Game Thread: Detroit Red Wings (13-7-3) at Buffalo Sabres (10-13-2) – 05 Dec 2023 – 7:30PM EST

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# Detroit [](/r/detroitredwings) Red Wings (13-7-3) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (10-13-2)

#KeyBank Center

##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:30PM|5:30PM|6:30PM|7:30PM|8:30PM|12:30AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|SNE, SNO, ESPN+, HULU|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020380) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020380/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020380/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020380/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Casey Mittelstadt|Alex Tuch|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Robby Fabbri|Dylan Larkin|Lucas Raymond|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Dylan Cozens|John Jason Peterka|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Alex DeBrincat|JT Compher|Joe Veleno|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Isak Rosen|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Michael Rasmussen|Andrew Copp|David Perron|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Brandon Biro|Tyson Jost|Victor Olofsson|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Klim Kostin|Christian Fischer|Daniel Sprong|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Jake Walman|Moritz Seider|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Ben Chiarot|Jeff Petry|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Connor Clifton|Ryan Johnson|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Justin Holl|Shayne Gostisbehere|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Alex Lyon|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Ville Husso|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/detroit-red-wings/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Alex Tuch|03 Dec 2023|Undisclosed|DTD|Head coach Don Granato expects to have an update Monday on Tuch (undisclosed), who exited Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Nashville, Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|02 Dec 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Greenway (upper body) will not be available Sunday against the Nashville Predators, Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|24 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Girgensons (lower body) is considered week-to-week, Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald reports.|09 Dec 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Tage Thompson|14 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Thompson (upper body) has been skating alone, Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|04 Jan 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Matt Luff|24 Sep 2023|Upper Body|IR|Luff (upper body) suffered a long-term injury during Sunday’s scrimmage, according to Max Bultman of The Athletic.|unknown|
|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Patrick Kane|19 Oct 2023|Hip|OUT|Surgery|07 Dec 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/detroit-red-wings/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|25|10|13|2|22|0.440|2.84|3.40|14.08|81.48|29.04|29.96|44.50|
|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|23|13|7|3|29|0.630|3.74|2.96|23.47|79.07|30.22|30.52|48.84|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|13|11|6|5|1|1|2.81|0.907|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|9|8|3|4|1|0|3.73|0.876|
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|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|Ville Husso|13|13|8|4|1|0|3.48|0.891|
|[DET](/r/detroitredwings)|James Reimer|6|6|2|2|2|1|2.30|0.917|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=17 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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