Red Wings 3–6 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Dec 29, 2022)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🐙 DET	0	0	3	3
⚔️ BUF	1	4	1	6

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Kyle Okposo

3 G

5 shots · 13:05 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Casey Mittelstadt

2 G

2 shots · 14:20 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Zemgus Girgensons

2 A

3 shots · 10:02 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Casey Mittelstadt Go-ahead 1st · 15:32

Assists: JJ Peterka, Owen Power · beat Magnus Hellberg

0–1

2nd period

⚔️ Jeff Skinner 2nd · 01:20

Unassisted · beat Magnus Hellberg

0–2

⚔️ Casey Mittelstadt PP 2nd · 10:28

Assists: Owen Power, JJ Peterka · beat Magnus Hellberg

0–3

⚔️ Kyle Okposo 2nd · 11:21

Assists: Zemgus Girgensons, Peyton Krebs · beat Magnus Hellberg

0–4

⚔️ Kyle Okposo 2nd · 14:02

Assists: Tyson Jost · beat Magnus Hellberg

0–5

3rd period

🐙 Dominik Kubalik 3rd · 02:35

Assists: Elmer Soderblom · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

1–5

🐙 Dominik Kubalik PP 3rd · 04:23

Assists: Joe Veleno, Oskar Sundqvist · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2–5

🐙 Jordan Oesterle 3rd · 07:11

Assists: Andrew Copp, Jonatan Berggren · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

3–5

⚔️ Kyle Okposo Empty net 3rd · 16:22

Assists: Zemgus Girgensons, Dylan Cozens

3–6

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Rasmussen · Larkin · Copp 16:28

L2 Erne · Perron · Sundqvist 15:10

L3 Raymond · Kubalik · Veleno 14:27

L4 Soderblom · Suter · Berggren 12:31

D1 Seider · Chiarot 21:52

D2 Hronek · Walman 20:29

D3 Maatta · Oesterle 15:44

⚔️Sabres

L1 Thompson · Skinner · Tuch 21:39

L2 Cozens · Mittelstadt · Peterka 14:24

L3 Olofsson · Okposo · Quinn 13:05

L4 Jost · Krebs · Girgensons 11:04

D1 Dahlin · Samuelsson 23:45

D2 Power · Lyubushkin 19:22

D3 Clague · Bryson 13:14

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET BUF⚔️

31 Shots on goal 35

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

15 Hits 9

16 Blocked shots 7

5 Takeaways 8

3 Giveaways 4

10 Penalty minutes 6

DET shooting 9.7% (3/31) BUF shooting 17.1% (6/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Magnus Hellberg

29/34

.853 SV% · 5 GA · 58:43 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

28/31

.903 SV% · 3 GA · 59:39 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located

DET BUF

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Red Wings

Red Wings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-9-3 (14% win rate, 14 games)

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Sabres lead the season series 3–0

Nov 302022 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 5–4 SO Oct 312022 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 3–8 Jan 172022 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 OT Jan 152022 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 0–4 Nov 272021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 2–3 OT

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❓ DET vs BUF, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Sabres on December 29, 2022?

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

Who scored for Red Wings?

Dominik Kubalik (2), Jordan Oesterle.

Who scored for Sabres?

Kyle Okposo (3), Casey Mittelstadt (2), Jeff Skinner.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Magnus Hellberg made 29 saves on 34 shots (.853 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐙 Red Wings

BeforeDec 28 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 5–4 AfterDec 31 🏛️OTT @ 🐙DET 2–4

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 19 ⚔️BUF @ 🎰VGK 3–2 AfterDec 31 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–3

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