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Wild vs Sabres

Final/OT · Sat Jan 17 · 12:30 PM ET · KeyBank Center

Minnesota WildWild27-13-9
5
Final/OTJan 17, 2026
Buffalo SabresSabres26-16-5
4
TVNHL NetMSGBFanDuel SN NorthFanDuel SN WI

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop
Moneyline
MIN+105
BUF−125
Puck line
MIN +1.5−245
BUF −1.5+200
Total O/U
Over 6.5+100
Under 6.5−120
  • Puck line: Wild +1.5 covered.
  • Total O/U: over 6.5 (9 goals).

Recap

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in overtime at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Jan 17, 2026 to move to 27-13-9.

The go-ahead score came with 1:46 left in overtime: Mats Zuccarello Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (30), Filip Gustavsson (1).

Score by period

Minnesota Wild and Buffalo Sabres, score by period
Team123OTT
MIN22015
BUF13004

W: Gustavsson · L: Luukkonen

Scoring plays

First Period

  1. MINGoal · 9:19Marcus Foligno Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Vladimir Tarasenko (14), Ben Jones (1)1-0
  2. BUFGoal · 10:05Ryan McLeod Goal (11) Deflected, assists: Jack Quinn (16), Jason Zucker (12)1-1
  3. MINGoal · 19:52Ryan Hartman Goal (13) Tip-In, assists: Quinn Hughes (37), Kirill Kaprizov (28)2-1

Second Period

  1. MINGoal · 1:08Vladimir Tarasenko Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Jared Spurgeon (10), Danila Yurov (11)3-1
  2. BUFGoal · 10:07Peyton Krebs Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (16)3-2
  3. BUFGoal · 11:34Jack Quinn Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (28), Jason Zucker (13)3-3
  4. BUFGoal · 16:07Alex Tuch Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (25), Ryan McLeod (20)3-4
  5. MINGoal · 17:04Quinn Hughes Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (29), Mats Zuccarello (17)4-4

Overtime

  1. MINGoal · 1:46Mats Zuccarello Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (30), Filip Gustavsson (1)5-4

Team stats

MINBUF
Shots
36
24
Power Play Goals
1
1
Faceoff Win Percent
55.2
44.8
Hits
31
21
Blocked Shots
9
16
Penalty Minutes
15
15

Top performers

Minnesota WildBuffalo Sabres

Goals

Vladimir Tarasenko1
Ryan McLeod1

Assists

Kirill Kaprizov3
Jason Zucker2

Points

Kirill Kaprizov3
Ryan McLeod2

Player stats

Wild · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Marcus Foligno LW020014:2510200.07
Hunter Haight C03108:060000100.00
Ryan Hartman RW110122:10104046.20
Vinnie Hinostroza C000-112:28003050.00
Ben Jones C000-18:5401000.00
Kirill Kaprizov LW011124:2803300.00
Tyler Pitlick C040-16:0800200.00
Nico Sturm C001-110:55001075.00
Vladimir Tarasenko RW030215:5511500.00
Yakov Trenin C091115:3300000.00
Danila Yurov RW120116:27011038.54
Mats Zuccarello RW000125:35114075.00

Wild · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Brock Faber D101128:4100200.00
Quinn Hughes D101129:5211400.02
Daemon Hunt D000011:3600000.00
David Jiricek D11009:1200000.02
Jake Middleton D430021:1700300.00
Jared Spurgeon D020016:1601200.00

Wild · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Filip Gustavsson G42420.83361:460

Sabres · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Zach Benson LW100016:3100100.00
Josh Doan RW100-115:1400100.00
Jordan Greenway LW020-110:4300000.00
Tyson Kozak C030-18:32001066.70
Peyton Krebs C210010:31101025.02
Beck Malenstyn LW030-19:5600000.00
Ryan McLeod C100216:30112068.80
Noah Ostlund C000-116:09000025.00
Jack Quinn RW001016:0311400.00
Tage Thompson C001-122:17016043.52
Alex Tuch RW211018:401020100.00
Jason Zucker LW020117:4902300.00

Sabres · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Bowen Byram D300-225:3600100.02
Rasmus Dahlin D030027:1001200.00
Michael Kesselring D120110:1600000.09
Zach Metsa D00017:0400000.00
Owen Power D220-121:3300000.00
Mattias Samuelsson D320-126:3001000.00

Sabres · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G53631.86161:460

Three stars

  1. Quinn Hughes (MIN)
  2. Mats Zuccarello (MIN)
  3. Jack Quinn (BUF)

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