Bowen Byram’s shot from above the left circle deflected in off Detroit defenseman Jeff Petry to put Buffalo ahead 4-3 at 15:54.
Jack Quinn scored an empty-net goal at 19:12 of the third period for the 5-3 final.
“Didn’t like our first, there were some wall battles that we lost and ended up too much more on the zone time,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “Obviously a turnover that led to a transition goal. But I thought after that, the last 40 minutes, we cleaned some of that up, we had a pretty good 40 minutes, opportunity to execute. On the power play we got the movement, we had our back door open, just didn’t execute. And even on the goalie pull, we got our open-net look again and just didn’t execute again.”
NOTES: Seider, 23, had his 28th career multipoint game, fourth-most by a defenseman in Red Wings history before the age of 24. … Thompson has 10 points (six goals, four assists) during a six-game point streak. … Thompson’s 104.69 mph slap shot at 4:01 of the first period was the fastest shot ever recorded by NHL EDGE (since 2021-22). It’s the second time in three days that a new mark has been set, following the 103.77 mph shot by Utah’s Michael Kesselring on Oct. 24. … Dahlin had his 40th career multiassist game, moving him into sole possession of second place in Sabres history behind Phil Housley, who had 77. ... The Sabres were 0-for-22 on the power-play before Zucker's goal. … Buffalo center Ryan McLeod had his four-game goal streak end.