Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL

Wild

32-18-3, 67 PTS

4-5

Final

Sabres

18-30-8, 44 PTS

KeyBank Center

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

MIN shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MIN	15	8	10	33
BUF	11	14	13	38

In net

Kaapo Kahkonen33/37 SV, .892

Craig Anderson29/33 SV, .879

Team	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	0	3	4
BUF	1	1	3	5

Who won: Sabres 5-4

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Friday, March 4, 2022 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres win the series 2-0. Jeff Skinner led the Sabres in goals (2). Kirill Kaprizov led the Wild in goals (2).

Recap · Mar 4

Skinner scores twice and Sabres rally to 5-4 win over Wild

Sabres coach Don Granato defines opportunistic bounces as being the ones a team takes advantage of on the scoresheet.

What it means

Season series: BUF wins series 2-0.
Wild 16-13-2 on the road; Sabres 9-14-4 at home.
Wild without Jared Spurgeon (D), listed out.
Sabres without Rasmus Dahlin (D), listed out.

Latest headlines

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Recap · 2d ago

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ESPN · 3d ago

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Preview · 3d ago

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Recap · 3d ago

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Injuries and inactives

Wild3rd in Western Conference

Jared Spurgeon D
Upper Body
Out
Kirill Kaprizov LW
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Olli Maatta D
Upper Body
Day-To-Day
Marcus Foligno LW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Nico Sturm C
Concussion
Injured Reserve

Sabres7th in Eastern Conference

Rasmus Dahlin D
Upper Body
Out
Jiri Kulich C
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Josh Norris C
Concussion
Day-To-Day
Alex Lyon G
Upper Body
Injured Reserve
Matt Grzelcyk D
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Wild3rd in Western Conference

Kaapo Kahkonen G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Sabres7th in Eastern Conference

Craig Anderson G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

BUF wins series 2-0

Last meeting: Sabres 3, Wild 2 (Dec 16)

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Game info

Venue: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY · Attendance 8,462
Officials: Marc Joannette (Referee), Peter MacDougall (Referee), Brandon Gawryletz (Linesman), Kilian McNamara (Linesman)