⚔️ Away Sabres 5-8-4
5–4
Final / OT
🐙 Home Red Wings 10-7-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
⚔️ BUF 11215
🐙 DET 13004

Sabres at Red Wings

Sabres beat Red Wings 5–4 in overtime at Little Caesars Arena on November 15, 2025.

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2025-26 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Lucas Raymond
3 A
3 shots · 16:47 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Tage Thompson
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 18:07 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Josh Doan
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:10 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Patrick Kane Go-ahead 1st · 10:23
Assists: Ben Chiarot · beat Colten Ellis
0–1
⚔️ Alex Tuch Tying 1st · 10:52
Unassisted · beat John Gibson
1–1
2nd period
🐙 Alex DeBrincat Go-ahead 2nd · 03:52
Assists: Lucas Raymond · beat Colten Ellis
1–2
🐙 Dylan Larkin 2nd · 05:56
Assists: Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider · beat Colten Ellis
1–3
🐙 Alex DeBrincat PP 2nd · 08:50
Assists: Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider · beat Colten Ellis
1–4
⚔️ Josh Doan 2nd · 17:58
Assists: Rasmus Dahlin, Bowen Byram · beat John Gibson
2–4
3rd period
⚔️ Tage Thompson 3rd · 04:25
Assists: Josh Doan, Colten Ellis · beat John Gibson
3–4
⚔️ Ryan McLeod SH Tying 3rd · 09:28
Unassisted · beat John Gibson
4–4
Overtime
⚔️ Mattias Samuelsson Go-ahead OT · 01:05
Assists: Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin · beat John Gibson
5–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 McLeod · Thompson · Tuch 18:20
L2 Ostlund · Quinn · Doan 16:10
L3 Greenway · Krebs · Rosen 13:22
L4 Malenstyn · Kozak · Dunne 11:28
D1 Dahlin · Samuelsson 24:48
D2 Byram · Timmins 19:40
D3 Power · Kesselring 14:17
🐙Red Wings
L1 Larkin · DeBrincat · Kane 18:04
L2 Raymond · Compher · Kasper 15:47
L3 Appleton · Finnie · Copp 14:26
L4 Danielson · Rasmussen · Berggren 11:25
D1 Seider · Chiarot 24:19
D2 Sandin-Pellikka · Edvinsson 19:32
D3 Bernard-Docker · Johansson 13:46

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF DET🐙
27 Shots on goal 28
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
19 Hits 18
16 Blocked shots 14
8 Takeaways 3
15 Giveaways 10
10 Penalty minutes 8
BUF shooting 18.5% (5/27) DET shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Colten Ellis
24/28
.857 SV% · 4 GA · 61:02 TOI
🐙Red Wings
John Gibson
22/27
.815 SV% · 5 GA · 60:30 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Patrick Kane · 1st 10:23 · 0–1 Alex Tuch · 1st 10:52 · 1–1 Alex DeBrincat · 2nd 03:52 · 1–2 Dylan Larkin · 2nd 05:56 · 1–3 Alex DeBrincat · 2nd 08:50 · 1–4 Josh Doan · 2nd 17:58 · 2–4 Tage Thompson · 3rd 04:25 · 3–4 Ryan McLeod · 3rd 09:28 · 4–4 Mattias Samuelsson · OT 01:05 · 5–4
BUF DET
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🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 3-2-2 (43% win rate, 7 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 5-4 (56% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 2–4
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 2–0
Oct 222025 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Mar 122025 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 3–7 Dec 92024 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 6–5 SO Nov 22024 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 1–2 Oct 262024 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 3–5
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Who won Sabres vs Red Wings on November 15, 2025?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Alex Tuch, Josh Doan, Mattias Samuelsson, Ryan McLeod, Tage Thompson.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Alex DeBrincat (2), Dylan Larkin, Patrick Kane.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Colten Ellis made 24 saves on 28 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

John Gibson made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 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?

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 13 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 3–6 AfterNov 17 🛢️EDM @ ⚔️BUF 1–5
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeNov 13 🦆ANA @ 🐙DET 3–6 AfterNov 16 🐙DET @ 🗽NYR 2–1
Also on November 15
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