Red Wings 4–2 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Mar 2, 2008)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🐙 DET	1	2	1	4
⚔️ BUF	1	0	1	2

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Johan Franzen

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 19:24 TOI

2nd star 🐙 DET

Valtteri Filppula

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 15:54 TOI

3rd star 🐙 DET

Niklas Kronwall

2 A

3 shots · 25:42 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Patrick Kaleta Go-ahead 1st · 02:59

Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Adam Mair · beat Dominik Hasek

0–1

🐙 Dallas Drake Tying 1st · 11:56

Assists: Niklas Kronwall, Kris Draper · beat Ryan Miller

1–1

2nd period

🐙 Valtteri Filppula PP Go-ahead 2nd · 05:11

Assists: Jiri Hudler, Johan Franzen · beat Ryan Miller

2–1

🐙 Johan Franzen 2nd · 14:16

Assists: Niklas Kronwall, Mikael Samuelsson · beat Ryan Miller

3–1

3rd period

⚔️ Jason Pominville PP 3rd · 03:12

Assists: Drew Stafford · beat Dominik Hasek

3–2

🐙 Kirk Maltby 3rd · 15:52

Assists: Pavel Datsyuk, Valtteri Filppula · beat Ryan Miller

4–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Zetterberg · Datsyuk · Franzen 20:28

L2 Holmstrom · Draper · Samuelsson 16:51

L3 Maltby · Filppula · Drake 12:34

L4 Hudler · Kopecky · Downey 8:34

D1 Kronwall · Stuart 25:14

D2 Lilja · Lebda 21:00

D3 Meech · Ericsson 10:56

⚔️Sabres

L1 Roy · Connolly · Pominville 20:36

L2 Vanek · Gaustad · Bernier 16:41

L3 Kotalik · Afinogenov · Stafford 14:46

L4 Paille · Mair · Kaleta 7:53

D1 Spacek · Tallinder 25:14

D2 Lydman · Kalinin 18:50

D3 Paetsch · Pratt 12:38

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET BUF⚔️

39 Shots on goal 24

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

13 Hits 26

6 Blocked shots 12

4 Takeaways 4

13 Giveaways 14

12 Penalty minutes 12

DET shooting 10.3% (4/39) BUF shooting 8.3% (2/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Dominik Hasek

22/24

.917 SV% · 2 GA · 59:59 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

35/39

.897 SV% · 4 GA · 58:43 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 7-6-1 (50% win rate, 14 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 8-12-3 (35% win rate, 23 games)

After 2nd — 3–1

Red Wings

Red Wings — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 13-1-1 (87% win rate, 15 games)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-7-1 (11% win rate, 9 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0

Oct 132006 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 3–2 SO Dec 102003 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 7–2 Feb 132003 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 2–4 Mar 102002 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 1–5 Oct 122001 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 2–4

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❓ DET vs BUF, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Sabres on March 2, 2008?

Red Wings won 4–2. The final score was Red Wings 4, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Dallas Drake, Johan Franzen, Kirk Maltby, Valtteri Filppula.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville, Patrick Kaleta.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 39 shots (.897 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐙 Red Wings

BeforeFeb 29 🦈SJS @ 🐙DET 3–2 AfterMar 5 🎵STL @ 🐙DET 1–4

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeFeb 29 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 6–2 AfterMar 4 ⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI 5–2

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