Red Wings in their 7th straight against Buffalo, 4-1

Jimmy Howard made 27 saves as the Detroit Red Wings stretched their winning streak to seven with a 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Detroit scored three times in the first period and went on to win for the 11th time in 13 games.

Jakub Kindl, Johan Franzen, and Valtteri Filppula scored the first-period goals for Detroit (16-7-1), which last won seven in a row in March 2010. Red Wings will play 10 of its 15 December games on the road.