Winnipeg Jets vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, January 9, 2018 · KeyBank Center
TSN3 · MSG-B
Game summary
The Winnipeg Jets beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at KeyBank Center. The Jets outshot the Sabres 37-34.
Jack Eichel scored twice, Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice and Kyle Connor scored twice. Patrik Laine, Dustin Byfuglien, Ryan O'Reilly, Jason Pominville and Joel Armia also scored.
Steve Mason made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 16 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patrik Laine (19)Blake Wheeler (37), Kyle Connor (13)1–006:43 WPG · PPG
Jack Eichel (16)Kyle Okposo (14), Ryan O'Reilly (17)1–114:51 BUF
Dustin Byfuglien (2)Mathieu Perreault (12), Toby Enstrom (3)2–115:40 WPG
2nd period
Nikolaj Ehlers (18)Mathieu Perreault (13), Josh Morrissey (13)3–101:26 WPG
Kyle Connor (14)Blake Wheeler (38), Jacob Trouba (14)4–112:49 WPG- Nikolaj Ehlers (19)Tyler Myers (18), Bryan Little (18)5–115:42 WPG · PPG
Ryan O'Reilly (11)Jack Eichel (22), Kyle Okposo (15)5–218:42 BUF · PPG
3rd period
- Kyle Connor (15)Jacob Trouba (15)6–207:08 WPG
Jason Pominville (9)Marco Scandella (12), Ryan O'Reilly (18)6–308:31 BUF- Jack Eichel (17)Kyle Okposo (16), Rasmus Ristolainen (14)6–414:53 BUF
Joel Armia (7)Andrew Copp (10)7–418:55 WPG · EN
Team stats
WPGBUF
37Shots on goal34
60%Faceoff %40%
2/4Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes18
7Hits16
9Blocked shots7
3Giveaways3
3Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 04:47
Brendan Guhle · hooking2 min - 1st 10:02
Jacob Trouba · hooking2 min - 2nd 13:26Jordan Nolan · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:26Jordan Nolan · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:26Jordan Nolan · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 17:27Toby Enstrom · interference2 min
- 2nd 19:03Evander Kane · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:43Dmitry Kulikov · slashing2 min
Season series
Winnipeg Jets
| 81Kyle ConnorL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 16:22 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 27Nikolaj EhlersL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 15:53 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 8Jacob TroubaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 9Andrew CoppC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:29 |
| 18Bryan LittleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:42 |
| 29Patrik LaineR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:10 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:23 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 |
| 44Josh MorrisseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:20 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:10 |
| 15Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:40 |
| 16Shawn MatthiasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 52Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:49 |
| 56Marko DanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:43 |
| 5Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Steve MasonG | W | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 60:00 |
| 37Connor HellebuyckG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Jack EichelC | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 | 20:57 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 20:05 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 20:04 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:54 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 27:07 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 10Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:29 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:06 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:51 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:47 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:43 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:49 |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 19 | 16 | 3 | .842 | 37:22 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 17 | 14 | 3 | .824 | 21:07 |