National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 4, Buffalo 1
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 2, 2014
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Darcy Burchell, Chris Lee
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Don Henderson
Attendance: 18229
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0011
Minnesota 0314
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
6:20 - Wild Ryan Suter (2) Cross checking
 9:47 - Wild Marco Scandella (2) Tripping
 16:30 - Sabres Mark Pysyk (2) Hooking
 20:00 - Sabres Matt Moulson (2) Roughing
 20:00 - Wild Nate Prosser (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
4:33 - Wild Marco Scandella (EV) Assists: Matt Cooke , Justin Fontaine
6:19 - Wild Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Mikko Koivu , Ryan Suter
16:09 - Wild Jason Zucker (EV) Assists: Nino Niederreiter , Mikael Granlund
Penalties
6:31 - Sabres Marcus Foligno (2) Roughing
 12:07 - Wild Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 18:43 - Sabres Jamie McBain (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
18:48 - Sabres Tyler Myers (EV) Assists: Matt Ellis , Mike Weber
19:34 - Wild Kyle Brodziak (EV) (EN) Assists: Ryan Suter , Mikko Koivu
Penalties
2:09 - Wild Clayton Stoner (2) Interference
 4:45 - Sabres John Scott (2) Roughing
 4:45 - Sabres John Scott (2) Roughing
 4:45 - Wild Clayton Stoner (2) Roughing
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 59:11 43:11 8:00 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 25 19:01 13:38 2:28 2:55 0 0 1 - - - -
Jamie McBain D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 23 18:09 14:40 3:29 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Mike Weber D 0 1 1 E 0 1 23 18:41 14:14 0:00 4:27 0 0 4 1 - - -
Steve Ott C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 25 19:30 12:16 3:40 3:34 0 0 - - 8 3 73
Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 27 22:54 15:26 4:38 2:50 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Omark LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 11:34 9:46 1:48 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 4 3:21 2:22 0:59 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Johan Larsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 11:45 11:06 0:02 0:37 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Matt Moulson LW 0 0 0 -3 2 2 22 18:07 13:51 4:16 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Matt D'Agostini RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 15:37 11:55 3:42 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 22 17:20 13:24 0:00 3:56 0 0 - - 1 0 100
John Scott LW 0 0 0 E 4 0 15 10:59 9:03 1:56 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Matt Ellis LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 19 13:16 10:04 0:06 3:06 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 16:40 15:22 0:00 1:18 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tyler Myers D 1 0 1 E 0 2 27 23:47 14:51 4:26 4:30 0 0 1 2 - - -
Tyler Ennis C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 22 19:21 15:05 4:16 0:00 0 0 2 - 3 7 30
Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 14:51 10:34 0:00 4:17 0 0 1 1 2 4 33
Marcus Foligno LW 0 0 0 +1 2 3 21 15:56 11:12 4:14 0:30 0 0 2 - 2 1 67
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 44:00 8:00 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Darcy Kuemper G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 17 11:52 10:42 1:10 0:00 0 0 1 - 5 5 50
Clayton Stoner D 0 0 0 E 4 1 20 14:26 12:08 0:00 2:18 0 0 5 1 - - -
Marco Scandella D 1 0 1 E 2 2 25 17:47 14:20 0:16 3:11 0 0 1 - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 2 2 +1 0 3 24 22:18 12:30 6:50 2:58 0 0 1 - 12 7 63
Justin Fontaine RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 16 10:37 10:11 0:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dany Heatley LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 18:46 11:47 6:59 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 17 11:36 11:21 0:00 0:15 0 0 - - - - -
Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 11:41 9:15 0:00 2:26 0 0 - 1 - - -
Stephane Veilleux LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 9:35 7:25 0:00 2:10 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Suter D 0 2 2 +3 2 4 26 27:08 17:05 7:32 2:31 0 0 2 2 - - -
Kyle Brodziak C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 19 14:41 10:57 0:00 3:44 0 0 2 1 0 8 0
Nino Niederreiter RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 17 12:37 11:36 1:01 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Matt Cooke LW 0 1 1 +2 0 3 22 14:43 10:31 0:00 4:12 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 19:07 15:20 0:36 3:11 0 0 - 3 - - -
Jason Pominville RW 1 0 1 E 0 5 20 18:39 11:49 6:50 0:00 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 E 2 1 21 14:20 12:02 0:00 2:18 0 0 1 - - - -
Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 +3 0 0 27 27:06 17:25 7:10 2:31 0 0 1 2 - - -
Mikael Granlund C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 19 13:03 11:38 1:10 0:15 0 0 1 - 5 2 71
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (25-30-4) 31 28 3 .903 0 59:11
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (5-11-2) 20 19 1 .950 0 60:00