Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, March 5, 2016 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Wild 32-30.
Goals came from David Jones, Johan Larsson, Jack Eichel and Mikko Koivu.
Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 28 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
David Jones (10)Ryan Carter (4), Marco Scandella (13)1–002:16 MIN
2nd period
Johan Larsson (5)Rasmus Ristolainen (28), Jack Eichel (25)1–105:15 BUF · PPG
Jack Eichel (19)Sam Reinhart (12), Cal O'Reilly (2)1–206:38 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Mikko Koivu (15)Mathew Dumba (13), Ryan Suter (37)2–214:19 MIN · PPG
SO period
Jason PominvilleUnassisted3–200:00 MIN
Team stats
MINBUF
30Shots on goal32
50%Faceoff %50%
1/1Power play2/2
6Penalty minutes4
12Hits16
11Blocked shots14
9Giveaways3
1Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 04:45
Jack Eichel · slashing2 min - 1st 04:45
Zach Parise · interference2 min - 2nd 04:23Nino Niederreiter · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 13:45Josh Gorges · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 12David JonesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:20 |
| 18Ryan CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:09 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:55 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31:27 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21:20 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:01 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 19Jarret StollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:21 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:58 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:17 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:51 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:09 |
| 4Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:46 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:17 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 65:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Jack EichelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 21:17 |
| 19Cal O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:35 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 23:04 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 21:54 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:01 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:19 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 43Daniel CatenacciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:52 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:32 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 25Carlo ColaiacovoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:42 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | O | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 65:00 |