Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres — March 27, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on March 27, 2026. Despite the result, the Buffalo Sabres held the edge in expected goals (3.30 to 1.26) at 5-on-5, indicating the Detroit Red Wings received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Buffalo Sabres created 14 high-danger scoring chances compared to 4 from the Detroit Red Wings at 5-on-5. Jason Zucker was the most dangerous skater with 0.58 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Buffalo Sabres outshot the Detroit Red Wings 30-20 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Mar 27, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

DET5 - 2BUF

Mar 27, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
BUF	P1	20	17	54.1	17	16	51.5	11	10	52.4	12	13	48.0	5	5	50.0	1.64	1.34	54.9	0	3	0.0
	P2	33	5	86.8	24	4	85.7	12	3	80.0	29	4	87.9	8	0	100.0	2.28	0.27	89.4	1	0	100.0
	P3	15	15	50.0	10	10	50.0	7	7	50.0	10	9	52.6	4	4	50.0	0.71	0.55	56.6	1	2	33.3
	Total	68	37	64.8	51	30	63.0	30	20	60.0	51	26	66.2	17	9	65.4	4.62	2.16	68.2	2	5	28.6
DET	P1	17	20	45.9	16	17	48.5	10	11	47.6	13	12	52.0	5	5	50.0	1.34	1.64	45.1	3	0	100.0
	P2	5	33	13.2	4	24	14.3	3	12	20.0	4	29	12.1	0	8	0.0	0.27	2.28	10.6	0	1	0.0
	P3	15	15	50.0	10	10	50.0	7	7	50.0	9	10	47.4	4	4	50.0	0.55	0.71	43.4	2	1	66.7
	Total	37	68	35.2	30	51	37.0	20	30	40.0	26	51	33.8	9	17	34.6	2.16	4.62	31.8	5	2	71.4

Win Probability

BUF Favored

DET Favored

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Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

DET Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Shot on Net

Hit

Hit Taken

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BUF) performed against every skater on the away team (DET) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = BUF players, Columns = DET players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BUF player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

BUF ↓ / DET →	Larkin	Copp	Kasper	Finnie	Appleton	Compher	Raymond	van Riemsdyk	Perron	DeBrincat	Kane	Shine	Seider	Edvinsson	Chiarot	Faulk	Johansson	Bernard-Docker
Thompson	73	71	63	40	100	82	50	40	100	64	62	—	55	60	71	74	100	100
McLeod	63	100	67	50	100	75	50	60	100	67	60	—	63	75	80	75	100	100
Norris	91	67	0	0	100	90	71	0	100	50	100	100	75	80	62	67	100	100
Krebs	50	69	63	40	100	67	50	40	100	64	64	—	33	40	60	65	100	100
Carrick	0	25	100	100	75	0	0	100	80	20	20	75	55	71	50	0	33	50
Zucker	92	83	67	67	—	88	86	75	100	100	100	100	78	78	92	92	100	100
Benson	75	50	17	0	100	83	50	0	100	50	100	—	67	67	29	29	100	100
Malenstyn	0	33	100	100	75	0	0	100	75	33	33	75	63	71	—	—	33	50
Pearson	0	33	100	100	75	0	0	100	75	33	33	75	63	71	—	—	33	50
Tuch	60	69	60	60	—	78	45	50	—	56	56	—	45	63	58	67	100	100
Doan	71	50	36	0	100	88	50	0	100	33	50	—	60	75	46	46	100	100
Quinn	92	83	67	50	—	89	80	75	100	100	100	100	80	80	92	92	—	100
Dahlin	81	75	78	67	86	84	70	67	86	75	75	83	69	76	84	88	100	100
Power	75	56	13	22	100	82	62	13	100	50	56	—	60	63	44	47	82	88
Byram	64	71	0	0	100	80	58	13	100	63	67	100	43	60	50	50	86	100
Samuelsson	40	67	57	57	0	60	33	57	50	50	45	0	50	60	55	55	100	100
Timmins	33	40	67	50	100	100	0	67	100	25	25	100	58	86	33	0	67	67
Stanley	—	80	100	100	100	—	—	100	100	80	80	—	75	80	100	100	100	100