Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Thu, Jan 2, 2014 · Xcel Energy Center · 2013–14 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

1 – 4

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at Xcel Energy Center. Ryan Suter led the way with 2 points. Niklas Backstrom made 19 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 20–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	20
MIN	0	3	1	4	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	04:33	MIN	EV	Marco Scandella (1) · snap	Matt Cooke (1), Justin Fontaine (1)	0–1
2nd	06:19	MIN	EV	Jason Pominville (1) · snap	Mikko Koivu (1), Ryan Suter (1)	0–2
2nd	16:09	MIN	EV	Jason Zucker (1) · snap	Nino Niederreiter (1), Mikael Granlund (1)	0–3
3rd	18:48	BUF	PP	Tyler Myers (1) · deflected	Matt Ellis (1), Mike Weber (1)	1–3
3rd	19:34	MIN	SH EN	Kyle Brodziak (1) · wrist	Ryan Suter (2), Mikko Koivu (2)	1–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:20	MIN	Ryan Suter	cross checking	2
1st	09:47	MIN	Marco Scandella	tripping	2
1st	16:30	BUF	Mark Pysyk	hooking	2
1st	20:00	BUF	Matt Moulson	roughing	2
1st	20:00	MIN	Nate Prosser	roughing	2
2nd	06:31	BUF	Marcus Foligno	roughing	2
2nd	12:07	MIN	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	18:43	BUF	Jamie McBain	interference	2
3rd	02:09	MIN	Clayton Stoner	interference	2
3rd	04:45	BUF	John Scott	roughing	2
3rd	04:45	MIN	Clayton Stoner	roughing	2
3rd	04:45	BUF	John Scott	roughing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 1.71 · MIN 3.55 · xG% BUF 32.5

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
57	Tyler Myers	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2		23:47	27
6	Mike Weber	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	1		18:41	23
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1		13:16	19
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		22:54	27
9	Steve Ott	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	72.7	19:30	25
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	30.0	19:21	22
3	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0		19:01	25
4	Jamie McBain	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	2		18:09	23
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	-3	2	2	2	0	100.0	18:07	22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0	100.0	17:20	22
52	Alexander Sulzer	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		16:40	23
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	0	66.7	15:56	21
27	Matt D'Agostini	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		15:37	20
65	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	33.3	14:51	21
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45.5	11:45	17
17	Linus Omark	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11:34	16
32	John Scott	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0		10:59	15
21	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		3:21	4

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ryan Miller	L	31	28	3	.903	59:11

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	2	2	+3	2	4	2	2		27:08	26
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	2	2	+1	0	3	1	0	63.2	22:18	24
29	Jason Pominville	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	100.0	18:39	20
6	Marco Scandella	D	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0		17:47	25
24	Matt Cooke	L	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	1		14:43	22
21	Kyle Brodziak	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	1		14:41	19
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	71.4	13:03	19
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	100.0	12:37	17
16	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		11:36	17
14	Justin Fontaine	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		10:37	16
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0	1	2		27:06	27
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		19:07	26
15	Dany Heatley	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		18:46	19
4	Clayton Stoner	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1		14:26	20
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		14:20	21
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	50.0	11:52	17
17	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		11:41	18
19	Stephane Veilleux	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		9:35	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Niklas Backstrom	W	20	19	1	.950	60:00