Minnesota Wild 5 — 4 Buffalo Sabres
2026-01-17 · KeyBank Center · OT
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MIN | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | 18 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | O | 31 | 36 | 5 | 24/28 | 6/7 | 1/1 | 61:46 |
| Filip Gustavsson start | MIN | W | 20 | 24 | 4 | 16/19 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 61:46 |
MIN skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirill Kaprizov | L | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24:28 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:55 |
| Mats Zuccarello | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:35 |
| Quinn Hughes | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29:52 |
| Ryan Hartman | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:10 |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:16 |
| Marcus Foligno | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:25 |
| Danila Yurov | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16:27 |
| Ben Jones | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:54 |
| Jake Middleton | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21:17 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| Tyler Pitlick | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 06:08 |
| Brock Faber | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28:41 |
| Nico Sturm | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:55 |
| Daemon Hunt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 |
| Hunter Haight | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:06 |
| David Jiricek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 09:12 |
| Yakov Trenin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15:33 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Quinn | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:03 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:49 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:17 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:40 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27:10 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10:31 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 26:30 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25:36 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:14 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:32 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:31 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:04 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21:33 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10:16 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:43 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:56 |
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 |