Minnesota Wild @ Buffalo Sabres

27-13-9, 14-7-3 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Wild MIN	2	2	0	1	5
Sabres BUF	1	3	0	0	4

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

26-16-5, 16-6-3 Home

Minnesota Wild


forwards
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#17
Hunter HaightH. Haight#37
Ryan HartmanR. Hartman#38
Vinnie HinostrozaV. Hinostroza#18
Ben JonesB. Jones#39
Kirill KaprizovK. Kaprizov#97
Tyler PitlickT. Pitlick#19
Nico SturmN. Sturm#78
Vladimir TarasenkoV. Tarasenko#91
Yakov TreninY. Trenin#13
Danila YurovD. Yurov#22
Mats ZuccarelloM. Zuccarello#36
defensemen
Brock FaberB. Faber#7
Quinn HughesQ. Hughes#43
Daemon HuntD. Hunt#48
David JiricekD. Jiricek#55
Jake MiddletonJ. Middleton#5
Jared SpurgeonJ. Spurgeon#46

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	2	0	0	16	14:25	2:39	2:27	9:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	12	8:06	0:02	0:00	8:04	5	0	100.0
1	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	22	22:10	5:46	0:00	16:24	12	14	46.2
0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	12:28	2:14	0:00	10:14	1	1	50.0
0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8:54	0:00	1:45	7:09	0	0	0.0
0	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	23	24:28	6:45	0:00	17:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	6:08	0:00	0:00	6:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	10:55	0:00	4:07	6:48	6	2	75.0
1	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	19	15:55	3:35	0:00	12:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	19	15:33	0:00	1:56	13:37	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	21	16:27	1:13	0:33	14:41	5	8	38.5
1	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	25:35	7:19	0:00	18:16	3	1	75.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	32	28:41	1:24	4:46	22:31	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	4	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	28	29:52	6:34	0:27	22:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	11:36	0:00	1:09	10:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	14	9:12	0:00	0:00	9:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	3	0	1	26	21:17	0:02	4:58	16:17	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	16:16	0:41	1:21	14:14	0	0	0.0

goalies
Filip GustavssonF. Gustavsson#32

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
24	4	20	.833	16	4	0	0	0	61:46	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#6
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Jordan GreenwayJ. Greenway#12
Tyson KozakT. Kozak#48
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Noah OstlundN. Ostlund#86
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Michael KesselringM. Kesselring#8
Zach MetsaZ. Metsa#73
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	21	16:31	1:00	0:53	14:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	15:14	4:23	0:00	10:51	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	10:43	0:00	4:21	6:22	0	2	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	8:32	0:00	0:52	7:40	2	1	66.7
1	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	2	15	10:31	0:00	0:00	10:31	1	3	25.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	9:56	0:00	3:07	6:49	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	16:30	0:44	2:38	13:08	11	5	68.8
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:09	5:25	0:00	10:44	1	3	25.0
1	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	16:03	1:41	0:00	14:22	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	23	22:17	5:37	0:02	16:38	10	13	43.5
1	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	26	18:40	0:30	2:22	15:48	1	0	100.0
0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	17:49	5:07	0:00	12:42	0	4	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	1	31	25:36	0:28	4:29	20:39	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	29	27:10	5:40	2:32	18:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	1	3	9	2	0	1	16	10:16	0:00	0:28	9:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7:04	0:00	0:00	7:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	25	21:33	0:00	2:23	19:10	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	28	26:30	0:00	6:07	20:23	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenU. Luukkonen#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
35	5	30	.857	23	6	1	0	0	61:46	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	OT	T
	Wild	2	2	0	1	5
	Sabres	1	3	0	0	4

1st Period		MIN	BUF
9:19	Marcus Foligno (3) Assists: Vladimir Tarasenko (14), Ben Jones (1)	1	0
10:05	Ryan McLeod (11) Assists: Jack Quinn (16), Jason Zucker (12)	1	1
19:52	Ryan Hartman (13) Assists: Quinn Hughes (37), Kirill Kaprizov (28)	2	1

2nd Period		MIN	BUF
1:08	Vladimir Tarasenko (9) Assists: Jared Spurgeon (10), Danila Yurov (11)	3	1
10:07	Peyton Krebs (4) Assists: Mattias Samuelsson (16)	3	2
11:34	Jack Quinn (11) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin (28), Jason Zucker (13)	3	3
16:07	Alex Tuch (17) (Power Play) Assists: Tage Thompson (25), Ryan McLeod (20)	3	4
17:04	Quinn Hughes (4) Assists: Kirill Kaprizov (29), Mats Zuccarello (17)	4	4

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary			MIN	BUF
1:46		Mats Zuccarello (6) (Power Play) Assists: Kirill Kaprizov (30), Filip Gustavsson (1)	5	4

Minnesota Wild vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game Highlights

1:19

Quinn Hughes nets goal for Wild

0:40

Alex Tuch capitalizes on the power play

0:51

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Sabres
3
Wild
2

Game 1

30/11

Wild
5
Sabres
4

Game 2

17/1

KeyBank Center

5:30 PM, 17 January 2026

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Kelly Sutherland
Jordan Samuels-Thomas

Linesmen:
CJ Murray
Shawn Oliver

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	33	5	8	74
Dallas	27	12	9	63
Minnesota	27	13	9	63
Utah	24	20	4	52
Nashville	23	20	4	50
St. Louis	19	21	8	46
Chicago	19	21	7	45
Winnipeg	19	22	5	43

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	29	13	4	62
Detroit	29	16	4	62
Montreal	26	15	7	59
Buffalo	26	16	5	57
Boston	27	19	2	56
Toronto	23	16	8	54
Florida	24	19	3	51
Ottawa	22	19	5	49

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