Wild beat Sabres 6–2 | HabsMetrics

Final

BUF · Away

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Thursday, January 4, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center

Game analysis

Wild beat Sabres 6–2

N. Niederreiter scored the game-winner on the power play at 13:53 of the first.
The Wild scored first and led the rest of the way.
D. Dubnyk stopped 29 of 31 shots (.935) for the win.
Power play: MIN 1/3, BUF 0/3.
N. Niederreiter recorded a hat trick.

Three stars

1st star
N. Niederreiter
MIN · 3G 0A
2nd star
M. Koivu
MIN · 1G 2A
3rd star
M. Granlund
MIN · 0G 3A

Scoring summary

1st

1:09MINN. NiederreiterAssists: M. Granlund, M. Koivu0–1
2:15MIND. WinnikAssists: N. Prosser, M. Foligno0–2
13:53MINN. NiederreiterPPAssists: C. Coyle, J. Spurgeon0–3

2nd

4:02MINN. NiederreiterAssists: M. Granlund, M. Koivu0–4
13:07MINM. KoivuAssists: M. Granlund, J. Brodin0–5
19:15MINC. CoyleAssists: Z. Parise, J. Eriksson Ek0–6

3rd

1:54BUFS. ReinhartAssists: Z. Bogosian, J. McCabe1–6
18:59BUFE. KaneAssists: M. Scandella, J. Pominville2–6

Team stats

Team stats comparison
BUF	Stat	MIN
31	Shots	27
52.3%	Faceoff %	47.7%
0/3	Power Play	1/3
27	PIM	16
20	Hits	9
13	Blocked	8
2	Giveaways	4
2	Takeaways	8

Sabres at Wild recap: final score, goals, shots, period-by-period stats and key takeaways, from the NHL’s official data.

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