Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, January 15, 2015 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-0 on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at First Niagara Center. The Wild outshot the Sabres 37-18.
Goals came from Zach Parise, Thomas Vanek, Kyle Brodziak, Mathew Dumba, Jared Spurgeon, Matt Cooke and Erik Haula.
Devan Dubnyk made 18 saves on 18 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 30 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Zach Parise (15)Mikko Koivu (16), Jason Pominville (25)1–005:13 MIN
Thomas Vanek (8)Mikko Koivu (17), Jason Pominville (26)2–019:01 MIN · PPG
2nd period
Kyle Brodziak (6)Erik Haula (3)3–006:00 MIN · SHG
Mathew Dumba (2)Jason Pominville (27), Zach Parise (17)4–009:06 MIN
Jared Spurgeon (6)Jonathon Blum (1), Ryan Carter (9)5–018:54 MIN
3rd period
Matt Cooke (4)Kyle Brodziak (6)6–004:26 MIN
Erik Haula (4)Thomas Vanek (19), Christian Folin (4)7–018:27 MIN · PPG
Team stats
MINBUF
37Shots on goal18
58%Faceoff %42%
2/6Power play0/3
11Penalty minutes17
12Hits30
15Blocked shots18
5Giveaways8
2Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 07:11
Tyler Myers · tripping2 min - 1st 07:42
Thomas Vanek · slashing2 min - 1st 16:56Nicolas Deslauriers · fighting5 min
- 1st 16:56Mathew Dumba · fighting5 min
- 1st 18:12Mike Weber · holding2 min
- 2nd 04:59Jason Zucker · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:09Jared Spurgeon · tripping2 min
- 2nd 19:32Josh Gorges · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:27Tyler Myers · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 10:28Patrick Kaleta · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 16:45Chris Stewart · elbowing2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 17:40 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16:38 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:57 |
| 18Ryan CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 5Christian FolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:09 |
| 7Jonathon BlumD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:44 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 22:59 |
| 55Mathew DumbaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 14Justin FontaineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:00 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 27:53 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | W | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:57 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:44 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:24 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 80Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 84Phil VaroneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:25 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 20:17 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 15:13 |
| 51Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:56 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:58 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | L | 37 | 30 | 7 | .811 | 60:00 |
| 34Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |