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Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 2–1 on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 on the road.

Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Buffalo Sabres 2 33-37-12
at Minnesota Wild 1 49-25-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 0 1 2
Minnesota Wild 0 1 0 1

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 9 7 8 24
Minnesota Wild 6 15 7 28

Three stars

  1. R. O'Reilly, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
  2. M. Granlund, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)
  3. J. Larsson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:16 Buffalo Sabres Ryan O'Reilly (4) Unassisted Even strength BUF 1, MIN 0
2nd 17:31 Minnesota Wild Mikael Granlund (2) Eric Staal (4), Jason Pominville (3) Power play BUF 1, MIN 1
3rd 13:34 Buffalo Sabres Johan Larsson (2) Brian Gionta (3) Even strength BUF 2, MIN 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 24 28
Power play 0 of 1 1 of 1
Penalty minutes 2 2
Hits 24 19
Blocked shots 18 9
Giveaways 2 4
Takeaways 10 4
Faceoffs won 31/61 (50.8%) 30/61 (49.2%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
12 B. Gionta R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 14:34
21 K. Okposo R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 22:42
22 J. Larsson L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 0 20% 15:06
23 S. Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13:51
26 M. Moulson L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 0 20:52
27 D. Grant C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 75% 09:26
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 60% 12:10
56 J. Bailey R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 08:26
63 T. Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:50
73 N. Baptiste R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 09:22
82 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 7 2 0 15:01
90 R. O'Reilly C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 0 1 0 50% 23:27
4 J. Gorges D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 5 6 0 22:42
6 C. Franson D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 0 15:20
29 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:21
47 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 05:45
55 R. Ristolainen D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 25:18
77 D. Kulikov D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 3 1 0 27:40
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
40 R. Lehner 28 27 1 .964 60:00 Win

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
3 C. Coyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 50% 20:07
7 C. Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12:10
9 M. Koivu C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 62.5% 20:33
10 J. Schroeder C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 08:41
12 E. Staal C 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 33.3% 20:13
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 27.3% 11:44
16 J. Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13:28
22 N. Niederreiter R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 16:10
29 J. Pominville R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 0 0 17:37
44 T. Graovac C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 66.7% 08:51
47 C. Bertschy C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 09:02
64 M. Granlund C 1 0 1 -2 0 2 2 0 1 21:10
5 C. Folin D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 0 17:00
20 R. Suter D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 29:49
24 M. Dumba D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:54
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 17:54
39 N. Prosser D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 11:56
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 17:27
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
40 D. Dubnyk 24 22 2 .917 58:14 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 16:24 Buffalo Sabres Josh Gorges Slashing 2
3rd 04:43 Minnesota Wild Christoph Bertschy Hooking 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Dan Bylsma
Minnesota Wild head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Marc Joannette
Linesmen
Ryan Gibbons, Michel Cormier
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Nicolas Deslauriers, Hudson Fasching, Casey Nelson
Minnesota Wild scratches
Zach Parise, Marco Scandella, Erik Haula

2016-2017 season series

Matchup Status Details
Minnesota Wild 4 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Minnesota Wild 1 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Nov 1

Matchup Status Details
St. Louis Blues 0 at New York Rangers 5 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final/OT Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 at New York Islanders 1 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Final/OT Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Ottawa Senators 2 Final/OT Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Florida Panthers 1 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Winnipeg Jets 2 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 1 at Chicago Blackhawks 5 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 5 at Colorado Avalanche 1 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 2 at Arizona Coyotes 3 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 4 at Los Angeles Kings 0 Final Game page

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