Buffalo Sabres at Winnipeg Jets

Fri, Jan 5, 2018 · Bell MTS Place · 2017–18 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 4

Final

Winnipeg Jets

The Winnipeg Jets beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at Bell MTS Place. Jacob Trouba led the way with 2 points. Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	3	29
WPG	2	1	1	4	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	09:27	WPG	PP	Dustin Byfuglien (1) · slap	Blake Wheeler (35), Patrik Laine (17)	0–1
1st	11:40	BUF	EV	Marco Scandella (1) · slap	Evan Rodrigues (2), Jason Pominville (10)	1–1
1st	15:46	WPG	EV	Jacob Trouba (3) · slap	Andrew Copp (7), Matt Hendricks (7)	1–2
2nd	06:06	WPG	PP	Blake Wheeler (14) · snap	Tyler Myers (15), Nikolaj Ehlers (15)	1–3
2nd	18:03	BUF	EV	Johan Larsson (2) · backhand	Jacob Josefson (2), Rasmus Ristolainen (12)	2–3
3rd	00:25	WPG	EV	Bryan Little (8) · wrist	Jacob Trouba (12), Josh Morrissey (12)	2–4
3rd	12:17	BUF	EV	Scott Wilson (1) · wrist	Evan Rodrigues (3), Jason Pominville (11)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:20	WPG	Joel Armia	hooking	2
1st	08:54	BUF	Sam Reinhart	high sticking	2
1st	09:37	WPG	Bryan Little	high sticking	2
1st	13:08	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	slashing	2
2nd	04:37	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons	tripping	2
2nd	08:25	WPG	Kyle Connor	hooking	2
2nd	11:57	WPG	Blake Wheeler	illegal check to head	2
2nd	14:17	WPG	Ben Chiarot	hooking	2
3rd	03:28	BUF	Bench	delaying game bench face off violation	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.99 · WPG 2.44 · xG% BUF 55.1

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	2	2	+1	0	2	2	0		14:12	21
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	0	41.7	12:15	20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	5	0		26:24	29
6	Marco Scandella	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0		22:33	30
22	Johan Larsson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	1	50.0	12:21	17
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	41.7	11:48	17
20	Scott Wilson	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0		8:45	16
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	50.0	23:08	23
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		21:05	22
9	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	75.0	21:01	23
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	33.3	20:58	22
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	1		20:34	26
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1		19:25	20
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3		16:28	25
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		13:50	22
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		12:30	17
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1		11:29	19
17	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		7:16	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Chad Johnson	L	29	25	4	.862	57:56

Winnipeg Jets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Jacob Trouba	D	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	1		21:18	24
26	Blake Wheeler	R	1	1	2	-1	2	2	0	0	60.0	18:35	25
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	4		23:43	24
44	Josh Morrissey	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	4		20:15	26
9	Andrew Copp	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		18:53	24
33	Dustin Byfuglien	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1		17:53	18
18	Bryan Little	C	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	63.2	17:53	25
27	Nikolaj Ehlers	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		15:54	20
29	Patrik Laine	L	0	1	1	-1	0	6	4	0	33.3	14:54	20
15	Matt Hendricks	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	28.6	9:19	16
17	Adam Lowry	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	53.8	19:34	25
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		18:14	24
5	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	3		18:01	22
85	Mathieu Perreault	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1		16:47	21
81	Kyle Connor	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2		15:52	21
7	Ben Chiarot	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2		13:01	16
16	Shawn Matthias	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		6:10	12
56	Marko Dano	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		4:13	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Connor Hellebuyck	W	29	26	3	.897	59:31