Buffalo Sabres @ Minnesota Wild

10-15-4, 4-7-2 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Sabres BUF	0	1	1	1	3
Wild MIN	1	1	0	0	2

Minnesota WildWildMIN

19-8-2, 10-2-1 Home

Thompson's shootout goal lifts Sabres to 3-2 win over Wild

— Tage Thompson scored the only goal in a shootout, lifting the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

Dec 17, 2021, 05:00 am - AP

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Sabres	0	1	1	1	3
	Wild	1	1	0	0	2

1st Period			BUF	MIN
10:11		Jon Merrill (3) Assists: Ryan Hartman (11), Dmitry Kulikov (10)	0	1

2nd Period			BUF	MIN
8:05		Dylan Cozens (8) Assists: Henri Jokiharju (4)	1	1
19:04		Kirill Kaprizov (11) Assists: Jared Spurgeon (8), Alex Goligoski (17)	1	2

3rd Period			BUF	MIN
12:03		Mark Pysyk (1) Assists: Mark Jankowski (1), Vinnie Hinostroza (9)	2	2

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			BUF	MIN
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			1	0

SABRES

WILD

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

Sabres
3
Wild
2

Game 1

17/12

Wild
4
Sabres
5

Game 2

5/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	23	14	3	49
Tampa Bay	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	6	46
Florida	21	15	2	44
Buffalo	20	14	4	44
Boston	20	18	2	42
Ottawa	18	15	5	41
Toronto	17	15	6	40

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	29	2	7	65
Dallas	25	7	7	57
Minnesota	24	10	6	54
Utah	18	19	3	39
Nashville	17	17	4	38
St. Louis	15	17	8	38
Winnipeg	15	18	4	34
Chicago	14	18	6	34

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Buffalo Sabres @ Minnesota Wild

Stars of the Game

Tage ThompsonC - BUF

Dylan CozensC - BUF

Alex GoligoskiD - MIN

Game Information

Thompson's shootout goal lifts Sabres to 3-2 win over Wild

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

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