Buffalo Sabres 2 — 6 Minnesota Wild
2018-01-04 · Xcel Energy Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | MIN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 8 |
| 2 | 12 | 9 |
| 3 | 9 | 10 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devan Dubnyk start | MIN | W | 29 | 31 | 2 | 25/27 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
| Robin Lehner start | BUF | L | 11 | 17 | 6 | 8/13 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 40:00 |
| Chad Johnson | BUF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8/8 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 20:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Reinhart | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25:32 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24:06 |
| Evander Kane | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:45 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20:38 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:41 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:43 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:00 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:13 |
| Benoit Pouliot | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:45 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:56 |
| Jacob Josefson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:07 |
| Justin Falk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19:55 |
| Jordan Nolan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:46 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:24 |
MIN skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nino Niederreiter | R | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 |
| Mikko Koivu | C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:23 |
| Mikael Granlund | C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| Zach Parise | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15:07 |
| Jonas Brodin | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:26 |
| Daniel Winnik | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:21 |
| Marcus Foligno | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:15 |
| Nate Prosser | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16:56 |
| Tyler Ennis | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 |
| Eric Staal | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:43 |
| Mathew Dumba | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:04 |
| Matt Cullen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:30 |
| Ryan Suter | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 |
| Gustav Olofsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:09 |
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 |