Minnesota Wild 5 — 4 Buffalo Sabres
2017-11-22 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MIN | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | 14 | 11 |
| 3 | 5 | 9 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Lehner | BUF | L | 17 | 19 | 2 | 14/15 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 38:48 |
| Chad Johnson start | BUF | 10 | 13 | 3 | 10/12 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 20:00 | |
| Devan Dubnyk start | MIN | W | 30 | 34 | 4 | 27/31 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
MIN skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Koivu | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:05 |
| Mikael Granlund | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:07 |
| Nino Niederreiter | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:38 |
| Ryan Suter | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29:04 |
| Eric Staal | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:17 |
| Tyler Ennis | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:13 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:58 |
| Marcus Foligno | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12:33 |
| Daniel Winnik | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:12 |
| Chris Stewart | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:57 |
| Zack Mitchell | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:54 |
| Gustav Olofsson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:55 |
| Mathew Dumba | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:23 |
| Mike Reilly | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 08:26 |
| Jonas Brodin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:15 |
| Matt Cullen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:03 |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26:27 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Nolan | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:06 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:53 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 |
| Evander Kane | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:38 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:24 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:01 |
| Jacob Josefson | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:04 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:24 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:49 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 07:21 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:46 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:07 |
| Victor Antipin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:40 |
| Kyle Criscuolo | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:07 |
| Justin Falk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18:27 |
| Benoit Pouliot | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:54 |
| Josh Gorges | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:59 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 06:32 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-17 | 2025-26 | MIN | 5 | BUF | 4 | OT |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | MIN | 2 | SO |
| 2025-03-22 | 2024-25 | BUF | 1 | MIN | 4 | |
| 2024-11-27 | 2024-25 | MIN | 1 | BUF | 0 | |
| 2024-02-17 | 2023-24 | BUF | 3 | MIN | 2 | OT |
| 2023-11-10 | 2023-24 | MIN | 2 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2023-01-28 | 2022-23 | BUF | 2 | MIN | 3 | SO |
| 2023-01-07 | 2022-23 | MIN | 5 | BUF | 6 | OT |
| 2022-03-04 | 2021-22 | MIN | 4 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2021-12-16 | 2021-22 | BUF | 3 | MIN | 2 | SO |