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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0

Red Wings beat Sabres 3–1 at Little Caesars Arena on January 10, 2009.

BUF – DET
22–48
Shots on goal
17–24
Hits
10–7
Blocked shots
3–5
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Mikael Samuelsson
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 15:58 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Jiri Hudler
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 14:28 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Marian Hossa
1 G
5 shots · 18:35 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Derek Roy Go-ahead 1st · 05:03
Assists: Drew Stafford, Thomas Vanek · beat Ty Conklin
1–0
2nd period
🐙 Jiri Hudler Tying 2nd · 17:00
Assists: Brett Lebda, Mikael Samuelsson · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
3rd period
🐙 Mikael Samuelsson Go-ahead 3rd · 17:26
Assists: Jiri Hudler, Valtteri Filppula · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
🐙 Marian Hossa 3rd · 18:25
Assists: Henrik Zetterberg · beat Ryan Miller
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Gaustad · Roy · Pominville 17:58
L2 Hecht · Stafford · Kotalik 15:33
L3 Vanek · Paille · MacArthur 14:37
L4 Ellis · Connolly · Mair 9:03
D1 Sekera · Spacek 24:33
D2 Lydman · Rivet 18:48
D3 Numminen · Butler 15:52
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Franzen · Hossa 19:09
L2 Holmstrom · Datsyuk · Cleary 17:46
L3 Filppula · Samuelsson · Hudler 14:28
L4 Maltby · Draper · Kopecky 8:53
D1 Lidstrom · Rafalski 22:55
D2 Stuart · Meech 19:14
D3 Lilja · Lebda 15:55

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF DET🐙
22 Shots on goal 48
17 Hits 24
10 Blocked shots 7
3 Takeaways 5
3 Giveaways 14
6 Penalty minutes 2
BUF shooting 4.5% (1/22) DET shooting 6.2% (3/48)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
45/48
.938 SV% · 3 GA · 59:12 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Ty Conklin
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-4-3 (50% win rate, 14 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1-1 (50% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 5-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 6-0-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Red Wings lead the season series 1–0
Mar 22008 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 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
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Who won Sabres vs Red Wings on January 10, 2009?

Red Wings won 3–1. The final score was Sabres 1, Red Wings 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Roy.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Jiri Hudler, Marian Hossa, Mikael Samuelsson.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 45 saves on 48 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Ty Conklin made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 9 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 AfterJan 14 ⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI 1–4
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeJan 8 ⭐DAL @ 🐙DET 1–6 AfterJan 12 🐙DET @ ⭐DAL 4–5
Also on January 10
🐦ATL 4–8 🐆FLA 🌪️CAR 1–5 🐻BOS 🐧PIT 3–5 🏔️COL 🗽NYR 2–0 🏛️OTT 🍁TOR 1–4 🔔PHI 🌲MIN 2–4 🧥CBJ 🦅WSH 4–5 🇨🇦MTL 🪶CHI 1–4 🐯NSH
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