Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Thursday, November 13, 2014 · Xcel Energy Center

BuffaloSabresAway

3–6

Final

SOG 28–39

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Sabres 39-28.

Nino Niederreiter scored a hat trick. Rasmus Ristolainen, Ryan Carter, Zemgus Girgensons, Kyle Brodziak, Jared Spurgeon and Torrey Mitchell also scored.

Niklas Backstrom made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 33 of 38.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	0	1	3	28
MIN	4	1	1	6	39

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Rasmus Ristolainen (1)Matt Moulson (4), Zemgus Girgensons (4)1–001:03 BUF
Ryan Carter (2)Kyle Brodziak (1), Justin Fontaine (5)1–106:07 MIN
Nino Niederreiter (5)Charlie Coyle (5)1–206:14 MIN
Zemgus Girgensons (4)Tyler Ennis (4), Nikita Zadorov (1)2–206:24 BUF
Kyle Brodziak (3)Justin Fontaine (6), Ryan Carter (6)2–309:21 MIN
Nino Niederreiter (6)Mikael Granlund (5), Mathew Dumba (2)2–417:52 MIN · PPG

2nd period

Jared Spurgeon (3)Jason Pominville (5), Mikko Koivu (2)2–513:50 MIN · PPG

3rd period

Torrey Mitchell (2)Drew Stafford (7), Nicolas Deslauriers (2)3–512:56 BUF
Nino Niederreiter (7)Charlie Coyle (6), Ryan Suter (8)3–617:32 MIN · EN

Team stats

BUFMIN

28Shots on goal39

45%Faceoff %55%

0/2Power play2/4

8Penalty minutes4

22Hits12

21Blocked shots6

6Giveaways5

8Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 12:35Tyler Myers · hooking2 min
1st 17:34Drew Stafford · holding2 min
2nd 01:51Patrick Kaleta · high sticking2 min
2nd 11:56Rasmus Ristolainen · interference2 min
2nd 14:37Justin Fontaine · holding2 min
3rd 09:25Jordan Schroeder · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

28Zemgus GirgensonsC	1	1	2	+1	2	3	2	0	33	18:58
17Torrey MitchellC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	29	16:35
21Drew StaffordR	0	1	1	-1	1	1	1	2	67	12:24
26Matt MoulsonL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	18:13
44Nicolas DeslauriersL	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	–	14:41
63Tyler EnnisC	0	1	1	+1	4	1	1	0	–	19:57
51Nikita ZadorovD	0	1	1	+3	1	4	1	0	–	25:17
55Rasmus RistolainenD	1	0	1	+2	4	1	1	2	–	24:06
8Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	67	15:01
12Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	16:01
19Cody HodgsonC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50	07:53
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2	–	08:06
65Brian FlynnC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:51
80Chris StewartR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	08:31
6Mike WeberD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	–	10:41
24Tyson StrachanD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	4	0	–	21:59
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	6	2	–	24:07
61Andre BenoitD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:48

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jhonas EnrothG	L	38	33	5	.868	59:39
34Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

22Nino NiederreiterR	3	0	3	+1	5	3	0	0	–	18:32
3Charlie CoyleC	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	50	14:55
14Justin FontaineR	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	2	–	10:00
18Ryan CarterC	1	1	2	+2	1	2	0	0	–	09:17
21Kyle BrodziakC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	38	12:32
9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	65	17:06
29Jason PominvilleR	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	–	16:34
64Mikael GranlundC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	44	18:30
20Ryan SuterD	0	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	–	29:30
46Jared SpurgeonD	1	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	–	29:27
55Mathew DumbaD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:37
10Jordan SchroederC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	12:06
16Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	–	16:59
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50	15:28
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	69	14:21
2Keith BallardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	18:09
5Christian FolinD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	11:36
39Nate ProsserD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	15:41

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG	W	26	25	1	.962	53:16
35Darcy KuemperG		2	0	2	.000	06:24