Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Sat, Nov 15, 2025 · Little Caesars Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

5 – 4

Final/OT

Detroit Red Wings

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–4 in overtime on Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at Little Caesars Arena. Alex DeBrincat scored twice. Colten Ellis made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	2	1	5	27
DET	1	3	0	0	4	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:23	DET	EV	Patrick Kane (3) · snap	Ben Chiarot (3)	0–1
1st	10:52	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (7) · backhand	Unassisted	1–1
2nd	03:52	DET	EV	Alex DeBrincat (7) · wrist	Lucas Raymond (12)	1–2
2nd	05:56	DET	EV	Dylan Larkin (11) · wrist	Lucas Raymond (13), Moritz Seider (7)	1–3
2nd	08:50	DET	PP	Alex DeBrincat (8) · snap	Lucas Raymond (14), Moritz Seider (8)	1–4
2nd	17:58	BUF	EV	Josh Doan (5) · tip-in	Rasmus Dahlin (9), Bowen Byram (6)	2–4
3rd	04:25	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (8) · wrist	Josh Doan (7), Colten Ellis (1)	3–4
3rd	09:28	BUF	SH	Ryan McLeod (4) · wrist	Unassisted	4–4
OT	01:05	BUF	EV	Mattias Samuelsson (3) · snap	Tage Thompson (8), Rasmus Dahlin (10)	5–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	05:26	BUF	Noah Ostlund	tripping	2
2nd	05:40	DET	Patrick Kane	tripping	2
2nd	08:29	BUF	Josh Dunne	holding	2
2nd	15:37	BUF	Jordan Greenway	interference	2
2nd	18:23	DET	Simon Edvinsson	hooking	2
3rd	05:37	DET	Simon Edvinsson	high sticking	2
3rd	08:05	BUF	Peyton Krebs	tripping	2
3rd	10:13	DET	Jonatan Berggren	interference	2
3rd	17:27	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.51 · DET 2.82 · xG% BUF 47.1

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	1		27:05	32
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	+2	0	6	1	0	43.5	18:07	26
91	Josh Doan	R	1	1	2	+2	0	4	2	0		16:10	24
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	5		22:31	29
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0		20:28	27
71	Ryan McLeod	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	37.5	19:20	32
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	1		18:20	31
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		18:51	25
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		17:35	28
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		16:42	21
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	28.6	15:14	19
63	Isak Rosen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		14:32	18
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	10.0	13:22	21
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	100.0	13:01	22
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	38.5	12:58	21
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		11:28	17
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		10:59	15
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		8:14	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
92	Colten Ellis	W	28	24	4	.857	61:02

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Lucas Raymond	L	0	3	3	-1	0	3	0	1		16:47	24
53	Moritz Seider	D	0	2	2	-1	0	4	0	2		24:39	32
93	Alex DeBrincat	R	2	0	2	-3	0	5	2	1		18:04	25
8	Ben Chiarot	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	4		23:59	31
71	Dylan Larkin	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1	66.7	21:53	29
88	Patrick Kane	R	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	0		17:06	20
44	Axel Sandin-Pellikka	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		22:59	27
77	Simon Edvinsson	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		16:05	23
92	Marco Kasper	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	66.7	15:47	20
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	1	60.0	15:44	23
22	Mason Appleton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:27	19
58	Emmitt Finnie	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:26	20
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:56	18
20	Albert Johansson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		13:36	21
18	Andrew Copp	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	69.2	12:20	20
29	Nate Danielson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	33.3	12:12	16
27	Michael Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	11:25	18
48	Jonatan Berggren	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1		9:25	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36	John Gibson	OTL	27	22	5	.815	60:30