Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Nov 29, 2025 · Grand Casino Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	3	33
Minnesota Wild	2	24

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
09:37	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov (17)	Mats Zuccarello (9), Danila Yurov (4)	0 - 1
12:42	BUF	Beck Malenstyn (3)	Peyton Krebs (7), Josh Dunne (2)	1 - 1
14:05	MIN	Matt Boldy (15)	Unassisted	1 - 2
3rd Period
06:01	BUF	Josh Doan (8)	Alex Tuch (14), Noah Ostlund (3)	2 - 2
Shootout
	BUF	Noah Ostlund	Shootout winner	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
03:35	MIN	Jared Spurgeon	Tripping	2
2nd Period
02:14	BUF	Alex Tuch	Tripping	2
10:32	MIN	Zeev Buium	Tripping	2
13:16	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	Holding	2
13:47	MIN	Matt Boldy	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd Period
10:00	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	61	45	33	2	3.1	59.8
Minnesota Wild	44	36	24	2	2.4	40.2

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: 3.1 expected, 2 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.4 expected, 2 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
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn	11:10	21.4	21.1	0-0
Tage Thompson · Tyson Kozak · Zach Benson	10:13	63.6	46.4	0-0
Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs · Josh Dunne	8:24	75.0	66.1	1-0
Alex Tuch · Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund	8:03	73.7	74.8	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	15:16	60.0	37.1	0-2
Conor Timmins · Bowen Byram	10:58	56.3	71.9	1-0
Jacob Bryson · Owen Power	6:40	69.2	68.9	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

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
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	12:31	0.43	15-5	0.72-0.19
91	Josh Doan	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	12:33	0.60	19-5	1.09-0.28
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	2	0	4	2	12:22	0.22	17-6	0.60-0.19
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	10:20	0.07	13-6	0.37-0.23
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	12:20		17-7	1.06-0.40
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	0	2	4	1	16:32	0.55	17-6	0.90-0.32
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:32	0.09	11-9	0.53-0.44
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	17:34		5-13	0.13-0.46
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	21:18	0.01	10-12	0.64-0.55
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19:29	0.56	6-13	0.12-0.38
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	23:34	0.00	20-16	0.52-0.53
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23:54		18-8	1.20-0.35
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	19:44	0.16	17-8	0.91-0.22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	2	4	2	28:26	0.09	25-17	0.74-0.84
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	12:28	0.05	8-5	0.20-0.24
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21:43	0.05	6-15	0.12-0.55
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	18:14	0.17	12-9	0.45-0.51
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	08:26	0.02	9-5	0.48-0.30

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
92	Colten Ellis	W	24	22	2	65:00	2.33	+0.33

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marcus Johansson · Joel Eriksson Ek · Matt Boldy	11:48	44.4	59.6	1-0
Mats Zuccarello · Kirill Kaprizov · Danila Yurov	10:59	50.0	40.7	1-2
Vladimir Tarasenko · Ryan Hartman · Liam Ohgren	4:35	33.3	59.6	0-0
Vladimir Tarasenko · Ryan Hartman · Yakov Trenin	3:06	50.0	40.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jonas Brodin · Brock Faber	17:31	23.8	22.7	1-1
Jared Spurgeon · Jake Middleton	14:54	46.2	52.8	1-1
Zach Bogosian · Zeev Buium	12:10	44.0	33.5	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
12	Matt Boldy	L	1	0	1	1	2	4	1	21:52	0.64	9-13	0.65-0.45
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	1	0	1	-1	0	6	1	25:01	0.50	16-19	0.37-0.82
22	Danila Yurov	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	14:25	0.03	10-17	0.24-0.60
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	18:49	0.08	12-14	0.26-0.57
7	Brock Faber	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	25:07	0.26	7-19	0.38-0.99
8	Zeev Buium	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	18:02		12-15	0.35-0.64
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	13:43	0.10	8-11	0.27-0.59
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	22:20	0.02	10-12	0.73-0.52
19	Tyler Pitlick	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	04:53	0.08	3-7	0.22-0.37
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:47	0.01	11-15	0.31-0.68
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23:52		8-19	0.36-0.79
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:39	0.06	11-13	0.31-0.78
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	21:24	0.09	14-15	0.83-0.68
55	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19:54		14-16	0.58-0.56
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	08:39	0.11	2-8	0.12-0.31
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	17:28	0.26	8-10	0.65-0.44
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:40	0.13	6-12	0.24-0.73
92	Liam Ohgren	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	09:34	0.05	4-10	0.13-0.25

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Filip Gustavsson	OTL	33	31	2	64:51	2.96	+0.96