⚔️ Away Sabres 38-25-8 before this game
2–4
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 45-20-8 before this game
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Sabres at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Sabres 4–2 at Little Caesars Arena on March 29, 1998.

🗓 Sun, Mar 29, 1998 · 18:00 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Steve Yzerman
2 G
6 shots · 20:34 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Tomas Holmstrom
1 G
2 shots · 10:31 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Kris Draper
1 G
2 shots · 14:10 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF DET🐙
26 Shots on goal 38
0/9 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8
23 Hits 31
10 Blocked shots 10
1 Takeaways 5
4 Giveaways 6
16 Penalty minutes 28
BUF shooting 7.7% (2/26) DET shooting 10.5% (4/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
34/38
.895 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 38-25-8 (54% win rate, 71 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 45-20-8 (62% win rate, 73 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 38-25-8 (54% win rate, 71 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 45-20-8 (62% win rate, 73 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Sanderson · Plante · Holzinger 18:09
L2 Brown · Audette · Varada 16:07
L3 Ward · Satan · Barnaby 14:28
L4 Kruse · Primeau · Ray 6:04
D1 Zhitnik · Shannon 28:33
D2 Smehlik · Woolley 20:22
D3 Boughner · McKee 9:51
🐙Red Wings
L1 Kozlov · Yzerman · Lapointe 19:09
L2 Shanahan · McCarty · Brown 16:27
L3 Maltby · Draper · Dandenault 12:49
L4 Holmstrom · Knuble · Kocur 9:22
D1 Murphy · Lidstrom 23:18
D2 Mironov · Eriksson 19:44
D3 Ward · Fetisov 15:12

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 23, 1997
🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · Red Wings won
Mar 28, 1997
⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET
1–2 (OT) · Red Wings won
Oct 12, 1996
🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF
6–1 · Red Wings won
Mar 27, 1996
⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET
2–4 · Red Wings won
Nov 1, 1995
🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs DET, answered

Who won Sabres vs Red Wings on March 29, 1998?

Red Wings won 4–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Red Wings?

The final score was Sabres 2, Red Wings 4.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 34 saves on 38 shots (.895 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Mar 27
⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM
1–0 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 1
👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF
0–4 · BUF won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Mar 28
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
2–3 · STL won
Next game · Apr 1
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
0–2 · DET won
Also on March 29, 1998
🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT
1–1 final
🐆FLA @ 🪶CHI
4–0 final
🔔PHI @ 🌪️CAR
3–1 final
😈NJD @ ⭐DAL
1–3 final
Sabres season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule