Buffalo Sabres vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Friday, January 5, 2018 · Bell MTS Place
TSN3 · MSG-B
Game summary
The Winnipeg Jets beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Friday, January 5, 2018 at Bell MTS Place.
Goals came from Dustin Byfuglien, Marco Scandella, Jacob Trouba, Blake Wheeler, Johan Larsson, Bryan Little and Scott Wilson.
Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dustin Byfuglien (1)Blake Wheeler (35), Patrik Laine (17)0–109:27 WPG · PPG
Marco Scandella (1)Evan Rodrigues (2), Jason Pominville (10)1–111:40 BUF
Jacob Trouba (3)Andrew Copp (7), Matt Hendricks (7)1–215:46 WPG
2nd period
Blake Wheeler (14)Tyler Myers (15), Nikolaj Ehlers (15)1–306:06 WPG · PPG
Johan Larsson (2)Jacob Josefson (2), Rasmus Ristolainen (12)2–318:03 BUF
3rd period
Bryan Little (8)Jacob Trouba (12), Josh Morrissey (12)2–400:25 WPG
Scott Wilson (1)Evan Rodrigues (3), Jason Pominville (11)3–412:17 BUF
Team stats
BUFWPG
29Shots on goal29
46%Faceoff %54%
0/5Power play2/4
8Penalty minutes10
18Hits23
13Blocked shots23
11Giveaways13
7Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 04:20
Joel Armia · hooking2 min - 1st 08:54
Sam Reinhart · high sticking2 min - 1st 09:37Bryan Little · high sticking2 min
- 1st 13:08Rasmus Ristolainen · slashing2 min
- 2nd 04:37Zemgus Girgensons · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:25Kyle Connor · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:57Blake Wheeler · illegal check to head2 min
- 2nd 14:17Ben Chiarot · hooking2 min
- 3rd 03:28Bench · delaying game bench face off violation2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 12:15 |
| 10Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:48 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 08:45 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:33 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:24 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:01 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:58 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:16 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:05 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:08 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:50 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:34 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 57:56 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Winnipeg Jets
| 26Blake WheelerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 18:35 |
| 8Jacob TroubaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21:18 |
| 9Andrew CoppC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 15Matt HendricksC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:19 |
| 18Bryan LittleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:53 |
| 27Nikolaj EhlersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 29Patrik LaineR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 14:54 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 44Josh MorrisseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:15 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:43 |
| 16Shawn MatthiasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:10 |
| 17Adam LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:34 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 56Marko DanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:13 |
| 81Kyle ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 5Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 7Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Steve MasonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 37Connor HellebuyckG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 59:31 |