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Final · January 17, 2026 at 12:30 p.m.

Minnesota Wild5
Buffalo Sabres4

Shots on goal : MIN 36 — BUF 24 · KeyBank Center

Three stars

MINGame statsBUF

36Shots on goal24
55 %Faceoff win %45 %
1/4Power play1/4
15Penalty minutes15
31Hits21
9Blocked shots16
11Giveaways10
6Takeaways3

Shots by period

P1P2P3OTTotal
MIN71810136
BUF699024

Season seriesMIN 1 – 1 BUF

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← MIN 5 / 36 / 494 / 24 / 38 BUF →
Missed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 00:16 · snapMissed shot — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 01:57 · backhandMissed shot — Vinnie Hinostroza (MIN), P1 02:10 · snapMissed shot — Tyler Pitlick (MIN), P1 02:50 · batMissed shot — Nico Sturm (MIN), P1 02:53 · snapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 08:28 · snapMissed shot — Ben Jones (MIN), P1 09:52 · tip-inMissed shot — Zach Metsa (BUF), P1 13:53 · snapMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P1 15:05 · deflectedMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 15:14 · tip-inMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 03:22 · snapMissed shot — Kirill Kaprizov (MIN), P2 05:09 · snapMissed shot — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P2 06:25 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 11:12 · snapMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P2 13:08 · slapMissed shot — Daemon Hunt (MIN), P2 17:22 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 00:21 · snapMissed shot — Zach Metsa (BUF), P3 03:28 · snapMissed shot — Mats Zuccarello (MIN), P3 04:50 · snapMissed shot — Jake Middleton (MIN), P3 04:58 · backhandMissed shot — Mats Zuccarello (MIN), P3 07:44 · snapMissed shot — Vinnie Hinostroza (MIN), P3 10:42 · snapMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P3 14:30 · snapMissed shot — Mats Zuccarello (MIN), P3 15:40 · snapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 18:56 · snapMissed shot — Quinn Hughes (MIN), OT 01:08 · slapMissed shot — Kirill Kaprizov (MIN), OT 01:14 · slapShot on goal — Vinnie Hinostroza (MIN), P1 02:09 · snapShot on goal — Vladimir Tarasenko (MIN), P1 03:32 · snapShot on goal — Vladimir Tarasenko (MIN), P1 09:05 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 10:52 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 11:35 · snapShot on goal — Ryan Hartman (MIN), P1 12:26 · backhandShot on goal — Brock Faber (MIN), P1 12:44 · wristShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 15:00 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 16:45 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 17:04 · slapShot on goal — Danila Yurov (MIN), P2 01:44 · backhandShot on goal — Quinn Hughes (MIN), P2 02:45 · wristShot on goal — Vinnie Hinostroza (MIN), P2 04:00 · tip-inShot on goal — Marcus Foligno (MIN), P2 04:06 · snapShot on goal — Quinn Hughes (MIN), P2 04:31 · snapShot on goal — Vladimir Tarasenko (MIN), P2 05:00 · tip-inShot on goal — Vladimir Tarasenko (MIN), P2 05:29 · snapShot on goal — Mats Zuccarello (MIN), P2 06:03 · wristShot on goal — Jared Spurgeon (MIN), P2 06:18 · snapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 06:39 · snapShot on goal — Tyler Pitlick (MIN), P2 07:00 · snapShot on goal — Tyler Pitlick (MIN), P2 07:01 · snapShot on goal — Ryan Hartman (MIN), P2 09:18 · backhandShot on goal — Kirill Kaprizov (MIN), P2 09:20 · deflectedShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 11:08 · backhandShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 11:30 · snapShot on goal — Tyson Kozak (BUF), P2 11:50 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 13:51 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 14:17 · snapShot on goal — Jared Spurgeon (MIN), P2 14:40 · snapShot on goal — Nico Sturm (MIN), P2 15:24 · wristShot on goal — Mats Zuccarello (MIN), P2 19:44 · backhandShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 01:36 · slapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 01:49 · snapShot on goal — Vinnie Hinostroza (MIN), P3 02:19 · snapShot on goal — Kirill Kaprizov (MIN), P3 04:07 · wristShot on goal — Mats Zuccarello (MIN), P3 04:15 · snapShot on goal — Jake Middleton (MIN), P3 04:18 · slapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 06:12 · snapShot on goal — Jake Middleton (MIN), P3 07:12 · snapShot on goal — Brock Faber (MIN), P3 07:24 · wristShot on goal — Ryan Hartman (MIN), P3 07:41 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 07:56 · wrap-aroundShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 09:30 · snapShot on goal — Jake Middleton (MIN), P3 11:59 · snapShot on goal — Quinn Hughes (MIN), P3 12:11 · snapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 15:08 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 15:19 · tip-inShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 15:20 · snapShot on goal — Kirill Kaprizov (MIN), P3 16:05 · tip-inShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 17:17 · snapGoal — Marcus Foligno (MIN), P1 09:19 · snapGoal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 10:05 · deflectedGoal — Ryan Hartman (MIN), P1 19:52 · tip-inGoal — Vladimir Tarasenko (MIN), P2 01:08 · wristGoal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 10:07 · tip-inGoal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 11:34 · wristGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 16:07 · wristGoal — Quinn Hughes (MIN), P2 17:04 · slapGoal — Mats Zuccarello (MIN), OT 01:46 · snap

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

Overtime

Penalties

1st period

  • 03:10BUFTage Thompson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Quinn Hughes
  • 10:05BUFMichael Kesselring — Unsportsmanlike conduct (2 min) · drawn by Marcus Foligno
  • 10:05MINMarcus Foligno — Unsportsmanlike conduct (2 min) · drawn by Michael Kesselring
  • 12:11MINMarcus Foligno — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Michael Kesselring
  • 12:11BUFMichael Kesselring — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Marcus Foligno
  • 15:25MINQuinn Hughes — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
  • 16:26MINDanila Yurov — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin

2nd period

  • 01:47BUFBowen Byram — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Danila Yurov
  • 04:08BUFMichael Kesselring — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Vinnie Hinostroza
  • 12:19MINDavid Jiricek — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Michael Kesselring
  • 15:01MINDanila Yurov — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Peyton Krebs

3rd period

  • 19:46BUFPeyton Krebs — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Vladimir Tarasenko

Box score

Minnesota Wild

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Y. TreninC0010915:33
M. FolignoL1002214:25
V. HinostrozaC00-13012:28
T. PitlickC00-12406:08
D. YurovR0111216:27
M. ZuccarelloR1114025:35
H. HaightC0000308:06
R. HartmanR1014122:10
B. JonesC01-10008:54
N. SturmC00-11010:55
V. TarasenkoR1125315:55
K. KaprizovL0313124:28
J. MiddletonD0003321:17
B. FaberD0012028:41
Q. HughesD1114029:52
J. SpurgeonD0102216:16
D. HuntD0000011:36
D.JiricekD0000109:12
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Wallstedt0/0—00:00
F. Gustavsson(W)20/2483.3 %61:46

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0001016:31
J. GreenwayL00-10210:43
J. ZuckerL0213217:49
P. KrebsC1001110:31
J. QuinnR1104016:03
B. MalenstynL00-10309:56
T. KozakC00-11308:32
R. McLeodC1122016:30
T. ThompsonC01-16022:17
N. OstlundC00-10016:09
A. TuchR1002118:40
J. DoanR00-11015:14
B. ByramD00-21025:36
M. KesselringD0010210:16
M. SamuelssonD01-10226:30
O. PowerD00-10221:33
R. DahlinD0102327:10
Z. MetsaD0010007:04
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(O)31/3686.1 %61:46
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

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