Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Wed, Nov 22, 2017 · KeyBank Center · 2017–18 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

5 – 4

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 on Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at KeyBank Center. Mikael Granlund scored twice; Nino Niederreiter scored twice; Jordan Nolan scored twice. Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	3	2	0	5	32
BUF	1	2	1	4	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:55	BUF	EV	Jack Eichel (6) · wrist	Jason Pominville (8), Evander Kane (9)	0–1
1st	08:59	MIN	EV	Tyler Ennis (4) · backhand	Marcus Foligno (5), Charlie Coyle (3)	1–1
1st	12:28	MIN	EV	Mikael Granlund (4) · wrist	Unassisted	2–1
1st	14:28	MIN	PP	Nino Niederreiter (7) · tip-in	Mikko Koivu (9), Ryan Suter (10)	3–1
2nd	02:01	BUF	EV	Jordan Nolan (1) · wrist	Kyle Okposo (7), Jacob Josefson (1)	3–2
2nd	07:57	MIN	EV	Nino Niederreiter (8) · wrist	Eric Staal (12), Jason Zucker (6)	4–2
2nd	15:56	MIN	PP	Mikael Granlund (5) · tip-in	Mikko Koivu (10), Ryan Suter (11)	5–2
2nd	18:25	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (5) · wrist	Jake McCabe (4), Johan Larsson (3)	5–3
3rd	13:55	BUF	EV	Jordan Nolan (2) · wrist	Nathan Beaulieu (3)	5–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	14:00	BUF	Benoit Pouliot	charging	2
2nd	02:23	MIN	Mike Reilly	holding	2
2nd	08:25	MIN	Mike Reilly	hooking	2
2nd	12:18	BUF	Josh Gorges	tripping	2
2nd	14:56	BUF	Nathan Beaulieu	roughing	2
2nd	19:41	MIN	Jonas Brodin	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MIN 1.99 · BUF 2.16 · xG% MIN 48.0

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	2		29:04	35
64	Mikael Granlund	C	2	0	2	0	0	6	1	0		20:07	26
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	2	2	+1	0	7	0	0	57.1	20:05	26
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	0		16:38	22
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		17:58	22
12	Eric Staal	C	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	2	38.5	17:17	23
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	76.9	15:33	20
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	1		12:33	17
63	Tyler Ennis	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0		12:13	17
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5		26:27	35
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		23:23	26
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2		22:15	28
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		16:12	23
23	Gustav Olofsson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2		10:55	18
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	50.0	9:03	15
59	Zack Mitchell	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		8:54	15
4	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	-2	4	0	3	1		8:26	13
10	Chris Stewart	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		6:57	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Devan Dubnyk	W	34	30	4	.882	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Jordan Nolan	C	2	0	2	+1	0	2	1	0		11:06	18
9	Evander Kane	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0	33.3	23:38	25
15	Jack Eichel	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	26.7	22:01	26
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	100.0	19:24	22
23	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	50.0	18:53	27
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	1		18:49	25
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0		18:24	27
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	100.0	17:32	26
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	37.5	12:04	19
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	75.0	7:21	11
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	0		24:07	29
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		21:40	28
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	55.0	20:46	27
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1		18:27	24
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1		17:54	25
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0		13:59	21
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		6:32	13
51	Kyle Criscuolo	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		5:07	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	L	19	17	2	.895	38:48
31	Chad Johnson		13	10	3	.769	20:00