Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Thursday, December 16, 2021 · Xcel Energy Center
MSG-B · BSN · BSWI
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in a shootout on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at Xcel Energy Center. The Sabres outshot the Wild 40-32.
Goals came from Jon Merrill, Dylan Cozens, Kirill Kaprizov and Mark Pysyk.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Cam Talbot stopped 38 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jon Merrill (3)Dmitry Kulikov (10), Ryan Hartman (11)0–110:11 MIN
2nd period
Dylan Cozens (8)Henri Jokiharju (4)1–108:05 BUF
Kirill Kaprizov (11)Alex Goligoski (17), Jared Spurgeon (8)1–219:04 MIN
3rd period
Mark Pysyk (1)Vinnie Hinostroza (9), Mark Jankowski (1)2–212:03 BUF
SO period
Tage ThompsonUnassisted3–200:00 BUF
Team stats
BUFMIN
40Shots on goal32
49%Faceoff %51%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits23
8Blocked shots11
2Giveaways16
6Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 04:25
Frederick Gaudreau · high sticking2 min - 1st 13:04Dmitry Kulikov · holding2 min
- 2nd 08:25
Rasmus Dahlin · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:40 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:54 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:46 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:54 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:58 |
| 15John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:55 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:39 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 57Brett MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 18:08 |
| 72Tage ThompsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 17:19 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 4Will ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 25:45 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 64:24 |
| 47Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 20:11 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:33 |
| 4Jon MerrillD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 29Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:36 |
| 47Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 7Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:05 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:34 |
| 21Brandon DuhaimeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:20 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 27:09 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | O | 40 | 38 | 2 | .950 | 65:00 |
| 34Kaapo KahkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |