⚔️ Away Sabres 31-34-10
2–3
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 37-27-11
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚔️ BUF 0022
🐙 DET 1113

Sabres at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Sabres 3–2 at Little Caesars Arena on March 28, 2016.

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2015-16 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 4–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Henrik Zetterberg
2 A
5 shots · 20:11 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Luke Glendening
1 G
2 shots · 17:17 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Dylan Larkin
1 G
2 shots · 17:09 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Dylan Larkin PP Go-ahead 1st · 18:32
Assists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · beat Chad Johnson
0–1
2nd period
🐙 Riley Sheahan 2nd · 09:05
Unassisted · beat Chad Johnson
0–2
3rd period
🐙 Luke Glendening Empty net 3rd · 17:00
Assists: Henrik Zetterberg
0–3
⚔️ Zemgus Girgensons 3rd · 17:10
Assists: Brian Gionta, Rasmus Ristolainen · beat Jimmy Howard
1–3
⚔️ Sam Reinhart 3rd · 18:11
Assists: Casey Nelson, Ryan O'Reilly · beat Jimmy Howard
2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 O'Reilly · Eichel · Gionta 20:03
L2 Larsson · Foligno · Reinhart 15:40
L3 Kane · Girgensons · Legwand 12:40
L4 Deslauriers · Moulson · Fasching 11:00
D1 Ristolainen · Bogosian 24:49
D2 Gorges · McCabe 21:12
D3 Nelson · Pysyk 13:06
🐙Red Wings
L1 Abdelkader · Zetterberg · Datsyuk 19:48
L2 Glendening · Larkin · Nyquist 17:09
L3 Tatar · Helm · Mantha 13:48
L4 Sheahan · Richards · Athanasiou 10:52
D1 DeKeyser · Kronwall 22:19
D2 Quincey · Green 18:46
D3 Marchenko · Ericsson 15:44

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF DET🐙
20 Shots on goal 29
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
23 Hits 10
11 Blocked shots 17
5 Takeaways 12
8 Giveaways 6
10 Penalty minutes 6
BUF shooting 10.0% (2/20) DET shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Chad Johnson
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 57:08 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Jimmy Howard
18/20
.900 SV% · 2 GA · 59:46 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Dylan Larkin · 1st 18:32 · 0–1 Riley Sheahan · 2nd 09:05 · 0–2 Luke Glendening · 3rd 17:00 · 0–3 Zemgus Girgensons · 3rd 17:10 · 1–3 Sam Reinhart · 3rd 18:11 · 2–3
BUF DET
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-10-7 (23% win rate, 22 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-2-1 (77% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-9 (10% win rate, 10 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Red Wings lead the season series 4–1
Jan 222016 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 3–0 Jan 22016 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 Dec 142015 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 2–1 Dec 12015 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 4–5 SO Jan 182015 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 4–6
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Who won Sabres vs Red Wings on March 28, 2016?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Sam Reinhart, Zemgus Girgensons.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Dylan Larkin, Luke Glendening, Riley Sheahan.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Chad Johnson made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jimmy Howard made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 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 4–1 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 26 ✈️WPG @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 AfterMar 29 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–5
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeMar 26 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 7–2 AfterMar 29 🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4
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