BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
10-11-4 · W1 · L10: 5-5-0
L
L
W
W
L
W
W
L
L
L
Final/SO
3—2
2025-11-29 · Xcel Energy Center
MIN
MIN
Minnesota Wild
14-7-5 · OT1 · L10: 8-0-2
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
OT
W
W
BUF dominated expected goals 2.9 to 2.5 · BUF controlled 58.5% of 5v5 shot attempts · Decided in a shootout

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RDOT
BUF xG
2.93
ACTUAL
3 — 2
MIN xG
2.48

Scoring Timeline

0.07
MED xG
MIN1P 09:37Even Strength
Kirill Kaprizov
97
Kirill Kaprizov(17)
L · MIN · #97
Mats Zuccarello (9), Danila Yurov (4)
BUF 0 - 1 MIN
0.16
HIGH xG
BUF1P 12:42Even Strength
Beck Malenstyn
29
Beck Malenstyn(3)
L · BUF · #29
Peyton Krebs (7), Josh Dunne (2)
BUF 1 - 1 MIN
0.14
HIGH xG
MIN1P 14:05Even Strength
Matt Boldy
12
Matt Boldy(15)
L · MIN · #12
BUF 1 - 2 MIN
0.04
LOW xG
BUF3P 06:01Even Strength
Josh Doan
91
Josh Doan(8)
R · BUF · #91
Alex Tuch (14), Noah Ostlund (3)
BUF 2 - 2 MIN

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Filip Gustavsson
32
Filip Gustavsson
G · MIN · #32
31/33 saves, .939 SV%, +0.9 GSAx
★2
Colten Ellis
35
Colten Ellis
G · BUF · #35
22/24 saves, .916 SV%, +0.3 GSAx
★3
Kirill Kaprizov
97
Kirill Kaprizov
L · MIN · #97
1G, 6 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

BUFMIN
33Shots24
2.93xGF2.47
58.5CF%41.5
44.8FO%55.2
0/3PP0/3
20Hits18
8Blocks14
18Giveaways15
6Takeaways6
6PIM6

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGMIN SOGBUF xGMIN xG
1st1090.840.81
2nd1281.021.17
3rd730.560.27
OT220.530.22
Total31222.952.47

Penalties

6 TOTAL
1P 03:35
MIN
Jared Spurgeontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Zach Benson
2P 02:14
BUF
Alex Tuchtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Kirill Kaprizov
2P 10:32
MIN
Zeev Buiumtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Beck Malenstyn
2P 13:16
BUF
Mattias Samuelssonholding (2 min)
Drawn by Danila Yurov
2P 13:47
MIN
Matt Boldydelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)
3P 10:00
BUF
Rasmus Dahlintripping (2 min)
Drawn by Matt Boldy