Detroit Red Wings 5, Buffalo Sabres 2: final score and stats
Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings 5 to Buffalo Sabres 2, on Friday, March 27, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings.
NHLFriday, March 27, 2026
DateMar 27, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVNHL Net
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Red Wings | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Detroit Red WingsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
39-25-8Record44-21-8
8th in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
3-6Road record / home record4-5
LLLLWLast 5LWLWW
L4StreakL1
Team stats
Detroit Red WingsBuffalo Sabres
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Detroit Red Wings
Albert Johansson D · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveDylan Larkin C · Suspension
Injured ReserveSimon Edvinsson D · Contract Dispute
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Detroit Red Wings Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Appleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:15 | 0:00 | 0:21 | 7:54 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J.T. Compher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:18 | 2:52 | 2:38 | 15:48 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Copp | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18:47 | 2:11 | 3:12 | 13:24 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex DeBrincat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:56 | 5:50 | 0:00 | 13:06 | 20 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmitt Finnie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:02 | 2:45 | 0:08 | 10:09 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Kane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:01 | 5:46 | 0:00 | 12:15 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Kasper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 | 0:02 | 2:54 | 11:09 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Larkin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23:14 | 5:20 | 2:29 | 15:25 | 23 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| David Perron | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:13 | 2:41 | 0:00 | 7:32 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Raymond | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:14 | 6:02 | 0:00 | 14:12 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Dominik Shine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:41 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James van Riemsdyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:17 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 8:31 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Detroit Red Wings Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bernard-Docker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:46 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ben Chiarot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:55 | 0:23 | 2:20 | 15:12 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Edvinsson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:06 | 0:00 | 3:33 | 20:33 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Faulk | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:11 | 3:12 | 2:03 | 14:56 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Albert Johansson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:11 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 10:08 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moritz Seider | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29:48 | 5:40 | 3:43 | 20:25 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Detroit Red Wings Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gibson | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .933 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 16:55 | 0:49 | 3:12 | 12:54 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Carrick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:46 | 0:00 | 0:05 | 6:41 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:18 | 0:50 | 0:01 | 14:27 | 18 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13:12 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 12:32 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:28 | 0:00 | 3:52 | 5:36 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:26 | 0:55 | 4:44 | 12:47 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 30.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 16:38 | 4:55 | 0:00 | 11:43 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tanner Pearson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:43 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:24 | 5:01 | 0:00 | 12:23 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:16 | 4:59 | 0:02 | 16:15 | 21 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:51 | 0:50 | 4:47 | 13:14 | 24 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 17:04 | 5:01 | 0:00 | 12:03 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 21:17 | 0:42 | 1:33 | 19:02 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:30 | 5:13 | 0:00 | 18:17 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 20:58 | 0:00 | 3:04 | 17:54 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 21:51 | 0:00 | 5:40 | 16:11 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stanley | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 1:51 | 10:14 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Conor Timmins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:30 | 0:00 | 5:17 | 9:13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .789 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 57:57 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres?
Detroit Red Wings won, 5-2, on Friday, March 27, 2026.
What was the final score of Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres?
Detroit Red Wings 5, Buffalo Sabres 2.
Who were the top performers?
Detroit Red Wings: Alex DeBrincat (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Dahlin (1 goals).
Where is Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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