Tage Thompson scored twice and had an assist for the Buffalo Sabres in their 5-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Saturday.

Josh Norris had a goal and two assists, and Rasmus Dahlin and Radim Mrtka also scored for the Sabres (3-1-0). Alex Lyon made 26 saves.

Patrick Kane and Marco Kasper scored, and Alex DeBrincat had two assists for the Red Wings (2-2-0). Sebastian Cossa allowed four goals on 20 shots.

Dahlin put the Sabres up 1-0 at 3:41 of the first period. Bowen Byram fed a cross-ice pass to Dahlin, who sent a one-timer through traffic from outside the top of the right face-off circle.

Mrtka increased the lead to 2-0 at 12:17. He took a pass from Konsta Helenius on a rush before beating Cossa blocker side from the right circle. Mr

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