Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Mar 4, 2022 · KeyBank Center · 2021–22 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

4 – 5

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 5–4 on Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at KeyBank Center. Kirill Kaprizov scored twice; Jeff Skinner scored twice. Craig Anderson made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–38.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	0	3	4	33
BUF	1	1	3	5	38

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:51	BUF	PP	Casey Mittelstadt (2) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (28), Kyle Okposo (18)	0–1
1st	15:25	MIN	EV	Ryan Hartman (22) · slap	Kirill Kaprizov (42), Jared Spurgeon (16)	1–1
2nd	06:01	BUF	PP	Kyle Okposo (15) · wrist	Casey Mittelstadt (4), Rasmus Dahlin (29)	1–2
3rd	03:20	MIN	EV	Kevin Fiala (18) · snap	Frederick Gaudreau (16), Alex Goligoski (24)	2–2
3rd	04:59	MIN	PP	Kirill Kaprizov (25) · wrist	Jared Spurgeon (17), Matt Boldy (11)	3–2
3rd	12:20	BUF	EV	Jeff Skinner (22) · wrist	Tage Thompson (19)	3–3
3rd	16:40	BUF	EV	Jeff Skinner (23) · wrist	Unassisted	3–4
3rd	18:54	BUF	SH EN	Victor Olofsson (9) · wrist	Peyton Krebs (8)	3–5
3rd	19:26	MIN	PP	Kirill Kaprizov (26) · slap	Kevin Fiala (30), Jonas Brodin (18)	4–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:15	MIN	Marcus Foligno	interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	04:32	MIN	Jonas Brodin	hooking	2
2nd	16:52	BUF	Cody Eakin	hooking	2
2nd	19:09	MIN	Brandon Duhaime	holding	2
3rd	03:51	BUF	Robert Hagg	holding	2
3rd	08:46	BUF	Casey Fitzgerald	fighting	5
3rd	08:46	MIN	Mason Shaw	fighting	5
3rd	20:00	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	slashing	2
3rd	20:00	MIN	Jared Spurgeon	slashing	2
3rd	20:00	BUF	Dylan Cozens	misconduct	10

Shot map

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

Expected goals: MIN 1.94 · BUF 4.62 · xG% MIN 29.6

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	2	1	3	+1	0	3	2	0		19:50	20
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	2	2	+2	2	2	0	0		24:38	27
22	Kevin Fiala	L	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1		19:28	21
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	1		22:31	24
47	Alex Goligoski	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2		20:07	24
38	Ryan Hartman	R	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	0	40.9	18:32	20
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0		16:58	18
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	66.7	15:47	18
29	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		20:39	23
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	57.1	20:29	20
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	+1	2	2	4	0	100.0	17:37	20
4	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:52	20
59	Calen Addison	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		14:35	21
52	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		12:42	15
21	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1		11:54	17
58	Mason Shaw	C	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	0		9:10	12
27	Nick Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		8:24	14
7	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	100.0	8:07	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Kaapo Kahkonen	L	37	33	4	.892	58:35

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	2	2	+2	2	2	0	4		24:58	29
53	Jeff Skinner	L	2	0	2	+1	0	7	0	0	42.9	17:06	21
21	Kyle Okposo	R	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		16:33	22
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	35.7	16:26	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	7	0	1	29.4	19:21	22
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	42.9	15:40	21
71	Victor Olofsson	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0		13:14	21
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		19:04	23
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	3		18:32	23
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	3		18:25	24
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1		18:11	27
8	Robert Hagg	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3		17:46	20
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	+1	10	2	1	0	42.9	17:27	23
45	Casey Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	-2	5	1	0	1		16:58	25
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		12:16	19
15	John Hayden	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		12:07	16
96	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		11:59	14
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	1	75.0	10:49	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Craig Anderson	W	33	29	4	.879	60:00