Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild

NHL

Sabres

10-15-4, 24 PTS

3-2

Final/SO

Wild

19-8-2, 40 PTS

Grand Casino Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftMIN shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T
BUF	21	6	11	2	2	42
MIN	6	13	10	3	2	34

In net

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen30/32 SV, .938

Cam Talbot38/40 SV, .950

Team	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
BUF	0	1	1	0	1	3
MIN	1	1	0	0	0	2

Who won: Sabres 3-2

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in a shootout on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at Grand Casino Arena. The Sabres lead the series 1-0. Dylan Cozens led the Sabres in goals (1). Kirill Kaprizov led the Wild in goals (1).

BUF

MIN

Player of the game

Dylan Cozens

BUF · 1 G, 5 SOG

7.9

Forwards	G	A	PTS	+/-	S	TOI	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV
Rasmus AsplundC6.3	0	0	0	-1	1	14:27	0	0	1	2:00	0:50	11:37	20	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
Dylan CozensC7.9	1	0	1	1	5	17:54	1	0	1	1:28	0:00	16:26	24	8	0	8	7	53.3	0
Cody EakinC6.4	0	0	0	-1	1	15:32	3	1	0	0:04	1:38	13:50	21	3	0	8	6	57.1	0
Zemgus GirgensonsC6.9	0	0	0	1	2	13:18	2	0	1	0:04	1:30	11:44	20	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
John HaydenC6.7	0	0	0	0	3	10:55	2	0	1	0:00	0:42	10:13	18	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
Vinnie HinostrozaC7.3	0	1	1	0	4	13:46	0	0	1	0:32	0:00	13:14	20	5	1	0	0	0.0	1
Mark JankowskiC7.1	0	1	1	1	1	11:40	0	0	0	0:00	1:40	10:00	18	0	1	3	6	33.3	0
Brett MurrayLW6.6	0	0	0	1	0	16:30	2	0	0	2:00	0:00	14:30	22	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
Kyle OkposoRW6.9	0	0	0	1	3	21:39	1	0	0	2:00	1:40	17:59	25	6	2	2	0	100.0	0
Victor OlofssonLW6.7	0	0	0	-1	5	18:08	0	0	0	1:56	0:00	16:12	21	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
Jeff SkinnerLW6.4	0	0	0	-1	2	16:15	2	0	0	1:28	0:00	14:47	18	9	1	1	3	25.0	0
Tage ThompsonC6.7	0	0	0	-1	6	17:19	0	0	0	1:56	0:00	15:23	22	10	1	4	5	44.4	0

Defenses	G	A	PTS	+/-	S	TOI	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	SM	PN	PIM
Jacob BrysonD6.0	0	0	0	-2	0	18:47	0	1	0	1:51	1:16	15:40	27	0	1	0	0
Will ButcherD6.7	0	0	0	1	1	18:11	0	0	0	1:56	0:00	16:15	23	1	2	0	0
Rasmus DahlinD6.9	0	0	0	1	4	25:45	2	1	0	2:09	0:00	23:36	31	5	0	1	4
Henri JokiharjuD7.3	0	1	1	1	0	21:54	2	2	0	0:36	2:44	18:34	27	1	0	0	0
Colin MillerD6.4	0	0	0	-1	0	18:38	2	3	0	0:00	1:16	17:22	24	2	0	0	0
Mark PysykD7.6	1	0	1	0	2	20:58	1	0	1	0:00	2:44	18:14	27	1	1	0	0