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2024-25 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 March 22, 2025.

BUF – MIN
21–21
Shots on goal
20–20
Hits
12–18
Blocked shots
3–7
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Mats Zuccarello
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 20:15 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Matt Boldy
2 A
4 shots · 19:17 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Marco Rossi
1 G
3 shots · 20:09 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🌲 Marco Rossi Go-ahead 2nd · 00:56
Assists: Yakov Trenin, Vinnie Hinostroza · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
0–1
🌲 Justin Brazeau 2nd · 05:07
Assists: Brendan Gaunce, Matt Boldy · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
0–2
🌲 Mats Zuccarello 2nd · 08:11
Assists: Matt Boldy, Zach Bogosian · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
0–3
3rd period
⚔️ JJ Peterka 3rd · 06:48
Assists: Owen Power, Rasmus Dahlin · beat Filip Gustavsson
1–3
🌲 Frederick Gaudreau Empty net 3rd · 19:27
Assists: Mats Zuccarello, Jonas Brodin
1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 McLeod · Thompson · Peterka 22:42
L2 Zucker · Greenway · Tuch 16:44
L3 Malenstyn · Krebs · Kozak 12:56
L4 Benson · Lafferty 9:12
D1 Dahlin · Power 22:42
D2 Byram · Samuelsson 18:02
D3 Clifton · Bryson 12:30
D4 Bernard-Docker 11:29
🌲Wild
L1 Boldy · Rossi · Zuccarello 20:09
L2 Johansson · Nyquist · Hartman 16:11
L3 Hinostroza · Gaudreau · Trenin 14:32
L4 Gaunce · Shore · Brazeau 7:56
D1 Faber · Middleton 23:19
D2 Spurgeon · Brodin 21:14
D3 Bogosian · Merrill 13:32

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MIN🌲
21 Shots on goal 21
20 Hits 20
12 Blocked shots 18
3 Takeaways 7
18 Giveaways 7
6 Penalty minutes 6
BUF shooting 4.8% (1/21) MIN shooting 19.0% (4/21)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
17/20
.850 SV% · 3 GA · 57:58 TOI
🌲Wild
Filip Gustavsson
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 59:52 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Marco Rossi · 2nd 00:56 · 0–1 Justin Brazeau · 2nd 05:07 · 0–2 Mats Zuccarello · 2nd 08:11 · 0–3 JJ Peterka · 3rd 06:48 · 1–3 Frederick Gaudreau · 3rd 19:27 · 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: 6-12 (33% win rate, 18 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 11-8-3 (50% win rate, 22 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 2–0
Nov 272024 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 1–0 Feb 172024 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 3–2 OT Nov 102023 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 Jan 282023 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 2–3 SO Jan 72023 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 5–6 OT
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Who won Sabres vs Wild on March 22, 2025?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

JJ Peterka.

Who scored for Wild?

Frederick Gaudreau, Justin Brazeau, Marco Rossi, Mats Zuccarello.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 17 saves on 20 shots (.850 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Filip Gustavsson made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 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
BeforeMar 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🏒UTA 2–5 AfterMar 23 ⚔️BUF @ ✈️WPG 5–3
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 19 🦑SEA @ 🌲MIN 0–4 AfterMar 24 🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL 0–3
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