McLeod
5:2245% CF
L4Quinn – Rosen – Ostlund
4:4436% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:2128% CF
D2Timmins – Byram
9:1231% CF
D3Kesselring – Power
8:5075% CF

PP1Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Rosen – Ostlund
4:23100% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Doan – Power
1:06100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
3:03
PK2FGreenway – Malenstyn
1:14
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
4:42
PK2DKesselring – Power
0:47

Current BUF line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Kane – Compher – Finnie
10:3450% CF
L2Larkin – DeBrincat – Raymond
10:0553% CF
L3Appleton – Kasper – Danielson
9:1250% CF
L4Copp – Rasmussen – Berggren
6:5275% CF
D1Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka
16:2942% CF
D2Seider – Edvinsson
12:2752% CF
D3Bernard-Docker – Johansson
7:4960% CF

PP1Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
4:4892% CF
PP2Rasmussen – Kasper – Danielson – Sandin-Pellikka – Finnie
1:13100% CF
PK1FLarkin – Rasmussen
1:44
PK2FCopp – Compher
1:44
PK1DChiarot – Bernard-Docker
3:01
PK2DSeider – Johansson
1:21

Current DET 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.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	0	2	13:22	—	—	33	4
Beck Malenstyn L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	11:28	—	—	46	7
Josh Dunne C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	8:14	—	—	46	14
Josh Doan R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.45	2	0	0	16:10	—	—	57	79
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	13:01	—	—	53	41
Tyson Kozak C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:58	—	—	59	42
Ryan McLeod C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	0	0	0	19:20	—	—	50	67
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.44	1	1	0	18:20	—	—	48	67
Tage Thompson C	L3	1	1	2	+2	6	0.81	1	0	0	18:07	—	—	55	79
Jack Quinn R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	0	1	0	16:42	—	—	61	94
Noah Ostlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	2	15:14	—	—	53	78
Isak Rosen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	2	0	14:32	—	—	31	58
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.22	1	1	0	27:05	—	—	49	65
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.28	1	5	0	22:31	—	—	38	58
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.22	1	0	0	20:28	—	—	52	42
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	18:51	—	—	33	32
Owen Power D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:35	—	—	58	73
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	0	0	10:59	—	—	73	95

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Colten Ellis(start)	W	28	24	4	.857	3.14	61:02

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.55	0	0	2	17:06	—	—	50	64
J.T. Compher L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.36	2	1	0	15:44	—	—	46	63
Emmitt Finnie C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	48	60
Dylan Larkin C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.51	0	1	0	21:53	—	—	55	33
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	2	0	2	-3	5	0.59	2	1	0	18:04	—	—	52	32
Lucas Raymond L	L2	0	3	3	-1	3	0.14	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	55	28
Marco Kasper C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	15:47	—	—	46	19
Mason Appleton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	44	14
Nate Danielson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	50	19
Andrew Copp C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:20	—	—	47	45
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	0	0	11:25	—	—	67	100
Jonatan Berggren R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	1	2	9:25	—	—	50	49
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	4	0	23:59	—	—	41	48
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	22:59	—	—	41	42
Moritz Seider D	D2	0	2	2	-1	4	0.18	0	2	0	24:39	—	—	60	39
Simon Edvinsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	16:05	—	—	52	30
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	44	43
Albert Johansson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	13:36	—	—	68	67

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	O	27	22	5	.815	3.42	60:30

Goal anatomy

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

Alex Tuch (BUF) 1st 10:52 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 12.6 mph shot.

Alex Tuch · 1st 10:52 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 4:25 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.6 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Patrick Kane · 1st 10:23 · DET

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 19.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Alex DeBrincat · 2nd 3:52 · DET

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 6.7 s

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Dylan Larkin · 2nd 5:56 · DET

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Alex DeBrincat · 2nd 8:50 · DET PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 17.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Josh Doan · 2nd 17:58 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 50.3 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Ryan McLeod · 3rd 9:28 · BUF SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.4 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Mattias Samuelsson · OT 1:05 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 79.4 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s

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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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Detroit Red WingsNov 15, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge Detroit Red Wings 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Detroit Red Wings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Detroit Red Wings

Goal anatomy

Alex Tuch · 1st 10:52 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 3rd 4:25 · BUF

Patrick Kane · 1st 10:23 · DET

Alex DeBrincat · 2nd 3:52 · DET

Dylan Larkin · 2nd 5:56 · DET

Alex DeBrincat · 2nd 8:50 · DET PP

Josh Doan · 2nd 17:58 · BUF

Ryan McLeod · 3rd 9:28 · BUF SH

Mattias Samuelsson · OT 1:05 · BUF