Minnesota Wild vs. Buffalo SabresNov 27, 2024

FinalWednesday, Nov 27, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	0	0	1		MIN	4	11	15	30
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	16	9	14	39

: MIN 56BUF 87
: MIN 2.12BUF 3.39
PP goals: MIN 0BUF 0
Hits: MIN 22BUF 15
Blocks: MIN 32BUF 14
PIM: MIN 4BUF 0
: MIN 47%BUF 53%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Minnesota Wild edge Buffalo Sabres 1–0

Minnesota Wild beat Buffalo Sabres 1–0 at BUF. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BUF scored 0 goals on 3.39 expected goals (87 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 3.39 expected goals (87 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–Thompson–Peterka skated 13:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Thompson Peterka
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 39 shots and stopped 39 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 29.2; the win.Gustavsson
New line
New look for BUF: Lafferty–Malenstyn–McLeod skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lafferty Malenstyn McLeod
Usage
Ryan McLeod (BUF) played 11:14, −5:40 down on his 16:54 season average over 78 games.McLeod
Usage
Brock Faber (MIN) played 22:15, −3:19 down on his 25:34 season average over 77 games.Faber
Usage
Declan Chisholm (MIN) played 20:09, +3:12 up on his 16:57 season average over 65 games.Chisholm
Usage
Owen Power (BUF) played 24:27, +3:11 up on his 21:16 season average over 78 games.Power

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 143 of 143 attempts · BUF 87 · MIN 56

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 25% of the game, BUF 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

MIN

goals / penalties

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).

Sequence card
Stat	MIN	BUF
	67	79
	2.54	2.46
	2.46	2.36
	11	8
	7	7
	26	16
	−0.025	+0.025
	25%	39%

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

L1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
13:0567% CF
L2Johansson – Hartman – Rossi
12:3848% CF
L3Foligno – Gaudreau – Trenin
8:5229% CF
L4Boyd – Shore – Jones
6:2129% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
18:5243% CF
D2Spurgeon – Chisholm
18:1951% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
11:3644% CF

PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:12
PK2FShore – Gaudreau
0:47
PK1DBogosian – Middleton
2:06
PK2DMerrill – Faber
0:47

Current MIN line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Krebs – Cozens – Benson
13:4844% CF
L2Tuch – Thompson – Peterka
13:4869% CF
L3Zucker – Quinn – Kulich
10:4939% CF
L4Lafferty – Malenstyn – McLeod
8:3767% CF
D1Dahlin – Byram
17:2357% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
14:2841% CF
D3Clifton – Bryson
11:0346% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens – Peterka
2:12100% CF
PP2Tuch – Quinn – Power – Kulich – Benson
1:25100% CF

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:55
MINKirill Kaprizov (Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy)wrist0.11 xG
MIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, FaberBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Dahlin, Peterka
MIN 1 – 0 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

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.25	0	1	0	22:15	—	—	68	84
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	65	80
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.13	1	2	0	19:34	—	—	64	78
Marco Rossi C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	4	0	16:36	—	—	53	53
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	0	15:57	—	—	50	45
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	0	0	15:38	—	—	48	47
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	35	24
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:45	—	—	36	27
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	1	0	12:05	—	—	29	7
Ben Jones C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	9:19	—	—	31	62
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	1	0	0	9:05	—	—	21	44
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	6:54	—	—	29	68
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	7	0	24:49	—	—	44	55
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	2	0	22:15	—	—	41	50
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	2	0	22:10	—	—	50	47
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	0	4	0	20:09	—	—	51	44
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	2	16:05	—	—	43	51
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	3	0	14:37	—	—	43	60

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	39	39	0	.1000	3.39	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	2	0.10	3	2	19:31	—	—	44	15
Zach Benson L	L1	0	1	0.05	1	0	16:15	—	—	46	36
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	1	0.00	2	0	15:00	—	—	46	16
JJ Peterka R	L2	-1	1	0.25	1	0	20:16	—	—	73	75
Alex Tuch R	L2	-1	6	0.68	1	0	19:45	—	—	73	78
Tage Thompson C	L2	-1	6	0.59	0	1	19:43	—	—	71	74
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	1	0.04	0	0	14:55	—	—	39	27
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	6	0.64	1	1	14:40	—	—	44	39
Jiri Kulich C	L3	0	5	0.35	1	0	14:18	—	—	44	37
Ryan McLeod C	L4	0	0	0.15	0	1	11:14	—	—	67	91
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	2	0.08	0	0	11:00	—	—	64	90
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	1	9:42	—	—	57	86
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	-1	3	0.15	1	1	26:35	—	—	61	51
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	1	0.00	0	2	21:25	—	—	57	56
Owen Power D	D2	0	1	0.28	0	3	24:27	—	—	52	55
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	-1	1	0.00	0	1	18:15	—	—	43	47
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	2	0.01	3	1	13:35	—	—	56	37
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	0	11:57	—	—	50	29

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	30	29	1	.967	2.12	57:27

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) 1st 6:55 · assists Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy · Odd-man rush · carried in · 4-on-1 at the blue line · 62.4 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

Kirill Kaprizov · 1st 6:55 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 62.4 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s
Type: one-timer

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.