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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 3–2 on Saturday, November 17, 2018 on the road.

Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Buffalo Sabres 3 33-39-10
at Minnesota Wild 2 37-36-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 0 2 3
Minnesota Wild 2 0 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 9 11 9 29
Minnesota Wild 18 12 9 39

Three stars

  1. L. Ullmark, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
  2. R. Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. D. Dubnyk, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:00 Minnesota Wild Zach Parise (8) Unassisted Even strength BUF 0, MIN 1
1st 07:45 Minnesota Wild Mathew Dumba (8) Nino Niederreiter (8), Mikko Koivu (13) Power play BUF 0, MIN 2
1st 14:52 Buffalo Sabres Jake McCabe (2) Rasmus Dahlin (8), Kyle Okposo (6) Even strength BUF 1, MIN 2
3rd 12:58 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Jack Eichel (17), Jason Pominville (8) Even strength BUF 2, MIN 2
3rd 18:30 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville (9) Jack Eichel (18), Jake McCabe (7) Even strength BUF 3, MIN 2

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 29 39
Power play 0 of 1 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 2
Hits 17 20
Blocked shots 12 12
Giveaways 1 4
Takeaways 3 8
Faceoffs won 20/50 (40%) 30/50 (60%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 0 2 2 +1 2 5 1 1 0 45.5% 19:14
10 P. Berglund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 100% 13:02
17 V. Sobotka C 0 0 0 +1 2 2 0 1 0 33.3% 15:29
21 K. Okposo R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 25% 14:58
22 J. Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 47.4% 13:35
23 S. Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 17:58
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 12:59
29 J. Pominville R 1 1 2 +2 0 2 1 1 0 11:37
37 C. Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 13:31
43 C. Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:36
53 J. Skinner L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 17:10
72 T. Thompson C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 12:42
4 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 22:29
6 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18:24
8 C. Nelson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:55
19 J. McCabe D 1 1 2 +2 0 5 2 1 0 19:51
26 R. Dahlin D 1 1 2 +2 0 3 0 0 0 19:14
55 R. Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 21:30
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35 L. Ullmark 39 37 2 .949 60:00 Win

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
3 C. Coyle C 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 66.7% 15:38
9 M. Koivu C 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 1 0 50% 15:53
11 Z. Parise L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 0 0 17:36
12 E. Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64.3% 20:30
15 M. Hendricks C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 50% 10:00
16 J. Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 19:24
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 0 0 12:40
18 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 50% 11:51
21 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 80% 10:09
22 N. Niederreiter R 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 16:05
23 J. Brown R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 10:02
64 M. Granlund C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 100% 20:25
20 R. Suter D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 25:30
24 M. Dumba D 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 25:10
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 19:37
29 G. Pateryn D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 14:29
36 N. Seeler D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 2 0 13:51
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 20:29
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
40 D. Dubnyk 29 26 3 .897 58:41 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:59 Buffalo Sabres Jack Eichel Hooking 2
1st 12:26 Buffalo Sabres Vladimir Sobotka Hooking 2
1st 12:44 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu Tripping 2
1st 15:52 Buffalo Sabres Zach Bogosian Holding 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Phil Housley
Minnesota Wild head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Referees
Brad Watson, Dean Morton
Linesmen
Greg Devorski, Steve Barton
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Nathan Beaulieu, Remi Elie, Evan Rodrigues
Minnesota Wild scratches
Nate Prosser, Joel Eriksson Ek

2018-2019 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 4 at Buffalo Sabres 5 Final/SO Game page

Other NHL games on Nov 17

Matchup Status Details
Detroit Red Wings 3 at New Jersey Devils 2 Final/OT Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 at Philadelphia Flyers 5 Final/OT Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Ottawa Senators 6 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 2 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 1 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Nashville Predators 5 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Arizona Coyotes 1 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 2 at Calgary Flames 4 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 0 at San Jose Sharks 4 Final Game page

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