Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Tue, Nov 1, 2016 · Xcel Energy Center · 2016–17 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 1

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 2–1 on Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center. Robin Lehner made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	24
MIN	0	1	0	1	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:16	BUF	EV	Ryan O'Reilly (4) · wrist	Unassisted	1–0
2nd	17:31	MIN	PP	Mikael Granlund (2) · backhand	Eric Staal (4), Jason Pominville (3)	1–1
3rd	13:34	BUF	EV	Johan Larsson (2) · tip-in	Brian Gionta (3)	2–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	16:24	BUF	Josh Gorges	slashing	2
3rd	04:43	MIN	Christoph Bertschy	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 1.95 · MIN 1.99 · xG% BUF 49.5

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	1	50.0	23:27	25
22	Johan Larsson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	20.0	15:06	20
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		14:34	20
77	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	1		27:40	34
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		25:18	32
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		22:42	23
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	5	6		22:42	31
29	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		22:21	30
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		20:52	22
6	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		15:20	21
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	7	2		15:01	20
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		14:50	20
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		13:51	20
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	60.0	12:10	18
27	Derek Grant	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	75.0	9:26	13
73	Nick Baptiste	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		9:22	13
56	Justin Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		8:26	14
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		5:45	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	W	28	27	1	.964	60:00

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
64	Mikael Granlund	C	1	0	1	-2	0	2	2	0		21:10	26
12	Eric Staal	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	33.3	20:13	25
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	1	1	-1	0	4	1	0		17:37	24
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3		29:49	28
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		25:54	25
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	62.5	20:33	26
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	50.0	20:07	25
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		17:54	25
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		17:27	23
5	Christian Folin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		17:00	24
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		16:10	24
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:28	19
7	Chris Stewart	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		12:10	18
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		11:56	19
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	27.3	11:44	17
47	Christoph Bertschy	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		9:02	15
44	Tyler Graovac	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	66.7	8:51	15
10	Jordan Schroeder	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		8:41	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Devan Dubnyk	L	24	22	2	.917	58:14