Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL

Wild

27-13-9, 63 PTS

5-4

Final/OT

Sabres

26-16-5, 57 PTS

KeyBank Center

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On the ice

MIN shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
MIN	7	18	10	1	36
BUF	6	9	9	0	24

In net

Filip Gustavsson20/24 SV, .833

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen31/36 SV, .861

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

Who won: Wild 5-4

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in overtime on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The series is tied 1-1. Vladimir Tarasenko led the Wild in goals (1). Ryan McLeod led the Sabres in goals (1).

MIN

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach BensonLW	1	0	0	0	16:31	1:00	0:53	14:38	21	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Josh DoanRW	1	0	0	-1	15:14	4:23	0:00	10:51	20	0	15	0	1	1	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Jordan GreenwayLW	0	2	0	-1	10:43	0:00	4:21	6:22	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0
Tyson KozakC	0	3	0	-1	8:32	0:00	0:52	7:40	14	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	66.7	0	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	2	1	0	0	10:31	0:00	0:00	10:31	15	1	5	0	1	1	1	3	25.0	2	1	2
Beck MalenstynLW	0	3	0	-1	9:56	0:00	3:07	6:49	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	1	0	0	2	16:30	0:44	2:38	13:08	25	1	11	1	2	0	11	5	68.8	0	0	0
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	-1	16:09	5:25	0:00	10:44	19	0	9	0	0	1	1	3	25.0	0	0	0
Jack QuinnRW	0	0	1	0	16:03	1:41	0:00	14:22	21	1	11	1	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	0	0	1	-1	22:17	5:37	0:02	16:38	23	0	26	1	6	1	10	13	43.5	2	1	2
Alex TuchRW	2	1	1	0	18:40	0:30	2:22	15:48	26	1	17	0	2	2	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Jason ZuckerLW	0	2	0	1	17:49	5:07	0:00	12:42	19	0	10	2	3	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Bowen ByramD	3	0	-2	25:36	0:28	4:29	20:39	31	10	0	1	0	1	1	2
Rasmus DahlinD	0	3	0	27:10	5:40	2:32	18:58	29	7	1	2	2	0	0	0
Michael KesselringD	1	2	1	10:16	0:00	0:28	9:48	16	0	0	0	2	1	3	9
Zach MetsaD	0	0	1	7:04	0:00	0:00	7:04	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Owen PowerD	2	2	-1	21:33	0:00	2:23	19:10	25	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mattias SamuelssonD	3	2	-1	26:30	0:00	6:07	20:23	28	8	1	0	0	1	0	0