MIN 3–2 BUF Final / SO · W
Wild/Schedule/Recap Sun, Jan 29, 2023 · 2022-23 regular season
Minnesota Wild
MIN · 27-17-4
3–2
Final / SOW
Buffalo Sabres
BUF · 26-19-4
1ST2ND3RDOTSOT MIN 11319010031335 BUF 19111010010231 goals · shots on goal
Meeting 2 this season — the season series is tied 1–1
MIN 27-17-4 · BUF 26-19-4 · Meeting 2 this season — the season series is tied 1–1

Wild beat the Sabres

The Wild earned it: 3.5 expected goals to 1.8, and they won it in a shootout. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 1.5 more goals than an average goalie would have.

Who had the better chances

The Wild created the better chances: 3.5 expected goals to 1.8, on 35 and 31 shots on goal.

MIN 3.5 xG · 35 shots BUF 1.8 xG · 31 shots
0
1
2
3
1st · the swing 1.6 · 0.5
2nd 0.8 · 0.4
3rd 0.7 · 0.8
OT 0.4 · 0.1
Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.
Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Wild win 76.
MIN 76%BUF 24%

Goals and penalties

4 goals · 0 penalties
← Wild shoot this way Sabres shoot this way →
On net Missed Bigger = better chance 1Goal, numbered to the list
1st period
1
02:22 Jack Quinn
Unassisted · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (9%) that found a way in
0–1
2
03:35 Joel Eriksson Ek PP
Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello · wrist shot, a good chance (14%)
1–1
2nd period
3
09:50 Zemgus Girgensons
Kyle Okposo, Peyton Krebs · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (10%) that found a way in
1–2
4
12:39 Jared Spurgeon
Frederick Gaudreau, Jake Middleton · snap shot, a good chance (16%)
2–2
3rd period
No goals or penalties.
No penalties
Shootout
Decided in a shootout — Wild
Goaltending
−0.2
vs expected
29/31 saves · 2 GA · 1.8 xGA Gave up about what the shots he faced would predict.
+1.5
vs expected
33/35 saves · 2 GA · 3.5 xGA Stopped 1.5 more goals than an average goalie would have.
Team MINBUF
Shots on goal
35
31
Expected goals
3.5
1.8
Hits
0
0
Blocks
0
0
Power play
1/0
0/0
Penalty minutes
0
0