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NHL MATCHUP REPORT

January 17, 2026, 12:30 | KeyBank Center

Minnesota Wild (26-12-9) VS Buffalo Sabres (25-16-4)

ODDS

	Bet365	5Dimes	BOL	bodog	pin
Moneyline
Spread
Total	o u	o u	o u	o u	o u

SMART CHART

MIN	NAME	BUF
3.15	OFFENSE	3.25
2.77	DEFENSE	3.14
22.73	POWER PLAY PERCENTAGES	17.83
77.68	PENALTY KILLS PERCENTAGES	84.75
28.51	SHOTS FOR	28.25
29.64	SHOTS AGAINST	29.66
0.38	DIFFERENTIAL	0.11

RECENT FORM

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Minnesota	26-12-9	$374	3.15	2.77	13-13	11-8	24-22-1
Buffalo	25-16-4	$501	3.29	3.11	14-6	10-11	21-21-3

TEAM RECORDS

Minnesota Wild

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	26-12-9	13-5-6	13-7-3	13-13-6	11-8-3	24-22-1
Last 10	4-2-4	0-1-2	4-1-2	2-5-3	0-1-1	8-2
vs Div	7-3-2	3-2-2	4-1	2-1-1	4-2-1	6-6
vs WEST	18-6-6	9-2-4	9-4-2	9-4-4	7-2-2	15-14-1
vs EAST	8-6-3	4-3-2	4-3-1	4-3-2	4-3-1	9-8

Buffalo Sabres

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	25-16-4	15-6-2	10-10-2	14-6-2	10-11-2	21-21-3
Last 10	8-2	4-1	4-1	6-1	2-0	5-4-1
vs Div	7-3-2	5-1	2-2-2	2-1-1	4-2-1	6-4-2
vs WEST	11-7-1	5-3-1	6-4	7-2	4-4-1	8-10-1
vs EAST	14-9-3	10-3-1	4-6-2	7-2-2	6-5-1	13-11-2

SUPERGRID

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.15	15	3.14	19
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.13	9	2.77	5
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	17.91	20	86.44	2
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.25	12	2.77	3
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	3.59	5	2.57	3
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	18.75	18	85.19	6

HEAD TO HEAD SUMMARY

Team	Record	O/U	AVG	Shots	Power Play Goals	Power Play Percentage	Penalty Kill Percentage	Power Play Chances
Minnesota	4-2-4	2-8	2.90	31.10	8.00	24.24	84.62	33.00
Buffalo	6-3-1	2-8	2.70	32.20	4.00	15.38	75.76	26.00

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

Date	Away	Away Score	Home	Home Score	Line	Total	O/U	Away Shots	Home Shots	Away Power Play Goals	Home Power Play Goals	Away Power Plays	Home Power Plays	Away PP%	Home PP%	Away PK%	Home PK%
Nov 29, 2025	BUF	3	MIN	2	-142	6	U	32	24	0	0	3	3	0	0	100	100
Mar 22, 2025	BUF	1	MIN	4	-140	5.5	U	21	21	0	0	2	2	0	0	100	100
Nov 27, 2024	MIN	1	BUF	0	120	6	U	29	39	0	0	0	2	-	0	100	-
Feb 17, 2024	BUF	3	MIN	2	-140	6	U	28	32	0	1	3	4	0	25	75	100
Nov 10, 2023	MIN	2	BUF	3	-115	6.5	U	35	25	2	0	5	4	40	0	100	60
Jan 28, 2023	BUF	2	MIN	3	-175	6.5	U	31	35	0	1	1	4	0	25	75	100
Jan 7, 2023	MIN	5	BUF	6	105	6.5	O	44	37	2	2	4	3	50	66.7	33.3	50
Mar 4, 2022	MIN	4	BUF	5	175	6.5	O	33	38	1	2	2	3	50	66.7	33.3	50
Dec 16, 2021	BUF	3	MIN	2	-320	6	U	40	32	0	0	2	2	0	0	100	100
Nov 19, 2019	MIN	4	BUF	1	-110	5.5	U	26	31	1	0	7	3	14.3	0	100	85.7

BETTING ODDS TRENDS

Buffalo Sabres

Minnesota Wild

TEAM LAST 5 GAMES

Minnesota Wild

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Jan 12, 2026	NJ	2-5	L	-170	23	29	1/2	2/2	Jacob Markstrom	H
Jan 10, 2026	NYI	3-4	L	-160	36	27	1/4	3/3	Ilya Sorokin	H
Jan 8, 2026	SEA	3-2	W	-165	34	28	0/1	2/3	Philipp Grubauer	A
Jan 5, 2026	LA	2-4	L	-120	35	33	1/6	1/1	Darcy Kuemper	A
Jan 3, 2026	LA	4-5	L	105	28	38	1/4	2/3	Darcy Kuemper	A

Buffalo Sabres

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Jan 14, 2026	PHI	5-2	W	-138	14	22	2/6	4/5	Samuel Ersson	H
Jan 12, 2026	FLA	3-4	L	-120	23	32	0/2	0/1	Sergei Bobrovsky	H
Jan 10, 2026	ANA	5-3	W	-150	32	34	0/2	2/2	Lukas Dostal	H
Jan 8, 2026	NYR	5-2	W	-125	21	32	1/2	3/3	Jonathan Quick	A
Jan 6, 2026	VAN	5-3	W	-170	20	37	0/1	3/4	Thatcher Demko	H

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