Saturday, March 5, 2016 · First Niagara Center
Wild 3 at Sabres 2
Final/SO
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
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2:16
David Jones (10) Ryan Carter (4), Marco Scandella (13) · Wrist MIN 1 – 0 BUF
2nd Period
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5:15
Johan Larsson (5) PPG Rasmus Ristolainen (28), Jack Eichel (25) · Wrist MIN 1 – 1 BUF
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6:38
Jack Eichel (19) PPG Sam Reinhart (12), Cal O'Reilly (2) · Snap MIN 1 – 2 BUF
3rd Period
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14:19
Mikko Koivu (15) PPG Mathew Dumba (13), Ryan Suter (37) · Slap MIN 2 – 2 BUF
Overtime
No scoring
Shootout
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Jason Pominville Deciding shootout goal · Snap MIN 3 – 2 BUF
Minnesota Wild
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Scandella D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 22:55 | 1.03 |
| David Jones R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 7:20 | 0.98 |
| Mikko Koivu C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:05 | 0.90 |
| Ryan Carter L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 9:09 | 0.90 |
| Mathew Dumba D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 19:46 | 0.85 |
| Ryan Suter D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31:27 | 0.80 |
| Charlie Coyle C | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:20 | 0.55 |
| Jonas Brodin D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:17 | 0.27 |
| Jarret Stoll C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 9:21 | 0.25 |
| Erik Haula L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:51 | 0.25 |
| Jared Spurgeon D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:49 | 0.18 |
| Jason Zucker L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 | 0.10 |
| Thomas Vanek L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 | 0.10 |
| Jason Pominville R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:15 | 0.08 |
| Mike Reilly D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:46 | -0.03 |
| Mikael Granlund C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:09 | -0.05 |
| Zach Parise L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:01 | -0.15 |
| Nino Niederreiter R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:58 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devan Dubnyk | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 65:00 | 1.50 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Eichel C | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:17 | 1.25 |
| Johan Larsson L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:00 | 0.88 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:04 | 0.80 |
| Cal O'Reilly C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 | 0.70 |
| Sam Reinhart C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:35 | 0.58 |
| Zach Bogosian D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27:38 | 0.32 |
| Jake McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25:42 | 0.30 |
| Mark Pysyk D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:32 | 0.27 |
| Evander Kane L | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 21:54 | 0.23 |
| Brian Gionta R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:01 | 0.22 |
| Nicolas Deslauriers L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 | 0.15 |
| David Legwand C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:19 | 0.13 |
| Marcus Foligno L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:29 | 0.13 |
| Matt Moulson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:21 | 0.10 |
| Carlo Colaiacovo D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 | 0.08 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 | 0.00 |
| Daniel Catenacci C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:02 | 0.00 |
| Josh Gorges D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 19:57 | -0.07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Lehner | O | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 65:00 | 1.30 |