Wild 6-2 Sabres (5 Jan, 2018) Box Score

Buffalo Sabres

10-21-9, 5-11-6 away

	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	2	2
MIN	3	3	0	6

Minnesota Wild

22-16-3, 14-4-2 home

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Jack EichelJ. Eichel#15
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Chad JohnsonC. Johnson#31
Jacob JosefsonJ. Josefson#10
Evander KaneE. Kane#9
Johan LarssonJ. Larsson#22
Jordan NolanJ. Nolan#17
Ryan O'ReillyR. O'Reilly#90
Kyle OkposoK. Okposo#21
Jason PominvilleJ. Pominville#29
Benoit PouliotB. Pouliot#67
Sam ReinhartS. Reinhart#23
Evan RodriguesE. Rodrigues#71
defensemen
Nathan BeaulieuN. Beaulieu#82
Zach BogosianZ. Bogosian#47
Justin FalkJ. Falk#41
Jake McCabeJ. McCabe#19
Rasmus RistolainenR. Ristolainen#55
Marco ScandellaM. Scandella#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	18:41	3:51	1:44	13:06	5	4	55.6
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	13:57	0:00	1:34	12:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20:00	4:00	0:00	16:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	17	14:07	0:00	2:34	11:33	7	4	63.6
1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	17:45	2:33	1:32	13:40	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	15:00	0:00	2:45	12:15	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	10	1	0	0	13	9:46	0:00	0:00	9:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	15:56	3:42	0:19	11:55	6	7	46.2
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	15:45	3:27	0:31	11:47	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	13:57	2:38	0:00	11:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	12:18	0:00	2:23	9:55	0	1	0.0
1	0	-1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	18	16:17	3:22	0:00	12:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	13:13	2:09	0:38	10:26	3	5	37.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	20:24	1:51	0:00	18:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	32	25:32	2:49	3:14	19:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	26	19:55	0:00	4:04	15:51	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	29	20:38	0:27	3:50	16:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	15	0	0	0	6	5:43	0:00	0:00	5:43	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	31	24:06	3:11	2:52	18:03	0	0	0.0

goalies
Robin LehnerR. Lehner#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
17	6	11	.647	0	0	0	0	0	40:00	0

Minnesota Wild


forwards
Charlie CoyleC. Coyle#3
Matt CullenM. Cullen#7
Tyler EnnisT. Ennis#63
Joel Eriksson EkJ. Eriksson Ek#14
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#17
Mikael GranlundM. Granlund#64
Mikko KoivuM. Koivu#9
Nino NiederreiterN. Niederreiter#22
Zach PariseZ. Parise#11
Eric StaalE. Staal#12
Daniel WinnikD. Winnik#26
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#16
defensemen
Jonas BrodinJ. Brodin#25
Matt DumbaM. Dumba#24
Gustav OlofssonG. Olofsson#23
Nate ProsserN. Prosser#39
Jared SpurgeonJ. Spurgeon#46
Ryan SuterR. Suter#20

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	15:41	1:40	1:41	12:20	2	5	28.6
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	14:30	1:03	2:06	11:21	8	6	57.1
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	14:44	0:34	0:00	14:10	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	2	1	1	18	15:07	0:34	0:54	13:39	2	1	66.7
0	1	1	0	0	0	1	10	2	0	1	13	11:15	0:49	0:00	10:26	0	0	0.0
0	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	19	12:46	1:40	1:15	9:51	1	1	50.0
1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	11:23	0:00	1:57	9:26	2	5	28.6
3	0	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	12:03	1:40	0:09	10:14	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	19	17:30	3:57	2:00	11:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:53	3:57	0:16	13:40	6	4	60.0
1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	13:55	0:49	1:35	11:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	21	16:43	4:17	0:07	12:19	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	24	22:26	4:02	2:10	16:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	22:04	3:56	2:10	15:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	20	16:09	0:20	0:37	15:12	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	16:56	0:20	0:52	15:44	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	22	21:21	2:40	2:58	15:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	21:34	2:42	3:13	15:39	0	0	0.0

goalies
Devan DubnykD. Dubnyk#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
31	2	29	.935	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Sabres	0	0	2	2
	Wild	3	3	0	6

1st Period		MIN
1:09	Nino Niederreiter (11) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mikael Granlund (17), Mikko Koivu (14)	1
2:15	Daniel Winnik (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nate Prosser (3), Marcus Foligno (8)	2
13:53	Nino Niederreiter (12) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Charlie Coyle (13), Jared Spurgeon (17)	3

2nd Period		MIN
4:02	Nino Niederreiter (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mikael Granlund (18), Mikko Koivu (15)	4
13:07	Mikko Koivu (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mikael Granlund (19), Jonas Brodin (5)	5
19:15	Charlie Coyle (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Zach Parise (1), Joel Eriksson Ek (5)	6

3rd Period			BUF	MIN
1:54		Sam Reinhart (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Zach Bogosian (1), Jake McCabe (9)	1	6
18:59		Evander Kane (16) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Marco Scandella (11), Jason Pominville (9)	2	6

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-0

Wild
5
Sabres
4

Game 1

23/11

Sabres
2
Wild
6

Game 2

5/1

Xcel Energy Center

1:00 AM, 5 January 2018

Saint Paul, MN

Attendance: 19,017

Referees:
Chris Lee

Linesmen:
Darren Gibbs

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	22	11	2	46
Toronto	21	11	2	44
Boston	18	13	4	40
Tampa Bay	18	11	2	38
Ottawa	18	14	2	38
Montreal	14	16	3	31
Detroit	13	16	4	30
Buffalo	11	19	4	26

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Winnipeg	24	10	1	49
Minnesota	20	10	4	44
Colorado	21	15	0	42
Dallas	19	13	0	38
Utah	16	11	6	38
St. Louis	15	16	4	34
Nashville	10	17	7	27
Chicago	12	20	2	26

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