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Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 2025 · Xcel Energy Center

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

1–4

Final

SOG 21–21

Minnesota WildMinnesotaWildHome

FDSNNO · MSG-B · FDSNWI

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Xcel Energy Center.

Goals came from Marco Rossi, Justin Brazeau, Mats Zuccarello, JJ Peterka and Frederick Gaudreau.

Filip Gustavsson made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 17 of 20.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF001121
Minnesota WildMIN031421

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMatt BoldyMIN · 0G 2A
  2. ★2nd starFilip GustavssonMIN · .952 SV%
  3. ★3rd starMats ZuccarelloMIN · 1G 1A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:12

0–2 · 2nd 5:07 · Brazeau. Dahlin was 1:12 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceMIN on ice

0–1 MIN

2nd 0:56 · Rossi

Byram 0:56

0–2 MIN

2nd 5:07 · Brazeau

Long shift: Dahlin 1:12

0–3 MIN

2nd 8:11 · Zuccarello

Peterka 0:20

1–3 BUF

3rd 6:48 · Peterka

Brodin 0:40

1–4 MIN

3rd 19:27 · EN · Gaudreau

Dahlin 2:19

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFMIN
21Shots on goal21
45%Faceoff %55%
0/2Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits20
12Blocked shots18
18Giveaways7
3Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 04:08Jonas Brodin · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 08:29Tage Thompson · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 16:23Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
  • 3rd 02:18Devin Shore · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 05:19Marcus Johansson · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 05:19Jacob Bernard-Docker · slashing2 min

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