Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, March 4, 2022 · KeyBank Center

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4–5

Final

SOG 33–38

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Friday, March 4, 2022 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Wild 38-33.

Kirill Kaprizov scored twice and Jeff Skinner scored twice. Casey Mittelstadt, Ryan Hartman, Kyle Okposo, Kevin Fiala and Victor Olofsson also scored.

Craig Anderson made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 33 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	0	3	4	33
BUF	1	1	3	5	38

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Casey Mittelstadt (2)Rasmus Dahlin (28), Kyle Okposo (18)0–108:51 BUF · PPG
Ryan Hartman (22)Kirill Kaprizov (42), Jared Spurgeon (16)1–115:25 MIN

2nd period

Kyle Okposo (15)Casey Mittelstadt (4), Rasmus Dahlin (29)1–206:01 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Kevin Fiala (18)Frederick Gaudreau (16), Alex Goligoski (24)2–203:20 MIN
Kirill Kaprizov (25)Jared Spurgeon (17), Matt Boldy (11)3–204:59 MIN · PPG
Jeff Skinner (22)Tage Thompson (19)3–312:20 BUF
Jeff Skinner (23)Unassisted3–416:40 BUF
Victor Olofsson (9)Peyton Krebs (8)3–518:54 BUF · EN
Kirill Kaprizov (26)Kevin Fiala (30), Jonas Brodin (18)4–519:26 MIN

Team stats

MINBUF

33Shots on goal38

57%Faceoff %43%

1/2Power play2/3

13Penalty minutes21

14Hits11

9Blocked shots17

8Giveaways5

1Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 07:15Marcus Foligno · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 04:32Jonas Brodin · hooking2 min
2nd 16:52Cody Eakin · hooking2 min
2nd 19:09Brandon Duhaime · holding2 min
3rd 03:51Robert Hagg · holding2 min
3rd 08:46Casey Fitzgerald · fighting5 min
3rd 08:46Mason Shaw · fighting5 min
3rd 20:00Rasmus Dahlin · slashing2 min
3rd 20:00Jared Spurgeon · slashing2 min
3rd 20:00Dylan Cozens · misconduct10 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

97Kirill KaprizovL	2	1	3	+1	3	2	0	0	–	19:50
22Kevin FialaL	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	–	19:28
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	2	–	24:38
12Matt BoldyL	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	–	16:58
38Ryan HartmanR	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	41	18:32
89Frederick GaudreauC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	67	15:47
25Jonas BrodinD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	–	22:31
47Alex GoligoskiD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	20:07
7Nico SturmC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	100	08:07
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	57	20:29
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	2	100	17:37
21Brandon DuhaimeR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	–	11:54
27Nick BjugstadC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	08:24
52Connor DewarC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	–	12:42
58Mason ShawC	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	5	–	09:10
4Jon MerrillD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:52
29Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	20:39
59Calen AddisonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	14:35

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Cam TalbotG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Kaapo KahkonenG	L	37	33	4	.892	58:35

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

21Kyle OkposoR	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:33
37Casey MittelstadtC	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	36	16:26
53Jeff SkinnerL	2	0	2	+1	7	0	0	0	43	17:06
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	4	2	–	24:58
19Peyton KrebsC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	43	15:40
71Victor OlofssonL	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	13:14
72Tage ThompsonR	0	1	1	+1	7	0	1	0	29	19:21
15John HaydenC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	12:07
20Cody EakinC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	75	10:49
24Dylan CozensC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	10	43	17:27
74Rasmus AsplundC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	12:16
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	+2	2	0	3	0	–	18:32
96Anders BjorkL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	11:59
8Robert HaggD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	–	17:46
13Mark PysykD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	19:04
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	–	18:11
45Casey FitzgeraldD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	5	–	16:58
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0	–	18:25

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Dustin TokarskiG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Craig AndersonG	W	33	29	4	.879	60:00