Minnesota Wild vs. Buffalo SabresJan 7, 2023
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | MIN | 9 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 44 | |
| BUF | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | BUF | 8 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 37 |
- MIN 57BUF 64
- MIN 4.14BUF 3.01
- PP goals
- MIN 2BUF 2
- Hits
- MIN 21BUF 7
- Blocks
- MIN 16BUF 4
- PIM
- MIN 6BUF 8
- MIN 52%BUF 48%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Buffalo Sabres edge Minnesota Wild 6–5 (OT)
Buffalo Sabres beat Minnesota Wild 6–5 in overtime at home. Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 3A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:27 together.
- PointsRasmus Dahlin had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 4 shots in 29:25.Dahlin
- PointsCasey Mittelstadt had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:18.Mittelstadt
- PointsVictor Olofsson had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 13:35.Olofsson
- PointsDylan Cozens had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:30.Cozens
- PointsJoel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:10.Eriksson Ek
- PointsRyan Hartman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:05.Hartman
- PointsCalen Addison had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:53.Addison
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Shot map
Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.
Shot map
Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.
Shot map, MIN at BUF: 121 attempts, 81 on goal, 11 goals, 7.16 expected goals; best chance Jeff Skinner at 0.33 xG.
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- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 121 of 121 attempts · BUF 64 · MIN 57
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, MIN at BUF: expected goals 3.01 to 4.14 (MIN led the chances), shot attempts 64 to 57, 11 goals.
- BUF
- MIN
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- BUF pressure
- MIN pressure
- Goal
- Control (|PI| > 0.25)
: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 39% of the game, BUF 32%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, MIN at BUF: 38 players over 64:41; most ice Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (64:41) for BUF and Marc-Andre Fleury (64:36) for MIN, 11 goals.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Penalty
Sequence card
5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).
| Stat | MIN | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | 62 | |
| 2.71 | 2.16 | |
| 2.64 | 2.10 | |
| 6 | 6 | |
| 6 | 4 | |
| 7 | 5 | |
| +0.018 | −0.018 | |
| 39% | 32% |
Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.
Lines used
Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.
Minnesota Wild
- 12:3861% CF
- 10:3442% CF
- L3Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek9:4945% CF
- 8:0333% CF
- 21:1953% CF
- 10:4717% CF
- 10:2845% CF
- PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Steel – Addison – Boldy3:54100% CF
- 0:53100% CF
- PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek1:27
- 1:24
- 1:27
- 1:24
Buffalo Sabres
- 15:5050% CF
- L2Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs12:4560% CF
- L3Olofsson – Jost – Mittelstadt8:3380% CF
- 7:0243% CF
- D1Samuelsson – Dahlin14:2552% CF
- 12:4756% CF
- D3Bryson – Lyubushkin6:1843% CF
- 2:27100% CF
- PP2Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Quinn – Peterka – Power0:4467% CF
- 1:04
- 0:58
- PK1DSamuelsson – Power2:02
- PK2DDahlin – Lyubushkin0:34
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 13:00MIN: Spurgeon, Middleton, Shaw, Dewar, BoldyBUF: Olofsson, Jost, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, LyubushkinMIN 0 – 1 BUF
2nd period
- 2:52MIN 1 – 1 BUF
- 6:46MIN: Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Steel, Addison, BoldyBUF: Girgensons, Samuelsson, PowerMIN 2 – 1 BUF
- 10:30MIN 2 – 2 BUF
- 12:02MIN: Middleton, Kaprizov, Steel, Addison, BoldyBUF: Olofsson, Jost, Mittelstadt, Samuelsson, DahlinMIN 2 – 3 BUF
- 13:55MIN 2 – 4 BUF
- 18:45MIN: Spurgeon, Hartman, Gaudreau, Middleton, DuhaimeBUF: Olofsson, Jost, Mittelstadt, Samuelsson, DahlinMIN 3 – 4 BUF
3rd period
- 0:26MIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson EkBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, DahlinMIN 4 – 4 BUF
- 7:48MIN: Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Steel, Addison, BoldyBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, PowerMIN 5 – 4 BUF
- 17:36MIN 5 – 5 BUF
OT period
- 4:41MIN 5 – 6 BUF
Box score
Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.
Minnesota Wild
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Steel C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:54 | — | — | 58 | 66 |
| Kirill Kaprizov L | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 1.03 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:37 | — | — | 58 | 67 |
| Matt Boldy L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:25 | — | — | 52 | 64 |
| Frederick Gaudreau C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:06 | — | — | 36 | 48 |
| Ryan Hartman R | L2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0.32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 | — | — | 37 | 48 |
| Brandon Duhaime L | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0.23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:21 | — | — | 42 | 50 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek C | L3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:10 | — | — | 48 | 78 |
| Marcus Foligno L | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.64 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15:42 | — | — | 44 | 76 |
| Jordan Greenway L | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 | — | — | 46 | 75 |
| Mason Shaw C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:25 | — | — | 21 | 20 |
| Connor Dewar C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11:28 | — | — | 27 | 23 |
| Ryan Reaves R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:06 | — | — | 33 | 26 |
| Jonas Brodin D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 0.33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26:19 | — | — | 50 | 51 |
| Mathew Dumba D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25:43 | — | — | 51 | 56 |
| Calen Addison D | D2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 0.13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:53 | — | — | 30 | 44 |
| Jon Merrill D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14:47 | — | — | 13 | 6 |
| Jared Spurgeon D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:23 | — | — | 42 | 64 |
| Jake Middleton D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:31 | — | — | 48 | 69 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc-Andre Fleury(start) | O | 37 | 31 | 6 | .838 | 3.01 | 64:36 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson C | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:43 | — | — | 48 | 26 |
| Alex Tuch R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0.19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:25 | — | — | 50 | 26 |
| Jeff Skinner L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 | — | — | 48 | 26 |
| Peyton Krebs C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 | — | — | 57 | 42 |
| Kyle Okposo R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 | — | — | 52 | 40 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 | — | — | 52 | 46 |
| Casey Mittelstadt C | L3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:18 | — | — | 79 | 60 |
| Victor Olofsson L | L3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 | — | — | 79 | 69 |
| Tyson Jost C | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:05 | — | — | 81 | 69 |
| Dylan Cozens C | L4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:30 | — | — | 44 | 34 |
| JJ Peterka R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:00 | — | — | 47 | 34 |
| Jack Quinn R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8:52 | — | — | 43 | 33 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | D1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 4 | 0.21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29:25 | — | — | 59 | 35 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:51 | — | — | 53 | 38 |
| Owen Power D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:53 | — | — | 60 | 48 |
| Kale Clague D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:28 | — | — | 63 | 43 |
| Jacob Bryson D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:25 | — | — | 58 | 63 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9:54 | — | — | 50 | 55 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start) | W | 44 | 39 | 5 | .886 | 4.14 | 64:41 |