Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Thursday, January 4, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center
FS-N · MSG-B
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center. The Sabres outshot the Wild 31-27.
Nino Niederreiter scored a hat trick. Daniel Winnik, Mikko Koivu, Charlie Coyle, Sam Reinhart and Evander Kane also scored.
Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 11 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nino Niederreiter (11)Mikael Granlund (17), Mikko Koivu (14)0–101:09 MIN
Daniel Winnik (4)Nate Prosser (3), Marcus Foligno (8)0–202:15 MIN- Nino Niederreiter (12)Charlie Coyle (13), Jared Spurgeon (17)0–313:53 MIN · PPG
2nd period
- Nino Niederreiter (13)Mikael Granlund (18), Mikko Koivu (15)0–404:02 MIN
Mikko Koivu (6)Mikael Granlund (19), Jonas Brodin (5)0–513:07 MIN
Charlie Coyle (4)Zach Parise (1), Joel Eriksson Ek (5)0–619:15 MIN
3rd period
Sam Reinhart (7)Zach Bogosian (1), Jake McCabe (9)1–601:54 BUF
Evander Kane (16)Marco Scandella (11), Jason Pominville (9)2–618:59 BUF
Team stats
BUFMIN
31Shots on goal27
52%Faceoff %48%
0/3Power play1/3
27Penalty minutes16
20Hits9
13Blocked shots8
2Giveaways4
2Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 10:16
Rasmus Ristolainen · interference5 min - 1st 10:16Rasmus Ristolainen · game misconduct10 min
- 1st 15:52Sam Reinhart · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 06:54
Mikael Granlund · holding2 min - 3rd 07:08Gustav Olofsson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 11:06Jason Zucker · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 13:34Marcus Foligno · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 13:34Jordan Nolan · misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:17 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:06 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:38 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 25:32 |
| 10Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 18:41 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:46 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 19:55 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 05:43 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 20:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | L | 17 | 11 | 6 | .647 | 40:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 11:23 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 12:03 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:41 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:30 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:26 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:21 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:30 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:53 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:44 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 |
| 23Gustav OlofssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:09 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 22:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Alex StalockG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 60:00 |