Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres
· National Hockey League
Colten Ellis stops 27 shots in NHL debut as Sabres beat Red Wings 4-2
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.
Buffalo: Hosts Toronto on Friday.
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Regular Season SeriesBUF leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 2nd Period 3:00 | J.T. Compher Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Albert Johansson (2), Jonatan Berggren (1) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 11:37 | Jason Zucker Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (2), Conor Timmins (1) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 16:28 | Tyson Kozak Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (3), Mattias Samuelsson (2) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 18:20 | Emmitt Finnie Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Dylan Larkin (7), Lucas Raymond (4) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 4:15 | Jack Quinn Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (1), Bowen Byram (2) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 8:10 | Alex Tuch Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Josh Doan (4), Ryan McLeod (2) |
Statistics
 DET |
 BUF |
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|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Buffalo Sabres Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Konsta Helenius, C | Out | Nov 2 |
| Justin Danforth, RW | Injured Reserve | Oct 29 |
| Alex Lyon, G | Injured Reserve | Oct 15 |
| Matt Grzelcyk, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 13 |
| Jack Rathbone, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
Detroit Red Wings Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Johansson, D | Injured Reserve | Nov 4 |
| John Gibson, G | Day-To-Day | Nov 3 |
| Dylan Larkin, C | Injured Reserve | Oct 31 |
| Mason Appleton, C | Injured Reserve | Oct 30 |
| Marco Kasper, C | Injured Reserve | Oct 30 |
