Minnesota Wild 5, Buffalo Sabres 4: final score and stats
Minnesota Wild beat Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Wild 5 to Buffalo Sabres 4, on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild.
NHLSaturday, January 17, 2026
DateJan 17, 2026
Start time12:30 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVNHL Net
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Wild | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Minnesota WildBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
27-13-9Record26-16-5
1st in Central DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
8-5Road record / home record4-6
WLWWWLast 5LLWLW
W1StreakL2
Team stats
Minnesota WildBuffalo Sabres
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Minnesota Wild
Brock Faber D · Skull - Surgery
Injured ReserveFilip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Minnesota Wild Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Foligno | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 | 2:39 | 2:27 | 9:19 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Hunter Haight | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8:06 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 8:04 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:10 | 5:46 | 0:00 | 16:24 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 46.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:28 | 2:14 | 0:00 | 10:14 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:54 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 7:09 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24:28 | 6:45 | 0:00 | 17:43 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Pitlick | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 6:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:08 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Sturm | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 10:55 | 0:00 | 4:07 | 6:48 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15:55 | 3:35 | 0:00 | 12:20 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15:33 | 0:00 | 1:56 | 13:37 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danila Yurov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:27 | 1:13 | 0:33 | 14:41 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mats Zuccarello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:35 | 7:19 | 0:00 | 18:16 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Faber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28:41 | 1:24 | 4:46 | 22:31 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29:52 | 6:34 | 0:27 | 22:51 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Daemon Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 | 0:00 | 1:09 | 10:27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Jiricek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Middleton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21:17 | 0:02 | 4:58 | 16:17 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 | 0:41 | 1:21 | 14:14 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Gustavsson | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .833 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 61:46 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 | 1:00 | 0:53 | 14:38 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:14 | 4:23 | 0:00 | 10:51 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10:43 | 0:00 | 4:21 | 6:22 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 8:32 | 0:00 | 0:52 | 7:40 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:31 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 9:56 | 0:00 | 3:07 | 6:49 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:30 | 0:44 | 2:38 | 13:08 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:09 | 5:25 | 0:00 | 10:44 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:03 | 1:41 | 0:00 | 14:22 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 22:17 | 5:37 | 0:02 | 16:38 | 23 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 43.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:40 | 0:30 | 2:22 | 15:48 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 | 5:07 | 0:00 | 12:42 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 25:36 | 0:28 | 4:29 | 20:39 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27:10 | 5:40 | 2:32 | 18:58 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kesselring | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:16 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 9:48 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:04 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 21:33 | 0:00 | 2:23 | 19:10 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 26:30 | 0:00 | 6:07 | 20:23 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .861 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 61:46 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Jan 17, 2026MIN 5, BUF 4
Nov 29, 2025BUF 3, MIN 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres?
Minnesota Wild won, 5-4, on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
What was the final score of Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres?
Minnesota Wild 5, Buffalo Sabres 4.
Who were the top performers?
Minnesota Wild: Vladimir Tarasenko (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Ryan McLeod (1 goals).
Where is Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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