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
Marcus FolignoLW	0	2	0	0	14:25	2:39	2:27	9:19	16	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	7
Hunter HaightC	0	3	1	0	8:06	0:02	0:00	8:04	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	100.0	1	0	0
Ryan HartmanRW	1	1	0	1	22:10	5:46	0:00	16:24	22	1	14	0	4	0	12	14	46.2	1	0	0
Vinnie HinostrozaC	0	0	0	-1	12:28	2:14	0:00	10:14	15	0	2	0	3	2	1	1	50.0	2	0	0
Ben JonesC	0	0	0	-1	8:54	0:00	1:45	7:09	12	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Kirill KaprizovLW	0	1	1	1	24:28	6:45	0:00	17:43	23	0	25	3	3	2	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Tyler PitlickC	0	4	0	-1	6:08	0:00	0:00	6:08	8	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Nico SturmC	0	0	1	-1	10:55	0:00	4:07	6:48	13	0	3	0	1	1	6	2	75.0	0	0	0
Vladimir TarasenkoRW	0	3	0	2	15:55	3:35	0:00	12:20	19	1	13	1	5	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Yakov TreninC	0	9	1	1	15:33	0:00	1:56	13:37	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Danila YurovRW	1	2	0	1	16:27	1:13	0:33	14:41	21	0	7	1	1	0	5	8	38.5	0	2	4
Mats ZuccarelloRW	0	0	0	1	25:35	7:19	0:00	18:16	22	1	6	1	4	3	3	1	75.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Brock FaberD	1	0	1	1	28:41	1:24	4:46	22:31	32	0	11	0	2	0	0	0	0
Quinn HughesD	1	0	1	1	29:52	6:34	0:27	22:51	28	1	4	1	4	1	2	1	2
Daemon HuntD	0	0	0	0	11:36	0:00	1:09	10:27	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
David JiricekD	1	1	0	0	9:12	0:00	0:00	9:12	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Jake MiddletonD	4	3	0	0	21:17	0:02	4:58	16:17	26	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0
Jared SpurgeonD	0	2	0	0	16:16	0:41	1:21	14:14	26	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0