Minnesota Wild vs. Buffalo SabresJan 17, 2026

Final / OTSaturday, Jan 17, 2026· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	2	2	0	1	5		MIN	7	18	10	1	36
BUF	1	3	0	0	4		BUF	6	9	9	0	24

: MIN 69BUF 48
: MIN 5.04BUF 2.75
PP goals: MIN 1BUF 1
Hits: MIN 31BUF 21
Blocks: MIN 9BUF 16
PIM: MIN 15BUF 15
: MIN 55%BUF 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime at BUF. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Hartman–Kaprizov skated 14:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 24:28.Kaprizov
Points
Jack Quinn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:03.Quinn
Points
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:35.Zuccarello
Points
Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 29:52.Hughes
Points
Ryan McLeod had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:30.McLeod
Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:55.Tarasenko
Points
Jason Zucker had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:49.Zucker
New line
New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Hartman–Kaprizov skated 14:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zuccarello Hartman Kaprizov

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 117 of 117 attempts · BUF 48 · MIN 69

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 49% of the game, BUF 25%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against MIN skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MIN	BUF
	65	44
	4.57	2.20
	4.25	2.03
	22	12
	1	2
	17	17
	+0.046	−0.046
	49%	25%

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

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
14:2682% CF
L2Tarasenko – Trenin – Yurov
9:5438% CF
L3Foligno – Hinostroza – Haight
5:5768% CF
L4Pitlick – Jones – Sturm
5:2533% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
19:1364% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
11:5554% CF
D3Hunt – Jiricek
7:0757% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Tarasenko – Hartman – Kaprizov – Hughes
4:00100% CF
PP2Foligno – Zuccarello – Hinostroza – Kaprizov – Hughes
1:12100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Sturm
2:27
PK2FTrenin – Jones
0:40
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
3:49
PK2DSpurgeon – Hunt
0:36

Current MIN line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – Benson
13:0138% CF
L2Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
10:2050% CF
L3Krebs – Doan – Ostlund
7:5144% CF
L4Greenway – Malenstyn – Kozak
5:5614% CF
D1Byram – Power
8:4138% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
6:4733% CF
D3Kesselring – Metsa
0:160% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Doan – Ostlund
4:5375% CF
PP2Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Ostlund – Benson
0:30
PK1FGreenway – Malenstyn
2:31
PK2FTuch – McLeod
1:55
PK1DSamuelsson – Byram
2:46
PK2DDahlin – Power
1:49

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.87	0	0	0	25:35	—	—	79	94
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	3	3	+1	3	0.64	1	0	0	24:28	—	—	73	88
Ryan Hartman R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.56	1	1	0	22:10	—	—	82	94
Danila Yurov R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.38	2	1	4	16:27	—	—	44	71
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.90	3	0	0	15:55	—	—	41	82
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	9	0	0	15:33	—	—	31	62
Marcus Foligno L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.30	2	0	7	14:25	—	—	68	65
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	0	0	0	12:28	—	—	56	41
Hunter Haight C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:06	—	—	52	38
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	31	27
Ben Jones C	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.05	0	0	0	8:54	—	—	47	54
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	4	0	0	6:08	—	—	39	27
Quinn Hughes D	D1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.31	0	1	2	29:52	—	—	57	62
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	28:41	—	—	68	72
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	3	4	0	21:17	—	—	60	68
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	2	0	0	16:16	—	—	53	66
Daemon Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	11:36	—	—	63	76
David Jiricek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	9:12	—	—	50	70

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	24	20	4	.833	2.75	61:46

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.65	0	0	2	22:17	—	—	37	30
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	1	2	0	18:40	—	—	40	42
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	16:31	—	—	36	34
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.14	2	0	0	17:49	—	—	57	48
Ryan McLeod C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.35	0	1	0	16:30	—	—	48	48
Jack Quinn R	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.39	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	52	40
Noah Ostlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	50	41
Josh Doan R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	15:14	—	—	40	33
Peyton Krebs C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	1	2	2	10:31	—	—	45	62
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:43	—	—	14	3
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:56	—	—	14	3
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	8:32	—	—	24	4
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	3	2	25:36	—	—	40	32
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	2	0	21:33	—	—	41	14
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.35	3	0	0	27:10	—	—	51	45
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	26:30	—	—	30	23
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.18	2	1	9	10:16	—	—	35	43
Zach Metsa D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	0	0	0	7:04	—	—	50	51

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	O	36	31	5	.861	5.04	61:46

Goal anatomy

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

Marcus Foligno (MIN) 1st 9:19 · assists Vladimir Tarasenko, Ben Jones · Deflection · 34.8 mph shot.

Marcus Foligno · 1st 9:19 · MIN

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 34.8 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Type: deflection

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Ryan McLeod · 1st 10:05 · BUF

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 14.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Ryan Hartman · 1st 19:52 · MIN

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 16.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 8.1 s

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Vladimir Tarasenko · 2nd 1:08 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 56.2 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Peyton Krebs · 2nd 10:07 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: deflection

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Jack Quinn · 2nd 11:34 · BUF

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 36.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Alex Tuch · 2nd 16:07 · BUF PP

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 51.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s

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Quinn Hughes · 2nd 17:04 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.3 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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Mats Zuccarello · OT 1:46 · MIN PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 59.9 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Buffalo SabresJan 17, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Marcus Foligno · 1st 9:19 · MIN

Ryan McLeod · 1st 10:05 · BUF

Ryan Hartman · 1st 19:52 · MIN

Vladimir Tarasenko · 2nd 1:08 · MIN

Peyton Krebs · 2nd 10:07 · BUF

Jack Quinn · 2nd 11:34 · BUF

Alex Tuch · 2nd 16:07 · BUF PP

Quinn Hughes · 2nd 17:04 · MIN

Mats Zuccarello · OT 1:46 · MIN PP