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2015-16 regular season

Sabres at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Wild 3–2 at Xcel Energy Center on January 12, 2016.

BUF – MIN
23–30
Shots on goal
20–15
Hits
13–12
Blocked shots
3–2
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Brian Gionta
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:08 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Ryan Suter
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 28:09 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Jamie McGinn
1 G
3 shots · 19:05 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jamie McGinn Go-ahead 1st · 09:37
Assists: Evander Kane, Ryan O'Reilly · beat Devan Dubnyk
1–0
⚔️ Rasmus Ristolainen 1st · 17:30
Assists: Brian Gionta · beat Devan Dubnyk
2–0
⚔️ Brian Gionta 1st · 17:50
Assists: Josh Gorges, Marcus Foligno · beat Devan Dubnyk
3–0
2nd period
🌲 Ryan Suter SH 2nd · 12:57
Assists: Erik Haula, Jared Spurgeon · beat Linus Ullmark
3–1
3rd period
🌲 Thomas Vanek 3rd · 19:08
Assists: Ryan Suter, Mikael Granlund · beat Linus Ullmark
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · McGinn · O'Reilly 20:47
L2 Larsson · Reinhart · Gionta 16:08
L3 Foligno · Eichel · Girgensons 14:49
L4 Moulson · Schaller · Legwand 9:23
D1 Ristolainen · Bogosian 22:21
D2 Gorges · McCabe 20:24
D3 Franson · Weber 15:54
🌲Wild
L1 Parise · Koivu · Granlund 20:44
L2 Vanek · Zucker · Coyle 15:03
L3 Stoll · Pominville · Niederreiter 12:51
L4 Porter · Haula · Fontaine 10:53
D1 Suter · Spurgeon 25:58
D2 Scandella · Brodin 17:40
D3 Dumba · Reilly 15:37

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MIN🌲
23 Shots on goal 30
20 Hits 15
13 Blocked shots 12
3 Takeaways 2
3 Giveaways 6
2 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 13.0% (3/23) MIN shooting 6.7% (2/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Linus Ullmark
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Devan Dubnyk
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 57:39 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Jamie McGinn · 1st 09:37 · 1–0 Rasmus Ristolainen · 1st 17:30 · 2–0 Brian Gionta · 1st 17:50 · 3–0 Ryan Suter · 2nd 12:57 · 3–1 Thomas Vanek · 3rd 19:08 · 3–2
BUF MIN
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–0
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild — trailing by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 3–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Jan 152015 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 7–0 Nov 132014 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 3–6 Jan 22014 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 1–4 Oct 142013 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 Mar 242012 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 1–3
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Who won Sabres vs Wild on January 12, 2016?

Sabres won 3–2. The final score was Sabres 3, Wild 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Brian Gionta, Jamie McGinn, Rasmus Ristolainen.

Who scored for Wild?

Ryan Suter, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Linus Ullmark made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Devan Dubnyk made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 10 ⚔️BUF @ ✈️WPG 4–2 AfterJan 15 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 4–1
🌲 Wild
BeforeJan 10 😈NJD @ 🌲MIN 2–1 AfterJan 15 ✈️WPG @ 🌲MIN 1–0
Also on January 12
🧥CBJ 2–5 🏝️NYI 🐧PIT 2–3 🌪️CAR 😈NJD 2–5 🎵STL 🦈SJS 4–1 ✈️WPG 🐯NSH 2–3 🪶CHI ⚡TBL 4–0 🏔️COL 🛢️EDM 3–4 🌵ARI
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