GRIT & GF

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Buffalo Sabres

Minnesota Wild

Final (SO)

Expected goals, BUF–MIN
3.0–2.1
all situations, empty nets out
MIN share of xG
41.4%
50% is even
Shots on goal
33–24
BUF–MIN
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Sabres beat the Wild 3-2 in a shootout, and the chances agreed: 3.1 expected goals to 2.1. Kirill Kaprizov has scored in 5 straight games. Yakov Trenin threw 7 hits.

  • Kirill Kaprizov has scored in 5 straight games. That makes 7 straight games with a point. The Wild fell 3-2 to the Sabres in a shootout.

  • Yakov TreninPhysical

    Yakov Trenin threw 7 hits. He has 6 points in 26 games this season. He played 13:43 and had one shot on goal. The Wild lost 3-2 to the Sabres in a shootout.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

BUFMIN

Where the shots came from

4 goals from 81 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← BUF shootingMIN shooting →

Buffalo Sabres

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Rasmus Dahlin D28:260040.112349
Bowen Byram D23:540000.000078
Mattias Samuelsson D23:340010.011149
Ryan McLeod C21:430000.042018
Conor Timmins D21:180010.012151
Owen Power D19:440020.170085
Jack Quinn R19:290020.580125
Tage Thompson C18:140040.200149
Jason Zucker L17:340000.000023
Zach Benson L17:320020.090057
Alex Tuch R16:320140.491075
Josh Doan R12:331050.581081
Beck Malenstyn L12:311030.403078
Tyson Kozak C12:280010.041051
Peyton Krebs C12:220140.202175
Noah Ostlund C12:200100.000074
Josh Dunne C10:200100.074060
Jacob Bryson D8:260000.021068

Minnesota Wild

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Brock Faber D25:070020.181127
Kirill Kaprizov L25:011060.461130
Jonas Brodin D23:520000.000330
Joel Eriksson Ek C22:200020.022059
Matt Boldy L21:521040.601160
Jared Spurgeon D21:240010.091255
Jake Middleton D19:540000.001252
Mats Zuccarello R18:490100.070031
Zeev Buium D18:020000.001032
Ryan Hartman R17:390010.030224
Marcus Johansson L17:280010.270061
Danila Yurov R14:250110.031330
Zach Bogosian D13:470000.010128
Yakov Trenin C13:430010.117027
Vladimir Tarasenko R12:400020.110022
Liam Ohgren L9:340020.031031
Nico Sturm C8:390010.050028
Tyler Pitlick C4:530000.061035

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.