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2006-07 regular season

Wild at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0

Wild beat Sabres 5–1 at KeyBank Center on March 9, 2007.

MIN – BUF
31–36
Shots on goal
11–13
Hits
14–10
Blocked shots
3–6
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Dominic Moore
2 G
5 shots · 17:27 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Brent Burns
2 A
1 shots · 17:23 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Josh Harding
35 saves
0.972 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Dominic Moore Go-ahead 1st · 04:55
Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
🌲 Dominic Moore 1st · 14:19
Assists: Martin Skoula, Brian Rolston · beat Ryan Miller
2–0
3rd period
🌲 Pavol Demitra 3rd · 03:31
Assists: Marian Gaborik, Brent Burns · beat Ryan Miller
3–0
🌲 Keith Carney 3rd · 07:32
Assists: Branko Radivojevic, Mikko Koivu · beat Ryan Miller
4–0
⚔️ Michael Ryan 3rd · 16:01
Unassisted · beat Josh Harding
4–1
🌲 Todd White SH 3rd · 19:14
Assists: Brent Burns · beat Ty Conklin
5–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Moore · Gaborik · Demitra 18:42
L2 White · Koivu · Rolston 15:37
L3 Bouchard · Radivojevic · Hall 12:55
L4 Veilleux · Smith · Parrish 10:46
D1 Johnsson · Skoula 22:04
D2 Schultz · Nummelin 20:02
D3 Carney · Burns 17:32
⚔️Sabres
L1 Drury · Brière · Pominville 20:05
L2 Zubrus · Hecht · Ryan 18:37
L3 Vanek · Roy · Stafford 14:02
L4 MacArthur · Mair · Kaleta 9:41
D1 Campbell · Tallinder 21:22
D2 Paetsch · Lydman 19:06
D3 Numminen · Kalinin 17:16

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN BUF⚔️
31 Shots on goal 36
11 Hits 13
14 Blocked shots 10
3 Takeaways 6
12 Giveaways 19
13 Penalty minutes 7
MIN shooting 16.1% (5/31) BUF shooting 2.8% (1/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Josh Harding
35/36
.972 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
18/22
.818 SV% · 4 GA · 47:32 TOI
Ty Conklin
8/9
.889 SV% · 1 GA · 12:28 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 1–0
Dec 112005 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Dec 132003 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 2–3 Oct 282003 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 Jan 142003 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 1–0 Dec 282002 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 4–3
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Who won Wild vs Sabres on March 9, 2007?

Wild won 5–1. The final score was Wild 5, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Wild?

Dominic Moore (2), Keith Carney, Pavol Demitra, Todd White.

Who scored for Sabres?

Michael Ryan.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Josh Harding made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 18 saves on 22 shots (.818 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Wild vs Sabres season series?

Wild lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 8 🌲MIN @ 🐻BOS 2–1 AfterMar 11 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 7 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 AfterMar 10 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 3–2
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