Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Mar 22, 2025 · Xcel Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	21
Minnesota Wild	4	21

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
00:56	MIN	Marco Rossi (22)	Yakov Trenin (8), Vinnie Hinostroza (4)	0 - 1
05:07	MIN	Justin Brazeau (11)	Brendan Gaunce (1), Matt Boldy (36)	0 - 2
08:11	MIN	Mats Zuccarello (17)	Matt Boldy (37), Zach Bogosian (11)	0 - 3
3rd Period
06:48	BUF	JJ Peterka (21)	Owen Power (29), Rasmus Dahlin (41)	1 - 3
19:27	MIN	Frederick Gaudreau (16)	Mats Zuccarello (27), Jonas Brodin (15)	1 - 4

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:08	MIN	Jonas Brodin	High sticking	2
08:29	BUF	Tage Thompson	Hooking	2
2nd Period
16:23	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Interference	2
3rd Period
02:18	MIN	Devin Shore	Hooking	2
05:19	MIN	Marcus Johansson	Slashing	2
05:19	BUF	Jacob Bernard-Docker	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	54	35	21	1	1.8	49.4
Minnesota Wild	46	31	21	4	2.8	50.6

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.8 expected, 1 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.8 expected, 4 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres

Minnesota Wild

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tage Thompson · Ryan McLeod · JJ Peterka	13:55	51.7	30.9	0-2
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Jordan Greenway	8:02	41.7	41.9	0-0
Sam Lafferty · Beck Malenstyn · Tyson Kozak	4:59	44.4	62.6	0-0
Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs · Zach Benson	3:07	100.0	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	7:59	72.7	21.2	0-0
Connor Clifton · Jacob Bryson	7:40	15.4	0.0	0-1
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	7:18	75.0	60.6	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
10	JJ Peterka	R	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	23:41	0.10	20-19	0.55-1.12
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	20:46	0.11	21-12	0.78-0.45
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	2	4	1	24:37	0.12	19-13	0.32-0.49
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:52	0.01	9-7	0.23-0.16
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	16:26	0.08	8-10	0.21-0.23
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:44	0.25	8-10	0.30-0.19
18	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	07:33	0.01	5-6	0.09-0.05
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:17		10-9	0.12-0.15
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:01		11-9	0.20-0.46
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	20:03	0.14	16-13	0.68-0.56
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11:29		10-10	0.24-0.26
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	12:56	0.21	10-7	0.19-0.15
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	11:07	0.13	8-10	0.23-0.16
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	22:42	0.25	16-15	0.49-1.00
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	21:08	0.28	18-16	0.52-1.00
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12:51		2-11	0.00-0.33
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	12:09		2-14	0.00-0.45
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	19:40	0.09	7-14	0.24-0.28

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	20	17	3	57:58	2.25	-0.75

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mats Zuccarello · Matt Boldy · Marco Rossi	11:19	60.7	68.1	1-0
Vinnie Hinostroza · Ryan Hartman · Yakov Trenin	10:56	33.3	48.8	0-0
Gustav Nyquist · Marcus Johansson · Frederick Gaudreau	8:04	45.5	66.8	0-0
Brendan Gaunce · Devin Shore · Justin Brazeau	6:19	42.9	27.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jared Spurgeon · Jonas Brodin	15:36	61.5	69.8	1-0
Jake Middleton · Brock Faber	14:31	45.0	69.2	1-0
Zach Bogosian · Jon Merrill	10:30	50.0	37.4	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	20:15	0.21	22-13	0.84-0.38
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	2	2	3	0	4	0	19:17	0.29	19-12	0.84-0.38
16	Justin Brazeau	R	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	07:36	0.58	5-4	0.08-0.09
23	Marco Rossi	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	20:09	0.35	22-12	1.00-0.37
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	14:32	0.13	6-8	0.14-0.18
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	14:21	0.08	8-14	0.43-0.41
16	Brendan Gaunce	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	09:06	0.11	6-7	0.08-0.12
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	14:34	0.00	12-12	0.27-0.29
24	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	14:48	0.11	7-15	0.43-0.37
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	20:21		18-15	0.77-0.50
4	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:30	0.03	12-11	0.17-0.29
7	Brock Faber	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	23:55	0.04	10-13	0.44-0.26
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:11		5-9	0.14-0.31
19	Devin Shore	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	07:56	0.02	6-5	0.03-0.11
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:43		7-13	0.27-0.41
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	22:07	0.18	19-13	0.88-0.45
55	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	22:43	0.08	11-16	0.47-0.34
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	16:04	0.02	10-8	0.19-0.14

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Filip Gustavsson	W	21	20	1	59:52	1.82	+0.82