Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Sat, Feb 17, 2024 · Xcel Energy Center · 2023–24 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 2

Final/OT

Minnesota Wild

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 in overtime on Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at Xcel Energy Center. Henri Jokiharju led the way with 2 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	2	1	3	28
MIN	0	0	2	0	2	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
3rd	00:39	BUF	EV	Casey Mittelstadt (13) · wrist	Henri Jokiharju (8)	1–0
3rd	04:02	MIN	EV	Joel Eriksson Ek (25) · wrist	Kirill Kaprizov (31)	1–1
3rd	11:21	MIN	PP	Declan Chisholm (1) · wrist	Marcus Johansson (17), Marco Rossi (16)	1–2
3rd	19:23	BUF	PP	Dylan Cozens (11) · wrist	Jordan Greenway (10), Tage Thompson (15)	2–2
OT	01:29	BUF	EV	Henri Jokiharju (3) · snap	Alex Tuch (22), Tage Thompson (16)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:22	MIN	Matt Boldy	high sticking	2
1st	05:50	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt	slashing	2
1st	10:03	MIN	Jake Middleton	hooking	2
1st	17:51	MIN	Vinni Lettieri	tripping	2
2nd	09:17	BUF	Connor Clifton	cross checking	2
3rd	07:37	BUF	Connor Clifton	high sticking double minor	4

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.13 · MIN 2.67 · xG% BUF 54.0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0		22:57	29
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	2	2	+1	0	5	2	0	33.3	19:57	22
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	2		20:57	25
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	1		19:56	22
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	0	60.0	18:05	23
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	0	57.1	17:56	21
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	3	2		30:47	31
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-1	6	1	2	2		18:31	26
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		18:30	25
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:49	18
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2		14:30	19
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		14:19	18
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		14:00	17
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33.3	12:18	16
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	50.0	12:05	16
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:57	12
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	100.0	10:07	13
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		7:44	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	32	30	2	.938	59:47

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	2	1	30.4	20:59	28
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	0	1	1	-1	0	4	1	1		20:12	23
23	Marco Rossi	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0	71.4	16:59	19
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		16:05	18
47	Declan Chisholm	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		14:46	18
7	Brock Faber	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	1		26:28	29
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		24:13	25
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	0		20:17	22
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	1		18:26	21
5	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	1		17:35	26
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		17:28	18
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	80.0	15:13	16
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	60.0	12:12	20
4	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:10	14
21	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:43	20
10	Vinni Lettieri	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2		11:21	13
27	Jake Lucchini	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		11:11	12
26	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:09	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Filip Gustavsson	OTL	28	25	3	.893	61:29