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2015-16 regular season

Wild at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Wild beat Sabres 3–2 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on March 5, 2016.

MIN – BUF
30–32
Shots on goal
1/1–2/2
Power play
12–16
Hits
11–14
Blocked shots
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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 ⚔️ BUF
Jack Eichel
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 21:17 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Mikko Koivu
1 G
2 shots · 21:05 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Devan Dubnyk
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 David Jones Go-ahead 1st · 02:16
Assists: Ryan Carter, Marco Scandella · beat Robin Lehner
1–0
2nd period
⚔️ Johan Larsson PP Tying 2nd · 05:15
Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Jack Eichel · beat Devan Dubnyk
1–1
⚔️ Jack Eichel PP Go-ahead 2nd · 06:38
Assists: Sam Reinhart, Cal O'Reilly · beat Devan Dubnyk
1–2
3rd period
🌲 Mikko Koivu PP Tying 3rd · 14:19
Assists: Matt Dumba, Ryan Suter · beat Robin Lehner
2–2
Shootout
🌲 Jason Pominville Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Parise · Coyle · Koivu 21:05
L2 Haula · Zucker · Granlund 17:51
L3 Vanek · Pominville · Niederreiter 15:15
L4 Carter · Stoll · Jones 9:09
D1 Suter · Spurgeon 28:08
D2 Scandella · Dumba 21:20
D3 Brodin · Reilly 13:02
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · Eichel · Reinhart 21:17
L2 Larsson · Foligno · Gionta 18:00
L3 Deslauriers · O'Reilly · Girgensons 14:19
L4 Moulson · Legwand · Catenacci 10:19
D1 Bogosian · McCabe 26:40
D2 Ristolainen · Gorges 21:30
D3 Pysyk · Colaiacovo 14:05

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN BUF⚔️
30 Shots on goal 32
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 2/2
12 Hits 16
11 Blocked shots 14
1 Takeaways 2
9 Giveaways 3
6 Penalty minutes 4
MIN shooting 10.0% (3/30) BUF shooting 6.2% (2/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Devan Dubnyk
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located
David Jones · 1st 02:16 · 1–0 Johan Larsson · 2nd 05:15 · 1–1 Jack Eichel · 2nd 06:38 · 1–2 Mikko Koivu · 3rd 14:19 · 2–2
MIN BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 12-3-1 (75% win rate, 16 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-9-6 (21% win rate, 19 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-11-5 (0% win rate, 16 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 9-3-1 (69% win rate, 13 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Jan 122016 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Jan 152015 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 7–0 Nov 132014 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 3–6 Jan 22014 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 1–4 Oct 142013 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 2–1
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Who won Wild vs Sabres on March 5, 2016?

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

Who scored for Wild?

David Jones, Mikko Koivu.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jack Eichel, Johan Larsson.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 3 🌲MIN @ 🍁TOR 2–1 AfterMar 6 🎵STL @ 🌲MIN 4–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 3 🔥CGY @ ⚔️BUF 3–6 AfterMar 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 4–3
Also on March 5
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