DETROIT, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Dominik Hasek made 29 saves in his first game against his former team Friday night and Brendan Shanahan scored twice as the Detroit Red Wings rebounded from their first loss of the season with a 4-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.
A six-time Vezina Trophy winner, Hasek spent the last nine seasons with the Sabres before they traded him to the Red Wings on June 30 for left wing Vyacheslav Kozlov, a 2002 first-round pick and future considerations.
The 36-year-old Hasek, who also previously played for Chicago, improved to 3
0 lifetime against the Sabres, who got the early jump on their former star before Detroit took control with a three-goal second period.
Fredrik Olausson's first tally of the season 17:34 into the second period put the Red Wings on top for good and Hasek held on in the third, when the Sabres peppered the netminder for 12 shots.
Hasek's biggest moment came with just under three minutes remaining when he kicked out Maxim Afinogenov's blast from the bottom of the right circle. He corraled the rebound before J.P. Dumont had a chance to pounce on it.
Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom had two assists to become the club's all-time leader in points among defensemen with 571, surpassing Reed Larson.
