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2013-14 regular season

Sabres at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Wild lead the season series 2–0

Wild beat Sabres 4–1 at Xcel Energy Center on January 2, 2014.

BUF – MIN
20–31
Shots on goal
21–17
Hits
9–11
Blocked shots
1–7
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Ryan Suter
2 A
4 shots · 27:08 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Mikko Koivu
2 A
3 shots · 22:18 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Jason Pominville
1 G
5 shots · 18:39 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🌲 Marco Scandella Go-ahead 2nd · 04:33
Assists: Matt Cooke, Justin Fontaine · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
🌲 Jason Pominville 2nd · 06:19
Assists: Mikko Koivu, Ryan Suter · beat Ryan Miller
0–2
🌲 Jason Zucker 2nd · 16:09
Assists: Nino Niederreiter, Mikael Granlund · beat Ryan Miller
0–3
3rd period
⚔️ Tyler Myers 3rd · 18:48
Assists: Matt Ellis, Mike Weber · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–3
🌲 Kyle Brodziak 3rd · 19:34
Assists: Ryan Suter, Mikko Koivu
1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Moulson · Ott · Ennis 19:21
L2 Foligno · Girgensons · D'Agostini 15:56
L3 Ellis · Larsson · Flynn 13:16
L4 Omark · Scott · Stafford 10:59
D1 Myers · Ehrhoff 23:20
D2 Pysyk · Weber 18:51
D3 McBain · Sulzer 17:24
🌲Wild
L1 Heatley · Koivu · Pominville 18:46
L2 Cooke · Brodziak · Granlund 14:41
L3 Coyle · Mitchell · Niederreiter 11:52
L4 Zucker · Veilleux · Fontaine 10:37
D1 Suter · Spurgeon 27:07
D2 Brodin · Scandella 18:27
D3 Stoner · Prosser 14:23

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MIN🌲
20 Shots on goal 31
21 Hits 17
9 Blocked shots 11
1 Takeaways 7
1 Giveaways 6
12 Penalty minutes 12
BUF shooting 5.0% (1/20) MIN shooting 12.9% (4/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 59:11 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Marco Scandella · 2nd 04:33 · 0–1 Jason Pominville · 2nd 06:19 · 0–2 Jason Zucker · 2nd 16:09 · 0–3 Tyler Myers · 3rd 18:48 · 1–3 Kyle Brodziak · 3rd 19:34 · 1–4
BUF MIN
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 4-5-3 (33% win rate, 12 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 11-5-2 (61% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 2–0
Oct 142013 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 Mar 242012 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 Mar 62011 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 3–2 OT Mar 122010 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Oct 232008 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 4–3 OT
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Who won Sabres vs Wild on January 2, 2014?

Wild won 4–1. The final score was Sabres 1, Wild 4.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tyler Myers.

Who scored for Wild?

Jason Pominville, Jason Zucker, Kyle Brodziak, Marco Scandella.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Wild season series?

Wild lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 31 ⚔️BUF @ ✈️WPG 0–3 AfterJan 4 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 1–2
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 31 🎵STL @ 🌲MIN 2–1 AfterJan 4 🦅WSH @ 🌲MIN 3–5
Also on January 2
🐯NSH 2–3 🐻BOS 🪶CHI 2–3 🏝️NYI 🌪️CAR 4–3 🦅WSH ✈️WPG 3–4 🏛️OTT 👑LAK 0–5 🎵STL 🇨🇦MTL 6–4 ⭐DAL 🔔PHI 1–2 🏔️COL 🧥CBJ 2–0 🌵PHX
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