Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Thu, Jan 4, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center · 2017–18 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 6

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–2 on Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center. Nino Niederreiter scored a hat trick. Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	2	2	31
MIN	3	3	0	6	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:09	MIN	EV	Nino Niederreiter (11) · snap	Mikael Granlund (17), Mikko Koivu (14)	0–1
1st	02:15	MIN	EV	Daniel Winnik (4) · snap	Nate Prosser (3), Marcus Foligno (8)	0–2
1st	13:53	MIN	PP	Nino Niederreiter (12) · wrist	Charlie Coyle (13), Jared Spurgeon (17)	0–3
2nd	04:02	MIN	EV	Nino Niederreiter (13) · wrist	Mikael Granlund (18), Mikko Koivu (15)	0–4
2nd	13:07	MIN	EV	Mikko Koivu (6) · snap	Mikael Granlund (19), Jonas Brodin (5)	0–5
2nd	19:15	MIN	EV	Charlie Coyle (4) · snap	Zach Parise (1), Joel Eriksson Ek (5)	0–6
3rd	01:54	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (7) · backhand	Zach Bogosian (1), Jake McCabe (9)	1–6
3rd	18:59	BUF	EV	Evander Kane (16) · backhand	Marco Scandella (11), Jason Pominville (9)	2–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:16	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	interference	5
1st	10:16	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	game misconduct	10
1st	15:52	BUF	Sam Reinhart	high sticking	2
2nd	06:54	MIN	Mikael Granlund	holding	2
3rd	07:08	MIN	Gustav Olofsson	hooking	2
3rd	11:06	MIN	Jason Zucker	interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	13:34	MIN	Marcus Foligno	misconduct	10
3rd	13:34	BUF	Jordan Nolan	misconduct	10

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.31 · MIN 2.50 · xG% BUF 48.0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	3	1		25:32	32
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1		24:06	31
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	1		20:38	29
9	Evander Kane	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	100.0	17:45	18
23	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	-1	2	3	0	0		16:17	18
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		13:57	16
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		20:24	25
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	4	3		19:55	26
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	0	55.6	18:41	20
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	46.2	15:56	17
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		15:45	18
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	100.0	15:00	18
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	63.6	14:07	17
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		13:57	19
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	37.5	13:13	17
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		12:18	16
17	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	-1	10	0	1	0		9:46	13
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	15	3	0	0		5:43	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	L	17	11	6	.647	40:00
31	Chad Johnson		10	10	0	1.000	20:00

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	3	3	+3	2	0	0	0	50.0	12:46	19
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	3	0	3	+3	0	4	0	0		12:03	17
9	Mikko Koivu	C	1	2	3	+3	0	2	0	0	28.6	11:23	16
3	Charlie Coyle	C	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	0	28.6	15:41	20
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	1		22:26	24
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		21:21	22
11	Zach Parise	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0		17:30	19
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2		16:56	20
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	3	66.7	15:07	18
26	Daniel Winnik	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		13:55	17
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	+1	10	0	2	0		11:15	13
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	0		22:04	23
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		21:34	23
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	60.0	17:53	20
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0		16:43	21
23	Gustav Olofsson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0		16:09	20
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		14:44	16
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	57.1	14:30	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Devan Dubnyk	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00