Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Score | Status |
| Minnesota Wild | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | F/OT |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 9:19 | Minnesota Wild, goal by Marcus Foligno (Assist: Vladimir Tarasenko, Ben Jones) |
| 10:05 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Ryan McLeod (Assist: Jack Quinn, Jason Zucker) |
| 19:52 | Minnesota Wild, goal by Ryan Hartman (Assist: Quinn Hughes, Kirill Kaprizov) |
| 2nd Period | |
| 1:08 | Minnesota Wild, goal by Vladimir Tarasenko (Assist: Jared Spurgeon, Danila Yurov) |
| 10:07 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Peyton Krebs (Assist: Mattias Samuelsson) |
| 11:34 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Jack Quinn (Assist: Rasmus Dahlin, Jason Zucker) |
| 16:07 | Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Alex Tuch (Assist: Tage Thompson, Ryan McLeod) |
| 17:04 | Minnesota Wild, goal by Quinn Hughes (Assist: Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello) |
| 3rd Period | |
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| Overtime | |
| 1:46 | Minnesota Wild, power play goal by Mats Zuccarello (Assist: Kirill Kaprizov, Filip Gustavsson) |
| Penalty Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 3:10 | Buffalo Sabres, Tage Thompson Hooking against Quinn 2 minutes for Hughes |
| 10:05 | Buffalo Sabres, Michael Kesselring 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike conduct Marcus Foligno |
| 10:05 | Minnesota Wild, Marcus Foligno 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike conduct Michael Kesselring |
| 12:11 | Minnesota Wild, Marcus Foligno 2 minutes for Fighting Michael Kesselring |
| 12:11 | Buffalo Sabres, Michael Kesselring 2 minutes for Fighting Marcus Foligno |
| 15:25 | Minnesota Wild, Quinn Hughes 2 minutes for Hooking Tage Thompson |
| 16:26 | Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov 2 minutes for Hooking Rasmus Dahlin |
| 2nd Period | |
| 1:47 | Buffalo Sabres, Bowen Byram 2 minutes for Slashing Danila Yurov |
| 4:08 | Buffalo Sabres, Michael Kesselring 2 minutes for Hooking Vincent Hinostroza |
| 12:19 | Minnesota Wild, David Jiricek 2 minutes for Roughing Michael Kesselring |
| 15:01 | Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov 2 minutes for Holding Peyton Krebs |
| 3rd Period | |
| 19:46 | Buffalo Sabres, Peyton Krebs 2 minutes for Hooking Vladimir Tarasenko |
| Minnesota Wild | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| M. Foligno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 |
| H. Haight | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8:06 |
| R. Hartman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:10 |
| V. Hinostroza | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:28 |
| B. Jones | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:54 |
| K. Kaprizov | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24:28 |
| T. Pitlick | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6:08 |
| N. Sturm | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:55 |
| V. Tarasenko | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 |
| Y. Trenin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 15:33 |
| D. Yurov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 |
| M. Zuccarello | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:35 |
| B. Faber | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28:41 |
| Q. Hughes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29:52 |
| D. Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 |
| D. Jiricek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:12 |
| J. Middleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21:17 |
| J. Spurgeon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 |
| Buffalo Sabres | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 |
| J. Doan | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:14 |
| J. Greenway | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 |
| T. Kozak | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:32 |
| P. Krebs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:31 |
| B. Malenstyn | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:56 |
| R. McLeod | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 |
| N. Ostlund | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 |
| J. Quinn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:03 |
| T. Thompson | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:17 |
| A. Tuch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:40 |
| J. Zucker | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:49 |
| B. Byram | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:36 |
| R. Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27:10 |
| M. Kesselring | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:16 |
| Z. Metsa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:04 |
| O. Power | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:33 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26:30 |
Last updated on Sunday, January 18, 2026 1:59 AM.