🐙 Away Red Wings 8-10-1
2–1
Final / SO
⚔️ Home Sabres 7-8-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🐙 DET 01012
⚔️ BUF 00101

Red Wings at Sabres

Red Wings beat Sabres 2–1 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on November 23, 2016.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2016-17 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Gustav Nyquist
1 G
1 shots · 14:53 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Ryan Sproul
1 A
1 shots · 16:41 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Jimmy Howard
32 saves
0.970 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐙 Gustav Nyquist Go-ahead 2nd · 16:00
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Ryan Sproul · beat Robin Lehner
1–0
3rd period
⚔️ Brian Gionta Tying 3rd · 01:42
Unassisted · beat Jimmy Howard
1–1
Shootout
🐙 Thomas Vanek Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Robin Lehner
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Nielsen · Mantha 17:55
L2 Abdelkader · Glendening · Ott 16:20
L3 Tatar · Larkin · Nyquist 15:02
L4 Vanek · Bertuzzi · Sheahan 12:08
D1 DeKeyser · Green 25:19
D2 Kronwall · Smith 19:04
D3 Ericsson · Sproul 17:10
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · O'Reilly · Gionta 21:36
L2 Larsson · Reinhart · Okposo 19:01
L3 Moulson · Foligno · Girgensons 14:57
L4 Carrier · O'Reilly · Grant 8:09
D1 Ristolainen · Gorges 25:40
D2 McCabe · Franson 20:06
D3 Fedun · Falk 14:50

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET BUF⚔️
24 Shots on goal 33
8 Hits 34
12 Blocked shots 10
3 Takeaways 2
9 Giveaways 13
6 Penalty minutes 4
DET shooting 8.3% (2/24) BUF shooting 3.0% (1/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Jimmy Howard
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Gustav Nyquist · 2nd 16:00 · 1–0 Brian Gionta · 3rd 01:42 · 1–1
DET BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 4-4 (50% win rate, 8 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 2-3-2 (29% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-2-1 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Red Wings lead the season series 1–0
Mar 282016 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 2–3 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
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❓ DET vs BUF, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Sabres on November 23, 2016?

Red Wings won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Red Wings 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Gustav Nyquist.

Who scored for Sabres?

Brian Gionta.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jimmy Howard made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 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
BeforeNov 20 🔥CGY @ 🐙DET 3–2 AfterNov 25 🐙DET @ 😈NJD 5–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 21 🔥CGY @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 AfterNov 25 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–3
Also on November 23
🍁TOR 4–5 😈NJD 🐧PIT 6–1 🗽NYR 🎵STL 3–4 🦅WSH 🔥CGY 2–0 🧥CBJ ✈️WPG 1–3 🌲MIN 🔔PHI 2–4 ⚡TBL ⭐DAL 2–5 🐯NSH 🛢️EDM 6–3 🏔️COL
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