Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres

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Detroit Red Wings

5-2-0

Final
2 - 4

Buffalo Sabres

3-4-0

Colten Ellis stops 27 shots in NHL debut as Sabres beat Red Wings 4-2

Detroit Red Wings vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game Highlights

Claimed off waivers from St. Lous earlier this month, Ellis stopped two breakaways and withstood a flurry of shots after Detroit pulled goalie John Gibson with about three minutes left.

Buffalo's Tyson Kozak scored for the second straight game and Jason Zucker had a goal before leaving in the second period with an upper-body injury. Josh Doan also scored for the Sabres.

J.T. Compher and Emmitt Finnie scored for Detroit, which had won five straight. Gibson had 27 saves and Dylan Larkin had an assist to become the first Detroit defenseman with a season-opening points streak of seven games since Brian Rafalski in 2008-09.

Ellis became the eighth Nova Scotia-born goalie in NHL history and the ninth goalie in Sabres history to win his NHL debut. The 25-year-old didn’t face a shot in the opening 10 minutes, but stopped Marco Kasper on a breakaway late in the first period.

Ellis stopped Larkin on another breakaway early in the second period before Compher beat him on a nifty move, corralling a pass from Albert Johansson and whipping it to his forehand.

Zucker scored on a 2-on-1 with Quinn midway through the second and Kozak made it 2-1 after a short pass from Quinn.

Finnie tied it late in the period by charging to the front of the net and one-timing a pass from Larkin.

Quinn scored from between the circles early in the third period and Doan beat Gibson from the left circle to make it 4-2.

Up next Detroit: Plays at the New York Islanders on Thursday.

Buffalo: Hosts Toronto on Friday.

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Regular Season Series

BUF leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 3:00	J.T. Compher Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Albert Johansson (2), Jonatan Berggren (1)
Goal	2nd Period 11:37	Jason Zucker Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (2), Conor Timmins (1)
Goal	2nd Period 16:28	Tyson Kozak Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (3), Mattias Samuelsson (2)
Goal	2nd Period 18:20	Emmitt Finnie Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Dylan Larkin (7), Lucas Raymond (4)
Goal	3rd Period 4:15	Jack Quinn Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (1), Bowen Byram (2)
Goal	3rd Period 8:10	Alex Tuch Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Josh Doan (4), Ryan McLeod (2)

Statistics

DET		BUF
15	Blocked Shots	18
15	Hits	19
4	Takeaways	3
31	Shots	31
0	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	5
0.0	Power Play Percentage	20.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
40	Faceoffs Won	33
54.8	Faceoff Win Percent	45.2
12	Giveaways	10
5	Total Penalties	2
10	Penalty Minutes	4