BUF @ MIN 3–2 · 2025-11-29

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	0	33
MIN	2	0	0	0	24

Story

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Result BUF 3–2 SOCall No lean · MIN 59%xG 2.81–2.32 · deserved BUF 59%Swing Doan +30 3rd 6:01Method

Goals and penalties with MIN win probability
Time	Event	MIN win before	MIN win after
1st 3:35	MIN penalty · J. Spurgeon · tripping · 2 min
1st 9:37	Goal MIN · K. Kaprizov	58%	76%
1st 12:42	Goal BUF · B. Malenstyn	76%	58%
1st 14:05	Goal MIN · M. Boldy	58%	77%
2nd 2:14	BUF penalty · A. Tuch · tripping · 2 min
2nd 10:32	MIN penalty · Z. Buium · tripping · 2 min
2nd 13:16	BUF penalty · M. Samuelsson · holding · 2 min
2nd 13:47	MIN penalty · M. Boldy · delaying game puck over glass · 2 min
3rd 6:01	Goal BUF · J. Doan	86%	55%
3rd 10:00	BUF penalty · R. Dahlin · tripping · 2 min

On ice · final horn

BUF3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
19P. KrebsC	0:17	12:10	18	0	1	1	4	6	0	2	1	4-5
22J. QuinnR	0:17	19:17	23	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	–
23M. SamuelssonD	0:17	23:22	29	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	–
92C. EllisG		64:48	SA24GA2SV%.917xGA2.32GSAx+0.32

MIN3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
14J. Eriksson EkC	0:17	22:08	25	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	15-5
97K. KaprizovL	1:06	24:49	26	1	0	1	6	9	0	1	1	–
46J. SpurgeonD	0:37	21:12	27	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	2	–
32F. GustavssonG		64:39	SA33GA2SV%.939xGA2.81GSAx+0.81

Goals

1st
Kirill Kaprizov(1)
M. Zuccarello (1), D. Yurov (1)
xG 0.07snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 MIN1st 09:37+17.876%
Beck Malenstyn(1)
P. Krebs (1), J. Dunne (1)
xG 0.18deflectedClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 12:42+18.342%
Matt Boldy(1)
Unassisted
xG 0.22wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 MIN1st 14:05+18.677%
3rd
Josh Doan(1)
A. Tuch (1), N. Ostlund (1)
xG 0.03wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied3rd 06:01+30.345%

ShootoutMIN M. Zuccarello –BUF T. Thompson GMIN M. Boldy GBUF J. Quinn GMIN K. Kaprizov GBUF A. Tuch –MIN V. Tarasenko –BUF N. Ostlund G

Shots

BUF2.81 xG45 unblocked · 14 blocked45 unblocked · 14 blocked

MIN2.32 xG36 unblocked · 10 blocked36 unblocked · 10 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

BUFMIN2Goals22.81xG2.3233Shots2445Unblocked3659Attempts464High danger20/3Power play0/326Faceoffs3220Hits1810Blocks146Takeaways618Giveaways156PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
26R. DahlinRasmus DahlinD	28:26	0	0	0	4	6	0.09	−0.09	2	3	1	1	—	2	-2
4B. ByramBowen ByramD	23:54	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	2	2	—	0	+1
23M. SamuelssonMattias SamuelssonD	23:34	0	0	0	1	1	0.01	−0.01	1	1	0	1	—	2	-1
71R. McLeodRyan McLeodC	21:43	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	−0.03	2	0	0	2	63%	0	0
21C. TimminsConor TimminsD	21:18	0	0	0	1	1	0.02	−0.02	2	1	0	0	—	0	+1
25O. PowerOwen PowerD	19:44	0	0	0	2	4	0.13	−0.13	0	0	1	1	—	0	+1
22J. QuinnJack QuinnR	19:29	0	0	0	2	5	0.40	−0.40	0	1	0	1	—	0	0
72T. ThompsonTage ThompsonC	18:14	0	0	0	4	6	0.24	−0.24	0	1	0	1	57%	0	-1
17J. ZuckerJason ZuckerL	17:34	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	0%	0	-1
6Z. BensonZach BensonL	17:32	0	0	0	2	3	0.09	−0.09	0	0	0	2	—	0	0
89A. TuchAlex TuchR	16:32	0	1	1	4	8	0.51	−0.51	1	0	1	0	33%	2	0
91J. DoanJosh DoanR	12:33	1	0	1	5	8	0.61	+0.39	1	0	0	0	—	0	0
29B. MalenstynBeck MalenstynL	12:31	1	0	1	3	4	0.33	+0.67	3	0	0	0	—	0	+1
48T. KozakTyson KozakC	12:28	0	0	0	1	1	0.03	−0.03	1	0	1	1	50%	0	-1
19P. KrebsPeyton KrebsC	12:22	0	1	1	4	6	0.18	−0.18	2	1	0	2	44%	0	+2
86N. OstlundNoah OstlundC	12:20	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	11%	0	-1
44J. DunneJosh DunneC	10:20	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	−0.09	4	0	0	1	0%	0	+1
78J. BrysonJacob BrysonD	8:26	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	−0.05	1	0	0	0	—	0	0
BUF total		2	4	6	33	59	2.81	−0.81	20	8	6	17	45%	6

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Malenstyn+0.68

Doan+0.62

Krebs+0.42

Tuch+0.22

Dunne−0.09

Ostlund−0.10

Benson−0.18

Kozak−0.28

Thompson−0.30

Quinn−0.33

Zucker−0.53

McLeod−0.58

Defence

Bryson−0.03

Power−0.03

Byram−0.13

Timmins−0.21

Dahlin−0.37

Samuelsson−0.46

Goalie

Ellis+0.34

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Zucker·McLeod·Quinn	11:10	16	3	11	21.4%	2	7	0	0	0.03	0.35	8.9%	−0.31	3	0	100%
Benson·Kozak·Thompson	10:13	18	7	4	63.6%	6	2	0	0	0.16	0.15	51.5%	+0.01	2	1	67%
Malenstyn·Krebs·Dunne	8:24	15	11	5	68.8%	7	1	1	0	0.37	0.19	66.5%	+0.18	1	4	20%
Ostlund·Tuch·Doan	8:03	14	14	5	73.7%	7	4	0	1	0.97	0.41	70.3%	+0.56	3	1	75%
Occasional · 6 groups
Thompson·Ostlund·Doan	1:26	3	3	0	100.0%	2	0	0	0	0.22	0.00	100.0%	+0.22	0	0	—
Benson·Malenstyn·Krebs	0:55	4	1	1	50.0%	1	0	0	0	0.11	0.00	100.0%	+0.11	0	0	—
McLeod·Ostlund·Quinn	0:54	3	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.08	0.0%	−0.08	0	0	—
Benson·Zucker·Thompson	0:44	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.06	0.0%	−0.06	0	0	—
Zucker·Kozak·Thompson	0:38	4	1	1	50.0%	1	1	0	1	0.03	0.07	27.6%	−0.04	0	0	—
Dunne·Ostlund·Tuch	0:33	3	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.05	0.0%	−0.05	0	0	—
BUF 5v5	49:20		48	34	58.5%	29	17	2	2	2.15	1.57	57.7%	+0.57

Goalies

Colten Ellis

BUF · 65:00

Saves: 22/24
SV%: .917
xGA: 2.32
GSAx: +0.32

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	17/19	.895	1.76	−0.24
Power play	4/4	1.000	0.51	+0.51
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.05	+0.05
High danger	1/2	.500	0.39	−0.61

Filip Gustavsson

MIN · 64:51

Saves: 31/33
SV%: .939
xGA: 2.81
GSAx: +0.81

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	29/31	.935	2.58	+0.58
Power play	2/2	1.000	0.23	+0.23
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	3/4	.750	0.78	−0.22

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Buffalo Sabres

Minutes

28:26Dahlin
23:54Byram
23:34Samuelsson
21:18Timmins
19:44Power
8:26Bryson

21:43McLeod
19:29Quinn
18:14Thompson
17:34Zucker
17:32Benson
16:32Tuch
12:33Doan
12:31Malenstyn
12:28Kozak
12:22Krebs
12:20Ostlund
10:20Dunne

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareBUFMIN

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

ByramD1 O6
BrysonD0 O3
PowerD1 O4
TimminsD3 O4
DahlinD3 O4
SamuelssonD5 O3
ZuckerD0 O5
TuchD2 O6
QuinnD0 O4
DoanD1 O5
McLeodD2 O5
BensonD1 O4
ThompsonD2 O4
OstlundD0 O2
KozakD1 O1
KrebsD3 O1
DunneD3 O1
MalenstynD5 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period