🐙 Away Red Wings 37-18-6
3–2
Final / SO
⚔️ Home Sabres 29-25-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🐙 DET 01113
⚔️ BUF 20002

Red Wings at Sabres

Red Wings beat Sabres 3–2 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on February 26, 2011.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2010-11 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Andrej Sekera
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 19:03 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Pavel Datsyuk
1 G
5 shots · 19:49 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Joey MacDonald
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Andrej Sekera Go-ahead 1st · 12:55
Assists: Jochen Hecht, Drew Stafford · beat Joey MacDonald
0–1
⚔️ Mike Grier 1st · 14:59
Assists: Andrej Sekera, Rob Niedermayer · beat Joey MacDonald
0–2
2nd period
🐙 Pavel Datsyuk PP 2nd · 10:43
Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
3rd period
🐙 Jiri Hudler Tying 3rd · 19:02
Assists: Daniel Cleary, Johan Franzen · beat Ryan Miller
2–2
Shootout
🐙 Pavel Datsyuk Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller
3–2

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🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Datsyuk · Cleary 19:49
L2 Holmstrom · Filppula · Franzen 16:37
L3 Modano · Helm · Bertuzzi 13:46
L4 Abdelkader · Draper · Hudler 12:55
D1 Kronwall · Lidstrom 25:05
D2 Ericsson · Stuart 23:00
D3 Salei · Kindl 16:40
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Hecht · Pominville 17:31
L2 Gerbe · Stafford · Ennis 16:27
L3 Gaustad · Connolly · Kaleta 15:17
L4 McCormick · Niedermayer · Grier 13:53
D1 Butler · Myers 25:12
D2 Weber · Morrisonn 20:56
D3 Sekera · Montador 18:20

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET BUF⚔️
37 Shots on goal 32
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1
15 Hits 19
19 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 8
8 Giveaways 7
2 Penalty minutes 4
DET shooting 8.1% (3/37) BUF shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Joey MacDonald
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 64:54 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located
Andrej Sekera · 1st 12:55 · 0–1 Mike Grier · 1st 14:59 · 0–2 Pavel Datsyuk · 2nd 10:43 · 1–2 Jiri Hudler · 3rd 19:02 · 2–2
DET BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Red Wings lead the season series 1–0
Mar 132010 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 2–3 OT Oct 132009 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 2–6 Apr 62009 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Jan 102009 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 1–3 Mar 22008 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 4–2
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❓ DET vs BUF, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Sabres on February 26, 2011?

Red Wings won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Red Wings 3, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Jiri Hudler, Pavel Datsyuk.

Who scored for Sabres?

Andrej Sekera, Mike Grier.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Joey MacDonald made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 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 24 ⭐DAL @ 🐙DET 4–1 AfterFeb 28 🐙DET @ 👑LAK 7–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeFeb 25 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 AfterMar 1 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 3–2
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