BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
W
SO
L
L
L
L
L
OT
W
L
Final/SO
3—2
2021-12-16 · Xcel Energy Center
MIN
MIN
Minnesota Wild
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
L
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
BUF dominated expected goals 3.5 to 2.9 · Decided in a shootout

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RDOT
BUF xG
3.50
ACTUAL
3 — 2
MIN xG
2.94

Scoring Timeline

0.04
LOW xG
MIN1P 10:11Even Strength
Jon Merrill
4
Jon Merrill(3)
D · MIN · #4
Dmitry Kulikov (10), Ryan Hartman (11)
BUF 0 - 1 MIN
0.17
HIGH xG
BUF2P 08:05Even Strength
Dylan Cozens
24
Dylan Cozens(8)
C · BUF · #24
Henri Jokiharju (4)
BUF 1 - 1 MIN
0.10
MED xG
MIN2P 19:04Even Strength
Kirill Kaprizov
97
Kirill Kaprizov(11)
L · MIN · #97
Alex Goligoski (17), Jared Spurgeon (8)
BUF 1 - 2 MIN
0.15
HIGH xG
BUF3P 12:03Even Strength
Mark Pysyk
43
Mark Pysyk(1)
D · BUF · #43
Vinnie Hinostroza (9), Mark Jankowski (1)
BUF 2 - 2 MIN

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Cam Talbot
39
Cam Talbot
G · MIN · #39
38/40 saves, .950 SV%, +1.7 GSAx
★2
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
30/32 saves, .937 SV%, +0.8 GSAx
★3
Dylan Cozens
24
Dylan Cozens
C · BUF · #24
1G, 5 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

BUFMIN
0Shots0
3.49xGF2.94
54.7CF%45.3
—FO%—
0/0PP0/0
0Hits0
0Blocks0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
0PIM0

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGMIN SOGBUF xGMIN xG
1st2151.870.44
2nd5120.461.52
3rd10100.730.68
OT230.430.30
Total38303.492.94

Penalties

3 TOTAL
1P 04:25
MIN
Frederick Gaudreauhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Kyle Okposo
1P 13:04
MIN
Dmitry Kulikovholding (2 min)
Drawn by Zemgus Girgensons
2P 08:25
BUF
Rasmus Dahlinhigh-sticking-double-minor (4 min)
Drawn by Joel Eriksson Ek