Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Thu, Feb 22, 2018 · Little Caesars Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 2

Final/OT

Detroit Red Wings

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–2 in overtime on Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena. Rasmus Ristolainen led the way with 2 points. Robin Lehner made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	0	1	3	30
DET	0	1	1	0	2	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:39	BUF	EV	Rasmus Ristolainen (6) · wrist	Nathan Beaulieu (6), Johan Larsson (8)	1–0
2nd	03:42	DET	EV	Jonathan Ericsson (3) · wrist	Unassisted	1–1
2nd	13:09	BUF	PP	Evander Kane (20) · wrap-around	Jason Pominville (12), Rasmus Ristolainen (23)	2–1
3rd	18:35	DET	PP	Justin Abdelkader (10) · wrist	Frans Nielsen (13), Henrik Zetterberg (33)	2–2
OT	04:59	BUF	EV	Marco Scandella (3) · snap	Johan Larsson (9), Sam Reinhart (18)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:05	DET	Luke Glendening	tripping	2
2nd	00:40	BUF	Casey Nelson	hooking	2
2nd	11:32	DET	Niklas Kronwall	hooking	2
2nd	17:06	BUF	Nick Baptiste	hooking	2
3rd	02:29	DET	Dylan Larkin	tripping	2
3rd	17:04	BUF	Johan Larsson	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 3.01 · DET 3.05 · xG% BUF 49.7

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	1	1	2	+1	0	3	3	4		28:00	27
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	2	2	+2	2	2	2	2	36.4	18:22	25
6	Marco Scandella	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	4		28:28	28
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1		20:56	23
9	Evander Kane	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	50.0	20:06	23
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	1		17:22	19
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	15:25	19
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	59.4	22:21	29
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3		19:44	25
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		15:42	22
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		15:39	19
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	16.7	15:27	17
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		13:50	20
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:36	16
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		13:01	20
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2		12:32	18
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14.3	11:09	16
13	Nick Baptiste	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		8:15	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	W	37	35	2	.946	64:34

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
40	Henrik Zetterberg	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	21:50	25
51	Frans Nielsen	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	56.3	18:57	24
52	Jonathan Ericsson	D	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	1		17:10	26
8	Justin Abdelkader	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	15:54	22
65	Danny DeKeyser	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		24:19	33
83	Trevor Daley	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		22:01	32
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		21:32	29
55	Niklas Kronwall	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2		20:38	28
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0		20:17	23
71	Dylan Larkin	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	60.0	20:04	24
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		18:20	22
43	Darren Helm	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		18:14	25
21	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		18:04	22
72	Andreas Athanasiou	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		16:12	19
61	Xavier Ouellet	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		13:23	20
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		11:35	15
41	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	71.4	9:57	17
17	David Booth	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		2:01	4

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Jimmy Howard	OTL	30	27	3	.900	63:55