Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, February 17, 2024 · Xcel Energy Center
MSG-B · BSN · BSWI
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Sabres 32-28.
Goals came from Casey Mittelstadt, Joel Eriksson Ek, Declan Chisholm, Dylan Cozens and Henri Jokiharju.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Filip Gustavsson stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
3rd period
Casey Mittelstadt (13)Henri Jokiharju (8)1–000:39 BUF
Joel Eriksson Ek (25)Kirill Kaprizov (31)1–104:02 MIN
Declan Chisholm (1)Marcus Johansson (17), Marco Rossi (16)1–211:21 MIN · PPG
Dylan Cozens (11)Jordan Greenway (10), Tage Thompson (15)2–219:23 BUF
OT period
Henri Jokiharju (3)Alex Tuch (22), Tage Thompson (16)3–201:29 BUF
Team stats
BUFMIN
28Shots on goal32
50%Faceoff %50%
0/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits21
10Blocked shots8
3Giveaways5
6Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 05:22
Matt Boldy · high sticking2 min - 1st 05:50
Casey Mittelstadt · slashing2 min - 1st 10:03Jake Middleton · hooking2 min
- 1st 17:51Vinni Lettieri · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:17Connor Clifton · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 07:37Connor Clifton · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 19:57 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 22:57 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:56 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:57 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:05 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:07 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:44 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 30:47 |
| 33Ryan JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:47 |
| 31Eric ComrieG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:59 |
| 23Marco RossiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 20:12 |
| 47Declan ChisholmD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 10Vinni LettieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:21 |
| 12Matt BoldyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:26 |
| 21Brandon DuhaimeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:43 |
| 26Connor DewarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:09 |
| 27Jake LucchiniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:12 |
| 4Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:10 |
| 5Jake MiddletonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:35 |
| 7Brock FaberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 26:28 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | O | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 61:29 |