Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, November 27, 2024 · KeyBank Center

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1–0

30–39

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 1–0 on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Wild 39–30.

Goals came from Kirill Kaprizov.

Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves on 39 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 29 of 30.

Goals
MIN	1	0	0	1	30
BUF	0	0	0	0	39

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Kirill Kaprizov (14)Joel Eriksson Ek (5), Matt Boldy (12)1–006:55 MIN

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2024–25 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalMIN BUF

1–0 MIN

1st 6:55 · Kaprizov

Tuch 0:43

NormalTuch 0:43

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2024–25. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.6 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 15 against about 1 in 24.

29%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

MINBUF

3039

47%53%

0/00/2

2215

3214

1119

Penalties

7:32 into the first periodJon Merrill · hooking2 min
16:06 into the first periodYakov Trenin · high sticking2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

12Matt BoldyL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	20	20:17
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	1	1	+1	4	1	2	0	50	1	1	23	19:34
97Kirill KaprizovL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	1	1	22	22:15
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	0	0	16	13:45
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	–	0	1	15	12:05
19Devin ShoreC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	1	0	13	09:05
23Marco RossiC	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	20	0	0	17	16:36
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	55	1	0	17	15:38
39Ben JonesC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	50	1	0	14	09:19
72Travis BoydC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	0	0	11	06:54
89Frederick GaudreauC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	40	1	0	16	14:30
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	1	0	17	15:57
4Jon MerrillD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	–	2	0	19	16:05
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	7	0	–	0	0	29	24:49
7Brock FaberD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	1	0	28	22:15
24Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	0	0	17	14:37
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	0	1	26	22:10
47Declan ChisholmD	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	–	0	0	24	20:09

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Filip GustavssonG	W	39	39	0	1.000	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Zach BensonL	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	22	16:15
17Jason ZuckerL	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	18	14:55
19Peyton KrebsC	0	1	2	0	50	1	0	21	15:00
20Jiri KulichC	0	5	1	0	54	1	1	19	14:18
22Jack QuinnR	0	6	1	1	–	1	0	20	14:40
24Dylan CozensC	0	2	3	2	43	2	0	25	19:31
29Beck MalenstynL	0	2	0	0	–	1	0	15	11:00
71Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	1	57	0	0	16	11:14
72Tage ThompsonC	−1	6	0	1	59	1	0	24	19:43
77JJ PeterkaR	−1	1	1	0	–	0	1	24	20:16
81Sam LaffertyC	0	0	1	1	–	0	0	15	09:42
89Alex TuchR	−1	6	1	0	100	2	0	24	19:45
4Bowen ByramD	0	1	0	2	–	1	0	25	21:25
10Henri JokiharjuD	−1	1	0	1	–	1	0	25	18:15
25Owen PowerD	0	1	0	3	–	2	0	28	24:27
26Rasmus DahlinD	−1	3	1	1	–	3	0	29	26:35
75Connor CliftonD	0	2	3	1	–	1	0	16	13:35
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	–	1	1	14	11:57

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	L	30	29	1	.967	57:27
47James ReimerG		0	0	0	–	00:00