Sabres vs Red Wings

Final/OT · Sat Nov 15 · 7:00 PM ET · Little Caesars Arena

Buffalo SabresSabres6-8-4

Final/OTNov 15, 2025

Detroit Red WingsRed Wings10-7-1

TVMSGBFanDuel SN DETStreamESPN+

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

BUF+140

DET−160

Puck line

BUF +1.5−175

DET −1.5+145

Total O/U

Over 6.5−105

Under 6.5−115

Puck line: Sabres +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 6.5 (9 goals).

Recap

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 in overtime at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Nov 15, 2025 to move to 6-8-4.

The Sabres came back from 3 goals down, trailing 4-1 in the second period. The go-ahead score came with 1:05 left in overtime: Mattias Samuelsson Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (8), Rasmus Dahlin (10). The Sabres won despite being outshot 28-27.

Score by period

Buffalo Sabres and Detroit Red Wings, score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	1	2	1	5
DET	1	3	0	0	4

W: Ellis · L: Gibson

Scoring plays

First Period

DETGoal · 10:23Patrick Kane Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Ben Chiarot (3)0-1
BUFGoal · 10:52Alex Tuch Goal (7) Backhand, assists: none1-1

Second Period

DETGoal · 3:52Alex DeBrincat Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Lucas Raymond (12)1-2
DETGoal · 5:56Dylan Larkin Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Lucas Raymond (13), Moritz Seider (7)1-3
DETGoal · 8:50Alex DeBrincat Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Lucas Raymond (14), Moritz Seider (8)1-4
BUFGoal · 17:58Josh Doan Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (9), Bowen Byram (6)2-4

Third Period

BUFGoal · 4:25Tage Thompson Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Doan (7), Colten Ellis (1)3-4
BUFGoal · 9:28Ryan McLeod Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: none4-4

Overtime

BUFGoal · 1:05Mattias Samuelsson Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (8), Rasmus Dahlin (10)5-4

Team stats

BUFDET

Shots: 27; 28
Power Play Goals: 0; 1
Faceoff Win Percent: 36.1; 63.9
Hits: 19; 18
Blocked Shots: 16; 14
Penalty Minutes: 10; 8

Top performers

Buffalo SabresDetroit Red Wings

Goals

Tage Thompson1

Alex DeBrincat2

Assists

Rasmus Dahlin2

Lucas Raymond3

Points

Tage Thompson2

Lucas Raymond3

Player stats

Sabres · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Josh Doan RW	0	2	3	2	16:10	1	1	4	0.0	0
Josh Dunne C	0	0	0	-1	8:14	0	0	0	0.0	2
Jordan Greenway LW	1	1	0	0	13:01	0	0	1	100.0	2
Tyson Kozak C	1	3	0	0	12:58	0	0	0	38.5	0
Peyton Krebs C	0	2	0	-1	13:22	0	0	0	10.0	2
Beck Malenstyn LW	0	5	0	0	11:28	0	0	0	0.0	0
Ryan McLeod C	0	0	1	1	19:20	1	0	2	37.5	0
Noah Ostlund C	1	0	0	0	15:14	0	0	1	28.6	2
Jack Quinn RW	1	0	2	0	16:42	0	0	3	0.0	0
Isak Rosen RW	2	0	0	0	14:32	0	0	1	0.0	0
Tage Thompson C	0	1	1	2	18:07	1	1	6	43.5	0
Alex Tuch RW	1	1	0	1	18:20	1	0	4	0.0	0

Sabres · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S
Bowen Byram D	0	1	0	-1	20:28	0	1	3
Rasmus Dahlin D	1	1	1	1	27:05	0	2	0
Michael Kesselring D	0	1	0	1	10:59	0	0	0
Owen Power D	1	0	0	1	17:35	0	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson D	5	1	0	2	22:31	1	0	1
Conor Timmins D	2	0	0	0	18:51	0	0	1

Sabres · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Colten Ellis G	4	28	24	.857	61:02	0

Red Wings · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Mason Appleton C	0	0	0	-1	15:27	0	0	1	0.0	0
Jonatan Berggren RW	1	2	0	0	9:25	0	0	0	0.0	2
J.T. Compher LW	1	2	0	1	15:44	0	0	3	60.0	0
Andrew Copp C	2	1	0	-1	12:20	0	0	0	69.2	0
Nate Danielson C	0	0	1	0	12:12	0	0	2	33.3	0
Alex DeBrincat RW	1	2	0	-3	18:04	2	0	5	0.0	0
Emmitt Finnie C	0	1	0	0	14:26	0	0	0	0.0	0
Patrick Kane RW	0	0	0	0	17:06	1	0	3	0.0	2
Marco Kasper C	0	3	0	-1	15:47	0	0	1	66.7	0
Dylan Larkin C	1	0	0	-1	21:53	1	0	3	66.7	0
Michael Rasmussen C	0	1	0	0	11:25	0	0	0	100.0	0
Lucas Raymond LW	1	0	1	-1	16:47	0	3	3	0.0	0

Red Wings · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	A	S	PIM
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	0	1	1	0	13:56	0	0	0
Ben Chiarot D	4	4	0	1	23:59	1	0	0
Simon Edvinsson D	0	0	0	0	16:05	0	0	4
Albert Johansson D	1	1	0	-1	13:36	0	1	0
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D	0	0	0	-1	22:59	0	2	0
Moritz Seider D	2	0	0	-1	24:39	2	4	0

Red Wings · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
John Gibson G	5	27	22	.815	60:30	0

Three stars

Tage Thompson (BUF)
Lucas Raymond (DET)
Josh Doan (BUF)

Game info

VenueLittle Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI

Attendance19,515

OfficialsReferee: Michael Markovic · Linesman: Kyle Flemington · Referee: Corey Syvret · Linesman: Jeremy Faucher

TVMSGB · localFanDuel SN DET · local

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