🐙 Away Red Wings 26-8-2 before this game

7–2

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	1	6	0	7
BUF	0	0	2	2

Red Wings at Sabres

Red Wings beat Sabres 7–2 at KeyBank Center on December 28, 1999.

🗓 Tue, Dec 28, 1999 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Tomas Holmstrom

1 G, 2 A

5 shots · 13:48 TOI · +3

2nd star 🐙 DET

Igor Larionov

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · 15:15 TOI · +3

3rd star 🐙 DET

Pat Verbeek

2 G

3 shots · 18:03 TOI · +2

4rd star 🐙 DET

Ken Wregget

32 saves

0.941 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Doug Brown Go-ahead 1st · 01:13

Assists: Yuri Butsayev, Sergei Fedorov · beat Dwayne Roloson

1–0

2nd period

🐙 Igor Larionov 2nd · 02:27

Assists: Tomas Holmstrom, Martin Lapointe · beat Dwayne Roloson

2–0

🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom 2nd · 03:17

Assists: Tomas Holmstrom, Igor Larionov · beat Dwayne Roloson

3–0

🐙 Aaron Ward 2nd · 03:59

Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Darryl Laplante · beat Martin Biron

4–0

🐙 Pat Verbeek 2nd · 04:22

Assists: Brendan Shanahan, Steve Yzerman · beat Martin Biron

5–0

🐙 Tomas Holmstrom 2nd · 09:58

Assists: Chris Chelios, Igor Larionov · beat Martin Biron

6–0

🐙 Pat Verbeek 2nd · 11:03

Assists: Steve Yzerman · beat Dwayne Roloson

7–0

3rd period

⚔️ Miroslav Satan 3rd · 11:23

Assists: Geoff Sanderson, Brian Campbell · beat Ken Wregget

7–1

⚔️ Dixon Ward 3rd · 18:56

Assists: Wayne Primeau, Rob Ray · beat Ken Wregget

7–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET BUF⚔️

27 Shots on goal 34

7 Hits 16

6 Blocked shots 6

2 Takeaways 4

22 Giveaways 24

4 Penalty minutes 4

DET shooting 25.9% (7/27) BUF shooting 5.9% (2/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Ken Wregget

32/34

.941 SV% · 2 GA · 59:48 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dwayne Roloson

18/22

.818 SV% · 4 GA · 53:19 TOI

Martin Biron

2/5

.400 SV% · 3 GA · 06:41 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 7–0

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Fedorov · Yzerman · Verbeek 19:01

L2 Shanahan · Butsayev · Dandenault 17:21

L3 Larionov · Brown · Lapointe 15:31

L4 Holmstrom · Laplante · Roest 11:35

D1 Lidstrom · Chelios 22:26

D2 Murphy · Duchesne 20:42

D3 Ward 17:52

⚔️Sabres

L1 Holzinger · Barnes · Afinogenov 16:35

L2 Peca · Brown · Satan 16:01

L3 Rasmussen · Primeau · Varada 15:22

L4 Sanderson · Ward · Ray 10:51

D1 Zhitnik · Warrener 23:38

D2 McKee · Sarich 20:11

D3 Patrick · Campbell 16:14

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

4–4 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs BUF, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Sabres on December 28, 1999?

Red Wings won 7–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Sabres?

The final score was Red Wings 7, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Pat Verbeek (2), Aaron Ward, Doug Brown, Igor Larionov, Nicklas Lidstrom, Tomas Holmstrom.

Who scored for Sabres?

Dixon Ward, Miroslav Satan.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dwayne Roloson made 18 saves on 22 shots (.818 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Sabres 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

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 27

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Dec 27

Also on December 28, 1999

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