SB Nation Detroit - Red Wings Vs. Sabres: Detroit Wins Seventh Straight With 4-1 Victory In Buffalohttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48919/detroit-fave.png2011-12-02T22:58:16-05:00http://detroit.sbnation.com/rss/stream/23700302011-12-02T22:58:16-05:002011-12-02T22:58:16-05:00Red Wings Vs. Sabres Final Score: Detroit's Winning Streak Reaches 7 With 4-1 Victory
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<p>Behind three first period goals, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/">Detroit Red Wings</a> dominated the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.diebytheblade.com/">Buffalo Sabres</a> on Friday night to pick up their NHL-leading seventh straight victory. The win keeps them on pace with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.hockeywilderness.com/">Minnesota Wild</a> in the Western Conference at 33 points.</p>
<p><span>Jakub Kindl</span> got the scoring started for the Wings 8:50 into the game on a wrist shot from the left point. <span>Johan Franzen</span> put the Wings up 2-0 about six minutes later on a power play goal. Franzen's goal would ultimately become his NHL-leading fifth game winning goal. </p>
<p>Just over a minute after Franzen lit the lamp, <a href="http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=139360&cmpid=nhl-rxl-fb" target="_blank">Valtteri Filppula scored</a> after a beautiful backhanded pass from <span>Henrik Zetterberg</span>. Filppula took the pass, skated left, and wristed the puck over <span>Jhonas Enroth's</span> glove for his fifth goal in his last four games. Before Zetterberg was able to slide Filppula the puck, he had to pick <span>Jochen Hecht's</span> pocket and win a battle for the puck just inside the Sabres zone.</p>
<p>Hecht would make up for his turnover later by ruining <span>Jimmy Howard's</span> shutout in the third period. Howard still wound up as the second star of the game, though, as he had 27 stops in his 17th straight start. </p>
<p>The Wings will go for their eighth straight win on Sunday vs. the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.milehighhockey.com/">Avalanche</a>. </p>
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<p>For more on the Red Wings, go to <a href="http://wingingitinmotown.com" target="new">Winging It In Motown</a>.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/">Detroit Red Wings</a> are on a roll, with Wednesday's win over the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.rawcharge.com/">Tampa Bay Lightning</a> lifting them to six-straight wins. They've outscored their opponents 24-11 over those six games. Their last loss came back on Nov. 17 against San Jose, but since then, they've rattled off wins against Los Angeles, Anaheim, Calgary, Boston, Nashville and the aforementioned Lightning. The only game of those that was a win by a one-goal margin was the 3-2 shootout win over the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Bruins</a>, which snapped Boston's ten-game winning streak at that time.</p>
<p>Next, they'll take on the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.diebytheblade.com/">Buffalo Sabres</a> on the road on Friday. The Sabres lost their last outing on Tuesday, a 2-1 loss to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com/">New York Islanders</a>. They've struggled mightily this season, and haven't strung together wins since the beginning of November, when they won four straight. Much of their poor play of late can be attributed to the slew of injuries they've sustained recently. They've been without <span>Ryan Miller</span> (concussion), defenders <span>Mike Weber</span> (upper body) and <span>Tyler Myers</span> (broken wrist), forwards <span>Patrick Kaleta</span> (groin), <span>Tyler Ennis</span> (ankle), <span>Cody McCormick</span> (upper body) and <span>Brad Boyes</span> (right leg). To top it all off, defenseman <span>Jordan Leopold</span> was injured against the Islanders on Tuesday.</p>
<p>For Detroit, their only injury is to <span>Patrick Eaves</span>, who will miss quite a few more games with a broken jaw. Detroit is riding a lot of momentum right now, is healthy, and should be confident with their past record against the Sabres. This is the first of two meetings between the two teams this season, and the Red Wings took the only meeting last season, when <span>Pavel Datsyuk</span> lit the lamp in regulation and again in the shootout in a 2-3 win. Datsyuk has five goals and five assists in Detroit's last six games, as well.</p>
<p>The game is set for 7:30 eastern and can be seen on the NHL Network.</p>
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