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2014-15 regular season

Sabres at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Red Wings beat Sabres 6–3 at Little Caesars Arena on December 23, 2014.

BUF – DET
16–39
Shots on goal
0/1–4/6
Power play
33–26
Hits
23–4
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Gustav Nyquist
3 A
2 shots · 17:07 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Tomas Tatar
2 G
5 shots · 15:14 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Henrik Zetterberg
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 19:41 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Nicolas Deslauriers Go-ahead 1st · 02:36
Assists: Drew Stafford, Brian Flynn · beat Petr Mrazek
1–0
🐙 Stephen Weiss PP Tying 1st · 10:50
Assists: Jakub Kindl, Gustav Nyquist · beat Michal Neuvirth
1–1
⚔️ Chris Stewart Go-ahead 1st · 13:35
Assists: Cody Hodgson, Mikhail Grigorenko · beat Petr Mrazek
2–1
2nd period
⚔️ Andre Benoit SH 2nd · 09:00
Assists: Brian Flynn · beat Petr Mrazek
3–1
🐙 Danny DeKeyser 2nd · 17:54
Assists: Tomas Jurco, Luke Glendening · beat Michal Neuvirth
3–2
3rd period
🐙 Henrik Zetterberg Tying 3rd · 04:19
Assists: Pavel Datsyuk, Justin Abdelkader · beat Michal Neuvirth
3–3
🐙 Tomas Tatar PP Go-ahead 3rd · 11:40
Assists: Danny DeKeyser, Gustav Nyquist · beat Michal Neuvirth
3–4
🐙 Johan Franzen PP 3rd · 14:06
Assists: Henrik Zetterberg, Jakub Kindl · beat Michal Neuvirth
3–5
🐙 Tomas Tatar PP 3rd · 17:48
Assists: Brendan Smith, Gustav Nyquist · beat Michal Neuvirth
3–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Girgensons · Grigorenko · Ennis 18:01
L2 Hodgson · Flynn · Stewart 15:22
L3 Deslauriers · Armia · Stafford 12:37
L4 Schaller · Larsson · Kaleta 10:29
D1 Ristolainen · Gorges 27:21
D2 Pysyk · Zadorov 20:22
D3 Meszaros · Benoit 12:04
🐙Red Wings
L1 Abdelkader · Datsyuk · Zetterberg 19:41
L2 Nyquist · Sheahan · Franzen 17:07
L3 Tatar · Helm · Jurco 15:14
L4 Miller · Glendening · Weiss 11:45
D1 DeKeyser · Quincey 23:00
D2 Ericsson · Smith 20:43
D3 Kindl · Kronwall 11:55

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF DET🐙
16 Shots on goal 39
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 4/6
33 Hits 26
23 Blocked shots 4
1 Takeaways 4
6 Giveaways 7
12 Penalty minutes 2
BUF shooting 18.8% (3/16) DET shooting 15.4% (6/39)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Michal Neuvirth
33/39
.846 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Petr Mrazek
13/16
.812 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Nicolas Deslauriers · 1st 02:36 · 1–0 Stephen Weiss · 1st 10:50 · 1–1 Chris Stewart · 1st 13:35 · 2–1 Andre Benoit · 2nd 09:00 · 3–1 Danny DeKeyser · 2nd 17:54 · 3–2 Henrik Zetterberg · 3rd 04:19 · 3–3 Tomas Tatar · 3rd 11:40 · 3–4 Johan Franzen · 3rd 14:06 · 3–5 Tomas Tatar · 3rd 17:48 · 3–6
BUF DET
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1-1 (50% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-4-2 (33% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Nov 22014 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 SO Apr 82014 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Apr 42014 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 2–3 Nov 242013 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 Oct 22013 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 1–2
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Who won Sabres vs Red Wings on December 23, 2014?

Red Wings won 6–3. The final score was Sabres 3, Red Wings 6.

Who scored for Sabres?

Andre Benoit, Chris Stewart, Nicolas Deslauriers.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Tomas Tatar (2), Danny DeKeyser, Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzen, Stephen Weiss.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Michal Neuvirth made 33 saves on 39 shots (.846 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Petr Mrazek made 13 saves on 16 shots (.812 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–4 AfterDec 27 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 3–4
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 21 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 2–1 AfterDec 27 🐙DET @ 🏛️OTT 3–2
Also on December 23
🐯NSH 3–5 🐻BOS 🌪️CAR 2–1 😈NJD 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 🏝️NYI 🦅WSH 2–4 🗽NYR 🔔PHI 5–2 🌲MIN 🍁TOR 4–0 ⭐DAL 🐧PIT 3–4 ⚡TBL 🌵ARI 5–1 🛢️EDM
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