BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
W
W
W
W
W
OT
L
W
L
L
Final/SO
2—3
2023-01-28 · Xcel Energy Center
MIN
MIN
Minnesota Wild
45-23-12 · L2 · L10: 6-4-0
W
L
L
L
W
W
W
SO
L
OT
MIN dominated expected goals 2.5 to 1.7 · Decided in a shootout

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
0121ST2ND3RDOT
BUF xG
1.74
ACTUAL
2 — 3
MIN xG
2.47

Scoring Timeline

0.79
HIGH xG
BUF1P 02:22Even Strength
Jack Quinn
22
Jack Quinn(8)
R · BUF · #22
BUF 1 - 0 MIN
0.11
HIGH xG
MIN1P 03:35Power Play
Joel Eriksson Ek
14
Joel Eriksson Ek(18)
C · MIN · #14
Kirill Kaprizov (32), Mats Zuccarello (29)
BUF 1 - 1 MIN
0.05
MED xG
BUF2P 09:50Even Strength
Zemgus Girgensons
28
Zemgus Girgensons(5)
C · BUF · #28
Kyle Okposo (13), Peyton Krebs (7)
BUF 2 - 1 MIN
0.09
MED xG
MIN2P 12:39Even Strength
Jared Spurgeon
46
Jared Spurgeon(9)
D · MIN · #46
Frederick Gaudreau (11), Jake Middleton (6)
BUF 2 - 2 MIN

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
33/35 saves, .942 SV%, +0.5 GSAx
★2
Marc-Andre Fleury
29
Marc-Andre Fleury
G · MIN · #29
29/31 saves, .935 SV%, -0.2 GSAx
★3
Jared Spurgeon
46
Jared Spurgeon
D · MIN · #46
1G, 6 SOG

Team Stats

BUFMIN
0Shots0
1.74xGF2.48
48.2CF%51.8
—FO%—
0/0PP0/0
0Hits0
0Blocks0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
0PIM0

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGMIN SOGBUF xGMIN xG
1st8121.051.02
2nd1080.210.79
3rd10100.400.46
OT130.070.20
Total29331.732.47

Penalties

5 TOTAL
1P 03:24
BUF
Jacob Brysonhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Jared Spurgeon
1P 10:12
MIN
Connor Dewarhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Jeff Skinner
1P 12:03
BUF
Rasmus Dahlinhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Jake Middleton
1P 16:24
BUF
Tage Thompsonhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Joel Eriksson Ek
2P 05:31
BUF
Alex Tuchtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Frederick Gaudreau