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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (23-26-4) at Minnesota [](/r/wildhockey) Wild (25-23-5)
#Xcel Energy Center
##In-Game Updates
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|3rd – 01:53|
|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|0|0|1|1|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|0|0|2|2|
##Team Stats
|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocks|FOW%|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Play|PIM|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|24|14|8|50.0%|3|6|0/3|8|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|32|18|7|50.0%|5|9|1/4|6|
##Goals
|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|3rd|00:39|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Even|[Casey Mittelstadt (13) wrist shot, assist(s): Henri Jokiharju (8)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6347127216112)|
|3rd|04:02|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Even|[Joel Eriksson Ek (25) wrist shot, assist(s): Kirill Kaprizov (31)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6347128025112)|
|3rd|11:21|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Power Play|[Declan Chisholm (1) wrist shot, assist(s): Marcus Johansson (17), Marco Rossi (16)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6347129213112)|
##Penalties
|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|05:22|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|MIN|2|Matt Boldy high-sticking against Connor Clifton|
|1st|05:50|[BUF](/r/sabres)|MIN|2|Casey Mittelstadt slashing against Brandon Duhaime|
|1st|10:03|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|MIN|2|Jake Middleton hooking against JJ Peterka|
|1st|17:51|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|MIN|2|Vinni Lettieri tripping against Rasmus Dahlin|
|2nd|09:17|[BUF](/r/sabres)|MIN|2|Connor Clifton cross-checking against Marco Rossi|
|3rd|07:37|[BUF](/r/sabres)|MIN|4|Connor Clifton high-sticking-double-minor against Jake Middleton|
**Officials**
* Referees: Frederick L’Ecuyer, Ghislain Hebert
* Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Jonny Murray
***
##Time
|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|2:00PM|3:00PM|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|10:00PM|##Game Info:
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|TV|MSG-B, BSN, BSWI|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/news/buffalo-sabres-minnesota-wild-game-preview-february-17) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020854/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020854/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020854/playbyplay)|
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##Projected Lineups
||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Kirill Kaprizov|Joel Eriksson Ek|Matt Boldy|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marcus Johansson|Marco Rossi|Mats Zuccarello|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Casey Mittelstadt|Dylan Cozens|Jordan Greenway|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Brandon Duhaime|Ryan Hartman|Frederick Gaudreau|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Peyton Krebs|JJ Peterka|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jake Lucchini|Connor Dewar|Vinni Lettieri|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Victor Olofsson|Zemgus Girgensons|Kyle Okposo|
||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jacob Middleton|Brock Faber|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Henri Jokiharju|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jonas Brodin|Zach Bogosian|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jacob Bryson|Connor Clifton|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Alex Goligoski|Declan Chisholm|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Erik Johnson|
||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Filip Gustavsson|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marc-Andre Fleury|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|
[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/minnesota-wild/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/)
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##Injuries
||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marcus Foligno|11 Feb 2024|Lower Body|IR|Foligno (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Monday.|29 Feb 2024|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Sam Hentges||Undisclosed|IR-NR||19 Feb 2024|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Pat Maroon|07 Feb 2024|Back|IR|Surgery|07 Mar 2024|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jared Spurgeon||Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|01 Sep 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|12 Feb 2024|Hand|OUT|Power is considered week-to-week with a hand injury, Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald reports.|21 Feb 2024|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|15 Feb 2024|Lower Body|IR|Quinn (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, according to Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.|27 Mar 2024|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|06 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Samuelsson (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.|15 Sep 2024|
[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/minnesota-wild/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries)
##Team Stats
|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|53|25|23|5|55|0.519|3.00|3.23|20.56|74.73|30.13|30.38|46.69|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|53|23|26|4|50|0.472|2.92|3.08|14.38|79.75|31.77|29.30|46.67|
[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)
## Goalie Breakdown
||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Filip Gustavsson|31|30|15|13|2|2|3.19|0.897|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marc-Andre Fleury|25|22|10|9|3|1|2.83|0.902|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|29|26|13|13|2|4|2.51|0.913|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|20|19|9|7|2|0|3.30|0.891|
[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=30 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)
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All of you still trolling this sub must be among the hard core bleed blue and gold — or perhaps a bit on the masochistic scale? Go Sabres! They will win 3-1 today.
30 mins out from the arena….the boys better show up
Ukko Pekka Luukkonen.
Insane goaltending so far on both sides like how
PP didn’t scored but at least they were cycling the puck and not just skating up the middle and immediately losing it
UPL with the skullduggery save
Tage
Okay, that was fucking pretty.
TNT ON THE POWERPLAY!
Bruh challenging offsides
Well that was quick and sucks
That’s ridiculous. 1 inch doesn’t change a thing.
Bah. They passed it around so many damn times, that offside didn’t mean anything 😆
Wait, actually I think there was an offsides before the penalty break that they missed. Please reset the clock back to 18:24 thx
What an absolutely stupid rule. Shit like this ruins this sport – what impact does that millimeter have on the play?
Reviewing an offside, that was a cunt hair off, a full minute before a goal was scored, is killing this fucking game.
Does someone wanna come to my house and shoot me in the head with a gun
If a play lasts 30+ seconds in the zone after an entry, who cares about the offside. Skill issue for not clearing it sooner at that point. Offside should only get challenged right off the rush.
UPL is so good he deserves a better team in front of him
Okposo as the captain should say take me off the fucking PP
The offsides challenge is a joke. I might be crazy but I don’t care if a player is offsides by an inch, it’s hardly an advantage. You can only challenge an offsides if it leads directly to a goal which is dumb. So the refs can miss offsides call all game and no one can do anything about it, just doesn’t make sense to me.
People hovering around slo-mo replay monitors upstairs shouldn’t have impact on the ice.
I spoke with Matty Ellis. He said he browses Reddit and is now sad because people are being mean. Nevertheless, crappy PP still.
UPL is going to be the only positive story coming out of this season.
Why did the ref take so long to blow that whistle? Shouldn’t he already have it ready to go not need to fish it from his pocket
Clifton has been pretty aggressive this game.
if we somehow manage to win it’s because UPL stole this game
if we lose it’s everybodys fault except him
This game has been a fun watch so far.
Pay UPL please
Remember last season when we were begging for average goaltending? And now we’re getting an excellent season from UPL and it doesn’t even matter because the scoring has dried up.
CASEY w !
what an **average** play there by Mittelstadt.
I’m convinced that tooth was holding Mitts back.
LETS GOOOOOO WE GET MOES TOO
I like when the Sabres score, they should do it more often
The irony of them playing that song against us…
FIRST OF HIS CAREER
Of course we needed to have someone score their first NHL goal tonight
Sabres dont give up a first career goal challenge (impossible)
“His first NHL goal”
Did Tage get hexed by a witch doctor or some shit? Dude looks like he’s regressed to the Krueger days