Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Tuesday, January 12, 2016 · Xcel Energy Center
BELL TV · FS-N+ · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Sabres 30-23.
Goals came from Jamie McGinn, Rasmus Ristolainen, Brian Gionta, Ryan Suter and Thomas Vanek.
Linus Ullmark made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jamie McGinn (9)Evander Kane (7), Ryan O'Reilly (20)1–009:37 BUF
Rasmus Ristolainen (8)Brian Gionta (10)2–017:30 BUF
Brian Gionta (5)Josh Gorges (6), Marcus Foligno (6)3–017:50 BUF
2nd period
Ryan Suter (6)Erik Haula (5), Jared Spurgeon (13)3–112:57 MIN · SHG
3rd period
Thomas Vanek (14)Ryan Suter (24), Mikael Granlund (21)3–219:08 MIN
Team stats
BUFMIN
23Shots on goal30
54%Faceoff %46%
0/2Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes4
20Hits15
13Blocked shots12
3Giveaways6
3Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 18:30
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 2nd 12:31
Thomas Vanek · interference goalkeeper2 min - 3rd 04:58Devan Dubnyk · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Brian GiontaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:45 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:05 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:47 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:30 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:16 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:30 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:59 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:23 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:01 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:17 |
| 46Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 60:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 20Ryan SuterD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 28:09 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:59 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:53 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:07 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 23:48 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 7Chris PorterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:08 |
| 14Justin FontaineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 19Jarret StollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:44 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 4Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 57:39 |