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2017-18 regular season

Sabres at Wild

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

Wild beat Sabres 6–2 at Xcel Energy Center on January 4, 2018.

BUF – MIN
31–27
Shots on goal
0/3–1/3
Power play
20–9
Hits
13–8
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 🌲 MIN
Nino Niederreiter
3 G
4 shots · 12:03 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Mikko Koivu
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 11:23 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Mikael Granlund
3 A
12:46 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Nino Niederreiter Go-ahead 1st · 01:09
Assists: Mikael Granlund, Mikko Koivu · beat Robin Lehner
0–1
🌲 Daniel Winnik 1st · 02:15
Assists: Nate Prosser, Marcus Foligno · beat Robin Lehner
0–2
🌲 Nino Niederreiter PP 1st · 13:53
Assists: Charlie Coyle, Jared Spurgeon · beat Robin Lehner
0–3
2nd period
🌲 Nino Niederreiter 2nd · 04:02
Assists: Mikael Granlund, Mikko Koivu · beat Robin Lehner
0–4
🌲 Mikko Koivu 2nd · 13:07
Assists: Mikael Granlund, Jonas Brodin · beat Robin Lehner
0–5
🌲 Charlie Coyle 2nd · 19:15
Assists: Zach Parise, Joel Eriksson Ek · beat Robin Lehner
0–6
3rd period
⚔️ Sam Reinhart 3rd · 01:54
Assists: Zach Bogosian, Jake McCabe · beat Devan Dubnyk
1–6
⚔️ Evander Kane 3rd · 18:59
Assists: Marco Scandella, Jason Pominville · beat Devan Dubnyk
2–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · Eichel · Reinhart 17:45
L2 Larsson · O'Reilly · Okposo 15:45
L3 Josefson · Girgensons · Pominville 13:57
L4 Pouliot · Rodrigues · Nolan 12:18
D1 Bogosian · Scandella 24:49
D2 McCabe · Beaulieu 20:31
D3 Falk · Ristolainen 12:49
🌲Wild
L1 Parise · Zucker · Staal 17:30
L2 Coyle · Eriksson Ek · Ennis 15:07
L3 Winnik · Cullen · Granlund 13:55
L4 Foligno · Koivu · Niederreiter 11:23
D1 Brodin · Dumba 22:15
D2 Suter · Spurgeon 21:28
D3 Prosser · Olofsson 16:32

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MIN🌲
31 Shots on goal 27
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
20 Hits 9
13 Blocked shots 8
2 Takeaways 8
2 Giveaways 4
27 Penalty minutes 16
BUF shooting 6.5% (2/31) MIN shooting 22.2% (6/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Chad Johnson Shutout
10/10
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 20:00 TOI
Robin Lehner
11/17
.647 SV% · 6 GA · 40:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Devan Dubnyk
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Nino Niederreiter · 1st 01:09 · 0–1 Daniel Winnik · 1st 02:15 · 0–2 Nino Niederreiter · 1st 13:53 · 0–3 Nino Niederreiter · 2nd 04:02 · 0–4 Mikko Koivu · 2nd 13:07 · 0–5 Charlie Coyle · 2nd 19:15 · 0–6 Sam Reinhart · 3rd 01:54 · 1–6 Evander Kane · 3rd 18:59 · 2–6
BUF MIN
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 3 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Wild
Wild — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 2–0
Nov 222017 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 5–4 Nov 12016 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 2–1 Oct 272016 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 4–0 Mar 52016 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 SO Jan 122016 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 3–2
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Who won Sabres vs Wild on January 4, 2018?

Wild won 6–2. The final score was Sabres 2, Wild 6.

Who scored for Sabres?

Evander Kane, Sam Reinhart.

Who scored for Wild?

Nino Niederreiter (3), Charlie Coyle, Daniel Winnik, Mikko Koivu.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Chad Johnson made 10 saves on 10 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 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
BeforeJan 1 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 AfterJan 5 ⚔️BUF @ ✈️WPG 3–4
🌲 Wild
BeforeJan 2 🐆FLA @ 🌲MIN 1–5 AfterJan 6 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 2–7
Also on January 4
🦈SJS 2–3 🍁TOR 🏝️NYI 4–6 🔔PHI 🌪️CAR 4–0 🐧PIT ⚡TBL 1–2 🇨🇦MTL 🎰VGK 1–2 🎵STL 😈NJD 3–4 ⭐DAL 🐯NSH 2–3 🌵ARI 🧥CBJ 0–2 🏔️COL
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