NHL · Friday 25 September · Little Caesars Arena
Detroit Red Wings – Buffalo Sabres 3:2 (after overtime): NHL, 25/09/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Detroit Red Wings – Buffalo Sabres 3:2 (25 September). Detroit Red Wings won after overtime. Venue: Little Caesars Arena.
By period: 1:1, 0:1, 1:0, 1:0.
Goals: T. Kuntar (Buffalo Sabres); A. Sandin-Pellikka (Detroit Red Wings); J. Kulich (Buffalo Sabres); S. Dries (Detroit Red Wings); A. DeBrincat (Detroit Red Wings).
Table now: Detroit Red Wings — 13th, 17 points from 18 matches; Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Red Wings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 10'
🏒 T. Kuntar0:1
assist: J. Richard
- 14'pen.
Holding
- 16'
🏒 A. Sandin-Pellikka1:1
assist: A. Johansson, E. Finnie · Power-play
2nd period
- 00'
🏒 J. Kulich1:2
assist: N. Ostlund, R. Mrtka
- 06'pen.
Delay of game
- 13'pen.
Tripping
- 18'pen.
Tripping
3rd period
- 00'pen.
Fighting
- 00'pen.
Roughing
- 00'pen.
Holding
- 00'pen.
Roughing
- 00'pen.
Fighting
- 05'pen.
Slashing
- 07'
- 14'pen.
Roughing
- 14'pen.
High sticking
- 16'pen.
Slashing
- 18'pen.
Holding
Overtime
- 00'
🏒 A. DeBrincat3:2
Power-play
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 11
- 21
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. DeBrincat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| A. Sandin-Pellikka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| S. Dries | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Johansson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Finnie | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Bryson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| W. Skoog | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Mazur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Seider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| N. Danielson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Kulich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Kuntar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Richard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Ostlund | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| R. Mrtka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| G. McCarthy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| V. Komarov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Detroit Red Wings
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Tarasov(W) | 19 | 17 | 2 | 89.5% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 26Shots on goal19
- 17Saves23
- 89%Save %88%
- 27Faceoffs won30
- 17Penalty minutes17
- 7Penalties7
- 2Power-play goals0
- 28%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %71%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | LWLLL | |
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | WWLWL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away