🐙 Away Red Wings 28-38-10
5–4
Final / OT
⚔️ Home Sabres 31-36-9
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🐙 DET 11215
⚔️ BUF 02204

Red Wings at Sabres

Red Wings beat Sabres 5–4 in overtime at KeyBank Center on March 28, 2019.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2018-19 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Tyler Bertuzzi
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:58 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Anthony Mantha
3 A
1 shots · 17:39 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Jimmy Howard
35 saves
0.897 SV% · 4 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Tyler Bertuzzi PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:02
Assists: Anthony Mantha, Niklas Kronwall · beat Linus Ullmark
1–0
2nd period
🐙 Filip Hronek 2nd · 01:00
Assists: Anthony Mantha, Tyler Bertuzzi · beat Linus Ullmark
2–0
⚔️ Kyle Okposo PP 2nd · 06:12
Assists: Casey Mittelstadt, Brandon Montour · beat Jimmy Howard
2–1
⚔️ Marco Scandella Tying 2nd · 17:16
Assists: Zemgus Girgensons, Johan Larsson · beat Jimmy Howard
2–2
3rd period
🐙 Dylan Larkin Go-ahead 3rd · 06:44
Assists: Madison Bowey, Anthony Mantha · beat Linus Ullmark
3–2
🐙 Dylan Larkin 3rd · 13:04
Assists: Filip Hronek · beat Linus Ullmark
4–2
⚔️ Casey Mittelstadt 3rd · 15:01
Assists: Jeff Skinner, Jason Pominville · beat Jimmy Howard
4–3
⚔️ Jack Eichel Tying 3rd · 15:42
Assists: Victor Olofsson, Sam Reinhart · beat Jimmy Howard
4–4
Overtime
🐙 Tyler Bertuzzi Go-ahead OT · 02:18
Assists: Danny DeKeyser, Taro Hirose · beat Linus Ullmark
5–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐙Red Wings
L1 Larkin · Athanasiou · Glendening 22:03
L2 Bertuzzi · Helm · Mantha 16:58
L3 Hirose · Kuffner · Nielsen 15:23
L4 Puempel · Ehn 11:15
D1 DeKeyser · Bowey 23:21
D2 Hronek · Kronwall 20:29
D3 McIlrath · Witkowski 12:50
D4 Ericsson 4:38
⚔️Sabres
L1 Eichel · Reinhart · Skinner 21:40
L2 Olofsson · Mittelstadt · Girgensons 16:07
L3 Larsson · Sheary · Pominville 12:47
L4 Nylander · Sobotka · Okposo 11:58
D1 Montour · Pilut 25:18
D2 Dahlin · Scandella 17:18
D3 Nelson · Borgen 15:36

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET BUF⚔️
34 Shots on goal 39
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
17 Hits 17
12 Blocked shots 11
5 Takeaways 3
2 Giveaways 9
6 Penalty minutes 6
DET shooting 14.7% (5/34) BUF shooting 10.3% (4/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Jimmy Howard
35/39
.897 SV% · 4 GA · 62:10 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Linus Ullmark
29/34
.853 SV% · 5 GA · 62:18 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Tyler Bertuzzi · 1st 12:02 · 1–0 Filip Hronek · 2nd 01:00 · 2–0 Kyle Okposo · 2nd 06:12 · 2–1 Marco Scandella · 2nd 17:16 · 2–2 Dylan Larkin · 3rd 06:44 · 3–2 Dylan Larkin · 3rd 13:04 · 4–2 Casey Mittelstadt · 3rd 15:01 · 4–3 Jack Eichel · 3rd 15:42 · 4–4 Tyler Bertuzzi · OT 02:18 · 5–4
DET BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-6-4 (44% win rate, 18 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-10-2 (33% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 8-7-5 (40% win rate, 20 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 8-6-3 (47% win rate, 17 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 2–1
Feb 92019 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 Nov 242018 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 3–2 SO Mar 292018 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 6–3 Feb 222018 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 3–2 OT Nov 172017 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 1–3
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❓ DET vs BUF, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Sabres on March 28, 2019?

Red Wings won 5–4 in overtime. The final score was Red Wings 5, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Dylan Larkin (2), Tyler Bertuzzi (2), Filip Hronek.

Who scored for Sabres?

Casey Mittelstadt, Jack Eichel, Kyle Okposo, Marco Scandella.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jimmy Howard made 35 saves on 39 shots (.897 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Linus Ullmark made 29 saves on 34 shots (.853 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?

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeMar 25 🐙DET @ 🦈SJS 3–2 AfterMar 29 😈NJD @ 🐙DET 0–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 26 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 0–4 AfterMar 30 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 1–5
Also on March 28
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