Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Thursday, January 2, 2014 · Xcel Energy Center
BELL TV · FS-N · FS-WI · MSG-B
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Thursday, January 2, 2014 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Sabres 31-20.
Goals came from Marco Scandella, Jason Pominville, Jason Zucker, Tyler Myers and Kyle Brodziak.
Niklas Backstrom made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 28 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Marco Scandella (1)Matt Cooke (1), Justin Fontaine (1)0–104:33 MIN
Jason Pominville (1)Mikko Koivu (1), Ryan Suter (1)0–206:19 MIN
Jason Zucker (1)Nino Niederreiter (1), Mikael Granlund (1)0–316:09 MIN
3rd period
Tyler Myers (1)Matt Ellis (1), Mike Weber (1)1–318:48 BUF
Kyle Brodziak (1)Ryan Suter (2), Mikko Koivu (2)1–419:34 MIN
Team stats
BUFMIN
20Shots on goal31
47%Faceoff %53%
0/4Power play0/4
12Penalty minutes12
21Hits17
9Blocked shots11
1Giveaways6
1Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 06:20
Ryan Suter · cross checking2 min - 1st 09:47Marco Scandella · tripping2 min
- 1st 16:30
Mark Pysyk · hooking2 min - 1st 20:00Matt Moulson · roughing2 min
- 1st 20:00Nate Prosser · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:31Marcus Foligno · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:07Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 18:43Jamie McBain · interference2 min
- 3rd 02:09Clayton Stoner · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:45John Scott · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:45Clayton Stoner · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:45John Scott · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:47 |
| 9Steve OttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:30 |
| 17Linus OmarkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:34 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 03:21 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:07 |
| 27Matt D'AgostiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:37 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 17:20 |
| 32John ScottL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:59 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:56 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 22:54 |
| 52Alexander SulzerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 59:11 |
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:18 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 27:08 |
| 14Justin FontaineR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:36 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:43 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:39 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:52 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:46 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:35 |
| 4Clayton StonerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:07 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 27:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 20 | 19 | 1 | .950 | 60:00 |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |