BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
W
SO
L
L
L
L
L
OT
W
L
Final/SO
3—2
2021-12-16 · Xcel Energy Center
MIN
MIN
Minnesota Wild
45-23-12 · L2 · L10: 6-4-0
L
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
MIN controlled xG 2.6 to 2.4 but BUF won on execution · Decided in a shootout

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RDOT
BUF xG
2.39
ACTUAL
3 — 2
MIN xG
2.61

Scoring Timeline

0.02
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
0.28
HIGH xG
BUF2P 08:05Even Strength
Dylan Cozens
24
Dylan Cozens(8)
C · BUF · #24
Henri Jokiharju (4)
BUF 1 - 1 MIN
0.84
HIGH xG
MIN2P 19:04Even Strength
Kirill Kaprizov
97
Kirill Kaprizov(11)
L · MIN · #97
Alex Goligoski (17), Jared Spurgeon (8)
BUF 1 - 2 MIN
0.06
MED 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%, +0.4 GSAx
★2
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
30/32 saves, .937 SV%, +0.6 GSAx
★3
Dylan Cozens
24
Dylan Cozens
C · BUF · #24
1G, 5 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

BUFMIN
0Shots0
2.39xGF2.61
52.5CF%47.5
—FO%—
0/0PP0/0
0Hits0
0Blocks0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
0PIM0

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGMIN SOGBUF xGMIN xG
1st2151.320.30
2nd5120.451.71
3rd10100.390.41
OT230.220.19
Total38302.382.61

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