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Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 17, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota Wild 5 36
Buffalo Sabres 4 24

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:19 MIN Marcus Foligno (3) Vladimir Tarasenko (14), Ben Jones (1) 1 - 0
10:05 BUF Ryan McLeod (11) Jack Quinn (16), Jason Zucker (12) 1 - 1
19:52 MIN Ryan Hartman (13) Quinn Hughes (37), Kirill Kaprizov (28) 2 - 1
2nd Period
01:08 MIN Vladimir Tarasenko (9) Jared Spurgeon (10), Danila Yurov (11) 3 - 1
10:07 BUF Peyton Krebs (4) Mattias Samuelsson (16) 3 - 2
11:34 BUF Jack Quinn (11) Rasmus Dahlin (28), Jason Zucker (13) 3 - 3
16:07 BUF Alex Tuch (17) PP Tage Thompson (25), Ryan McLeod (20) 3 - 4
17:04 MIN Quinn Hughes (4) Kirill Kaprizov (29), Mats Zuccarello (17) 4 - 4
Overtime
01:46 MIN Mats Zuccarello (6) PP Kirill Kaprizov (30), Filip Gustavsson (1) 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:10 BUF Tage Thompson Hooking 2
10:05 BUF Michael Kesselring Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
10:05 MIN Marcus Foligno Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
12:11 MIN Marcus Foligno Fighting 5
12:11 BUF Michael Kesselring Fighting 5
15:25 MIN Quinn Hughes Hooking 2
16:26 MIN Danila Yurov Hooking 2
2nd Period
01:47 BUF Bowen Byram Slashing 2
04:08 BUF Michael Kesselring Hooking 2
12:19 MIN David Jiricek Roughing 2
15:01 MIN Danila Yurov Holding 2
3rd Period
19:46 BUF Peyton Krebs Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild 66 49 36 5 4.9 58.2
Buffalo Sabres 51 38 24 4 2.7 41.8

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadMinnesota Wild ahead

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 4.9 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTMIN goal, 9:19 of 1st, a 22% chanceMIN goal, 19:52 of 1st, a 19% chanceMIN goal, 1:08 of 2nd, a 10% chanceMIN goal, 17:04 of 2nd, a 9% chanceMIN goal, 1:46 of overtime, a 19% chanceBUF goal, 10:05 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 10:07 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 11:34 of 2nd, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 16:07 of 2nd, a 6% chanceMIN 4.9BUF 2.7

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

Minnesota Wild
Buffalo Sabres

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.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mats Zuccarello · Ryan Hartman · Kirill Kaprizov14:2678.892.32-1
Vladimir Tarasenko · Yakov Trenin · Danila Yurov9:5438.559.21-0
Marcus Foligno · Vinnie Hinostroza · Hunter Haight5:5763.252.30-0
Tyler Pitlick · Ben Jones · Nico Sturm5:2533.323.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Quinn Hughes · Brock Faber19:0961.565.23-2
Jared Spurgeon · Jake Middleton11:5050.070.71-1
Daemon Hunt · David Jiricek7:0764.369.30-0

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
97 Kirill Kaprizov L 0 3 3 1 0 3 1 24:28 0.88 27-10 1.69-0.27
36 Mats Zuccarello R 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 25:35 0.86 26-8 1.69-0.14
43 Quinn Hughes D 1 1 2 1 2 4 0 29:52 0.34 24-20 1.71-1.18
91 Vladimir Tarasenko R 1 1 2 2 0 5 3 15:55 0.90 7-10 1.04-0.28
17 Marcus Foligno L 1 0 1 0 7 2 2 14:25 0.34 16-9 1.28-0.51
38 Ryan Hartman R 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 22:10 0.28 26-7 1.69-0.14
22 Danila Yurov R 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 16:27 0.27 7-9 0.50-0.26
39 Ben Jones C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 08:54 0.05 8-9 0.92-0.76
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 16:16 0.01 15-15 1.05-0.54
5 David Jiricek D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 09:12 10-8 0.71-0.33
7 Brock Faber D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 28:41 0.07 29-15 2.09-0.91
13 Yakov Trenin C 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 15:33 5-11 0.38-0.33
19 Tyler Pitlick C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 06:08 0.17 5-8 0.21-0.66
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:28 0.43 15-12 0.62-0.70
37 Hunter Haight C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:06 13-12 0.45-0.61
48 Daemon Hunt D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:36 0.01 11-5 0.55-0.19
55 Jake Middleton D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 21:17 0.29 17-13 1.03-0.41
78 Nico Sturm C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:55 0.06 4-9 0.21-0.67
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Filip Gustavsson W 24 20 4 61:46 2.56 -1.44

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Zach Benson13:0138.143.50-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn10:2050.046.52-0
Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund7:5138.959.41-1
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Tyson Kozak5:5621.43.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power8:2041.725.50-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin6:4033.322.70-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Bowen Byram4:219.10.00-2

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
22 Jack Quinn R 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 16:03 0.39 17-16 1.13-1.56
71 Ryan McLeod C 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 16:30 0.24 12-13 1.00-1.16
17 Jason Zucker L 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 17:49 0.17 17-13 1.13-1.26
19 Peyton Krebs C 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 10:31 0.13 8-12 0.39-0.24
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 18:40 0.26 11-14 0.26-0.28
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 26:30 12-28 0.49-1.70
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 27:10 0.39 21-18 1.13-1.50
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 -1 2 6 0 22:17 0.59 11-16 0.26-0.49
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:31 0.07 8-14 0.21-0.39
7 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 1 9 0 2 10:16 0.14 9-14 0.39-0.70
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:43 3-11 0.05-1.36
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 25:36 0.02 15-23 0.57-1.06
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 21:33 0.03 14-18 0.35-1.72
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:56 3-11 0.05-1.36
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 08:32 0.02 5-12 0.09-1.48
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:04 0.07 7-7 0.63-0.56
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:09 0.09 10-12 0.43-0.42
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:14 0.07 7-13 0.34-0.54
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen OTL 36 31 5 61:46 4.77 -0.23