National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 7, Buffalo 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 15, 2015
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Paul Devorski, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Brian Murphy
Attendance: 18963
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 2327
Buffalo 0000
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:13 - Wild Zach Parise (EV) Assists: Mikko Koivu , Jason Pominville
19:01 - Wild Thomas Vanek (PP) Assists: Mikko Koivu , Jason Pominville
Penalties
7:11 - Sabres Tyler Myers (2) Tripping
 7:42 - Wild Thomas Vanek (2) Slashing
 16:56 - Sabres Nicolas Deslauriers (5) Fighting
 16:56 - Wild Mathew Dumba (5) Fighting
 18:12 - Sabres Mike Weber (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
6:00 - Wild Kyle Brodziak (SH) Assists: Erik Haula
9:06 - Wild Mathew Dumba (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Zach Parise
18:54 - Wild Jared Spurgeon (EV) Assists: Jonathon Blum , Ryan Carter
Penalties
4:59 - Wild Jason Zucker (2) Interference
 11:09 - Wild Jared Spurgeon (2) Tripping
 19:32 - Sabres Josh Gorges (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
4:26 - Wild Matt Cooke (EV) Assists: Kyle Brodziak
18:27 - Wild Erik Haula (PP) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Christian Folin
Penalties
6:27 - Sabres Tyler Myers (2) Delay of game
 10:28 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 16:45 - Sabres Chris Stewart (2) Elbowing
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Devan Dubnyk G 0 0 0 0 0 59:57 46:24 9:02 4:31 0 0 - - - - -
Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 17 13:00 11:58 1:02 0:00 0 0 1 1 5 7 42
Christian Folin D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 22 21:09 18:02 2:36 0:31 0 0 1 - - - -
Jonathon Blum D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 16 11:44 10:47 0:00 0:57 0 0 1 2 - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 2 2 +2 0 2 25 18:33 12:21 5:18 0:54 0 0 - - 14 7 67
Zach Parise LW 1 1 2 +2 0 6 23 17:40 12:29 5:11 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Justin Fontaine RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 18 13:02 11:56 1:06 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 0 0 E 2 3 19 13:00 9:47 1:45 1:28 0 0 1 - - - -
Ryan Carter C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 16 12:46 10:27 0:53 1:26 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Kyle Brodziak C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 20 14:21 11:41 1:06 1:34 0 1 - 2 9 7 56
Nino Niederreiter RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16 11:52 10:55 0:57 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Matt Cooke LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 21 14:17 11:34 1:04 1:39 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 31 27:53 21:41 2:54 3:18 0 0 1 - - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 1 1 2 E 2 8 21 16:38 11:38 5:00 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Jason Pominville RW 0 3 3 +2 0 2 22 17:59 12:41 5:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 17:02 15:14 0:00 1:48 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jared Spurgeon D 1 0 1 +4 2 2 29 22:59 15:36 6:08 1:15 0 0 - 4 - - -
Mathew Dumba D 1 0 1 +3 5 2 25 16:11 11:47 3:11 1:13 0 0 3 1 - - -
Erik Haula C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 20 13:57 10:15 1:41 2:01 1 0 1 1 4 4 50
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 60:00 46:27 4:31 9:02 0 0 - - - - -
Michal Neuvirth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -3 2 0 29 20:17 14:29 1:18 4:30 0 0 2 3 - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 30 19:45 14:10 0:10 5:25 0 0 1 2 - - -
Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 15:54 10:29 0:00 5:25 0 0 - 1 7 9 44
Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 11:24 11:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 1 2 33
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 13:26 11:18 1:02 1:06 0 0 2 1 1 0 100
Matt Moulson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 17:56 15:51 2:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 26 20:16 14:51 2:37 2:48 0 0 1 2 3 13 19
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 18 11:44 8:01 0:00 3:43 0 0 3 - 1 0 100
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16 10:20 7:31 0:00 2:49 0 0 1 - 5 4 56
Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 25 15:13 13:12 0:37 1:24 0 0 3 2 - - -
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 -1 5 1 11 8:24 8:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 6 - - - -
Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 E 0 1 28 22:56 18:11 3:03 1:42 0 0 3 - - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 28 21:58 18:22 2:52 0:44 0 0 2 - - - -
Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -2 4 0 28 20:10 14:28 1:23 4:19 0 0 - - - - -
Tyler Ennis C 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 18:18 15:05 3:08 0:05 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 23 15:55 12:03 1:44 2:08 0 0 1 3 2 1 67
Chris Stewart RW 0 0 0 -2 2 3 21 16:08 13:32 2:36 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Philip Varone C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 17 9:25 9:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 4 5 44
Goaltending
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Devan Dubnyk W (10-5-2) 18 18 0 1.000 0 59:57
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jhonas Enroth L (11-16-2) 37 30 7 .811 0 60:00