Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-01-17

NHL · Jan 17, 2026

Minnesota Wild27-13-9

5–4

Final – OT

Buffalo Sabres26-16-5

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The Wild edged the Sabres 5–4 in overtime at KeyBank Center. Q. Hughes took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Wild	2	2	0	1	5	36
Sabres	1	3	0	0	4	24

★ Three Stars

1Q. HughesMIN · 1G 1A

2M. ZuccarelloMIN · 1G 1A

3J. QuinnBUF · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

09:19

Marcus Foligno (Vladimir Tarasenko, Ben Jones)

1-0

10:05

Ryan McLeod (Jack Quinn, Jason Zucker)

1-1

19:52

Ryan Hartman (Quinn Hughes, Kirill Kaprizov)

2-1

2nd Period

01:08

Vladimir Tarasenko (Jared Spurgeon, Danila Yurov)

3-1

10:07

Peyton Krebs (Mattias Samuelsson)

3-2

11:34

Jack Quinn (Rasmus Dahlin, Jason Zucker)

3-3

16:07

Alex Tuch (Tage Thompson, Ryan McLeod)PP

3-4

17:04

Quinn Hughes (Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello)

4-4

Overtime

01:46

Mats Zuccarello (Kirill Kaprizov, Filip Gustavsson)PP

5-4

Boxscore

Wild5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Kirill KaprizovL	0	3	3	+1	0	3	1	0	24:28
Quinn HughesD	1	1	2	+1	2	4	0	1	29:52
Mats ZuccarelloR	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	0	25:35
Vladimir TarasenkoR	1	1	2	+2	0	5	3	0	15:55
Marcus FolignoL	1	0	1	0	7	2	2	0	14:25
Ryan HartmanR	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	1	22:10
Danila YurovR	0	1	1	+1	4	1	2	1	16:27
Jared SpurgeonD	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	16:16
Ben JonesC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	8:54
Hunter HaightC	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	8:06
Nico SturmC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	10:55
Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	9	0	15:33
Brock FaberD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	28:41
Daemon HuntD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:36
Jacob MiddletonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	21:17
David JiricekD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	9:12
Tyler PitlickC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	6:08
Vinnie HinostrozaC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	12:28

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Filip GustavssonStart	24	20	4	.833	61:46
Jesper Wallstedt	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Ryan McLeodC	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	1	16:30
Jack QuinnR	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	16:03
Jason ZuckerL	0	2	2	+1	0	3	2	0	17:49
Peyton KrebsC	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	10:31
Alex TuchR	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	18:40
Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	-1	2	6	0	0	22:17
Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	27:10
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	3	26:30
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	16:31
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	15:14
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	8:32
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	9:56
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	16:09
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	7:04
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	21:33
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	+1	9	0	2	1	10:16
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	10:43
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	3	25:36

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenStart	36	31	5	.861	61:46
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00