Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, January 28, 2023 · Xcel Energy Center

BuffaloSabresAway

2–3

Final/SO

SOG 31–35

MinnesotaWildHome

MSG-B · BSN · BSWI

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Sabres 35-31.

Goals came from Jack Quinn, Joel Eriksson Ek, Zemgus Girgensons and Jared Spurgeon.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 33 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	0	0	0	2	31
MIN	1	1	0	0	1	3	35

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jack Quinn (8)Unassisted1–002:22 BUF
Joel Eriksson Ek (18)Kirill Kaprizov (32), Mats Zuccarello (29)1–103:35 MIN · PPG

2nd period

Zemgus Girgensons (5)Kyle Okposo (13), Peyton Krebs (7)2–109:50 BUF
Jared Spurgeon (9)Frederick Gaudreau (11), Jake Middleton (6)2–212:39 MIN

SO period

Kirill KaprizovUnassisted2–300:00 MIN

Team stats

BUFMIN

31Shots on goal35

47%Faceoff %53%

0/1Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes2

5Hits24

11Blocked shots15

4Giveaways6

6Takeaways10

Penalties

1st 03:24Jacob Bryson · high sticking2 min
1st 10:12Connor Dewar · high sticking2 min
1st 12:03Rasmus Dahlin · hooking2 min
1st 16:24Tage Thompson · hooking2 min
2nd 05:31Alex Tuch · tripping2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

19Peyton KrebsC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	17	16:25
21Kyle OkposoR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	71	15:39
22Jack QuinnR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	11:10
28Zemgus GirgensonsL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	2	0	100	14:58
17Tyson JostC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	17	11:21
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	67	17:02
53Jeff SkinnerL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	15:22
71Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	17:19
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	2	40	20:58
74Rasmus AsplundC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	07:09
77JJ PeterkaR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	15:00
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	2	–	22:40
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	24:52
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	27:56
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	2	–	25:56
38Kale ClagueD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	17:54
46Ilya LyubushkinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	14:54
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	12:14

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	O	35	33	2	.943	65:00
31Eric ComrieG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

14Joel Eriksson EkC	1	0	1	-1	6	2	1	0	46	18:27
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	21:28
89Frederick GaudreauC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50	16:47
97Kirill KaprizovL	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	–	23:35
5Jake MiddletonD	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	18:30
46Jared SpurgeonD	1	0	1	0	6	0	4	0	–	25:28
12Matt BoldyL	0	0	0	+1	6	3	1	0	–	19:36
13Sam SteelC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	63	21:08
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	16:00
18Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	12:53
21Brandon DuhaimeR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	09:10
26Connor DewarC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	60	08:51
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	18:50
75Ryan ReavesR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	08:39
2Calen AddisonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	14:33
4Jon MerrillD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	10:45
24Mathew DumbaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	22:37
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	26:16

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	31	29	2	.935	64:27
32Filip GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00