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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Winnipeg 4, Buffalo 3
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, January 5, 2018
Where: Bell MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Trent Knorr, Mark Wheler
Attendance: 15321
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1113
Winnipeg 2114
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
1
Buffalo   Winnipeg
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 0:00  
  0:08 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Shot by Ryan O'Reilly misses the net 0:21  
  0:23 Bryan Little wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  0:36 Mathieu Perreault shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  0:37 Bryan Little wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Sam Reinhart blocks shot from Jacob Trouba. 0:51  
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Mathieu Perreault. 1:07  
  1:20 Josh Morrissey hits Rasmus Ristolainen.
  1:25 Giveaway by Jacob Trouba.
Jake McCabe blocks shot from Kyle Connor. 1:31  
  1:33 Blake Wheeler wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
Giveaway by Nathan Beaulieu. 1:40  
  2:04 Patrik Laine hits Nathan Beaulieu.
Jacob Josefson wins the faceoff against Matt Hendricks. 2:10  
  2:18 Takeaway by Jacob Trouba.
  2:30 Matt Hendricks hits Josh Gorges.
Giveaway by Rasmus Ristolainen. 3:04  
  3:06 Joel Armia shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 3:07  
Kyle Okposo hits Dmitry Kulikov. 3:26  
Evander Kane hits Tyler Myers. 3:31  
  3:35 Adam Lowry hits Evander Kane.
Takeaway by Ryan O'Reilly. 3:43  
Takeaway by Evander Kane. 3:50  
  4:19 Dmitry Kulikov blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
  4:20 Joel Armia penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jack Eichel.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Matt Hendricks. 4:20  
Shot by Jack Eichel misses the net 4:28  
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Bryan Little. 4:30  
  5:23 Matt Hendricks blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
  5:29 Tyler Myers hits Sam Reinhart.
  5:31 Shawn Matthias hits Kyle Okposo.
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 6:14  
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 6:15  
  6:23 Ben Chiarot blocks shot from Jason Pominville.
Marco Scandella shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 6:26  
  6:49 Blake Wheeler wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson.
  7:03 Giveaway by Patrik Laine.
Johan Larsson hits Blake Wheeler. 7:21  
Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 7:43  
  7:49 Bryan Little blocks shot from Jake McCabe.
Shot by Kyle Okposo misses the net 7:50  
Takeaway by Evander Kane. 7:52  
Evander Kane shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 7:57  
Ryan O'Reilly blocks shot from Bryan Little. 8:10  
Nathan Beaulieu blocks shot from Josh Morrissey. 8:17  
Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 8:27  
  8:38 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Sam Reinhart penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Josh Morrissey. 8:54  
  8:54 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson.
  9:02 Adam Lowry shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Giveaway by Rasmus Ristolainen. 9:10  
  9:15 Blake Wheeler shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  9:27 Dustin Byfuglien scores a power play goal. Assisted by Blake Wheeler and Patrik Laine.
  9:27 Bryan Little wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
  9:37 Bryan Little penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evan Rodrigues.
  9:38 Matt Hendricks wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  9:48 Tyler Myers blocks shot from Ryan O'Reilly.
Shot by Rasmus Ristolainen misses the net 10:01  
Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 10:05  
  10:11 Matt Hendricks blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
Shot by Ryan O'Reilly misses the net 10:16  
  10:21 Matt Hendricks blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
  10:41 Tyler Myers blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
  11:29 Josh Morrissey hits Evan Rodrigues.
Marco Scandella scores. Assisted by Evan Rodrigues and Jason Pominville. 11:40  
  11:40 Bryan Little wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson.
  12:36 Takeaway by Blake Wheeler.
  13:02 Shot by Patrik Laine misses the net
Rasmus Ristolainen penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Blake Wheeler. 13:08  
  13:08 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Josh Gorges blocks shot from Blake Wheeler. 13:10  
Zach Bogosian blocks shot from Nikolaj Ehlers. 14:24  
  14:46 Tyler Myers shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Zach Bogosian blocks shot from Tyler Myers. 15:03  
  15:36 Marko Dano hits Nathan Beaulieu.
  15:38 Takeaway by Andrew Copp.
  15:46 Jacob Trouba scores. Assisted by Andrew Copp and Matt Hendricks.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 15:46  
  16:01 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Kyle Okposo blocks shot from Dmitry Kulikov. 16:06  
  16:07 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  16:19 Andrew Copp shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 17:02  
  18:02 Giveaway by Connor Hellebuyck.
  18:04 Ben Chiarot blocks shot from Jason Pominville.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 18:05  
  18:16 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  18:48 Andrew Copp shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Matt Hendricks. 18:54  
  19:06 Shawn Matthias hits Marco Scandella.
Jacob Josefson wins the faceoff against Blake Wheeler. 19:10  
  19:42 Dmitry Kulikov hits Jacob Josefson.
Jordan Nolan hits Kyle Connor. 19:48  
  19:52 Patrik Laine shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
2
Buffalo   Winnipeg
  0:00 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  0:26 Joel Armia hits Josh Gorges.
  1:14 Nikolaj Ehlers hits Jack Eichel.
  1:32 Bryan Little hits Sam Reinhart.
Shot by Jack Eichel misses the net 1:34  
Scott Wilson hits Josh Morrissey. 2:04  
  2:06 Patrik Laine wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson.
  2:22 Ben Chiarot hits Jacob Josefson.
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Blake Wheeler. 2:33  
  2:38 Patrik Laine shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Shot by Evander Kane misses the net 3:15  
  3:27 Matt Hendricks hits Josh Gorges.
Takeaway by Evander Kane. 3:38  
Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 3:39  
  3:44 Marko Dano hits Evander Kane.
Josh Gorges blocks shot from Dmitry Kulikov. 3:58  
  4:07 Tyler Myers shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Blake Wheeler. 4:09  
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Patrik Laine. 4:13  
Shot by Zemgus Girgensons misses the net 4:34  
Zemgus Girgensons penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jacob Trouba. 4:37  
  4:37 Bryan Little wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson.
Johan Larsson hits Nikolaj Ehlers. 5:11  
  5:14 Shot by Tyler Myers misses the net
  5:52 Shot by Mathieu Perreault misses the net
  6:06 Blake Wheeler scores a power play goal. Assisted by Tyler Myers and Nikolaj Ehlers.
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Matt Hendricks. 6:06  
  6:18 Shawn Matthias shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  6:27 Shot by Dustin Byfuglien misses the net
Giveaway by Jake McCabe. 6:33  
Giveaway by Nathan Beaulieu. 6:37  
Zemgus Girgensons blocks shot from Dustin Byfuglien. 6:39  
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 6:39  
Evander Kane shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 6:59  
Takeaway by Evander Kane. 7:08  
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Adam Lowry. 7:28  
  7:58 Giveaway by Connor Hellebuyck.
Shot by Nathan Beaulieu misses the net 8:08  
  8:25 Kyle Connor penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nathan Beaulieu.
  8:25 Matt Hendricks wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
  8:49 Takeaway by Matt Hendricks.
  8:54 Shot by Tyler Myers misses the net
  9:29 Takeaway by Joel Armia.
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 10:04  
Shot by Ryan O'Reilly misses the net 10:15  
  10:29 Takeaway by Adam Lowry.
Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 10:31  
  10:41 Josh Morrissey hits Johan Larsson.
  11:18 Bryan Little shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  11:40 Giveaway by Ben Chiarot.
  11:42 Nikolaj Ehlers blocks shot from Jake McCabe.
  11:57 Blake Wheeler penalty for illegal check to head - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jason Pominville.
  11:57 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Shot by Jack Eichel misses the net 12:03  
  12:31 Joel Armia shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  12:40 Joel Armia shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  12:48 Takeaway by Bryan Little.
  12:56 Giveaway by Tyler Myers.
  13:13 Matt Hendricks blocks shot from Rasmus Ristolainen.
Jason Pominville hits Adam Lowry. 13:36  
  13:53 Shot by Adam Lowry misses the net
Jacob Josefson wins the faceoff against Patrik Laine. 13:54  
Jordan Nolan hits Dustin Byfuglien. 14:07  
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Bryan Little. 14:17  
  14:24 Jacob Trouba blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
  14:42 Josh Morrissey blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
  14:56 Takeaway by Blake Wheeler.
Marco Scandella shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 16:15  
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Bryan Little. 16:15  
  16:19 Mathieu Perreault blocks shot from Marco Scandella.
  16:31 Bryan Little wins the faceoff against Evander Kane.
  16:37 Giveaway by Dmitry Kulikov.
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 17:51  
Jacob Josefson wins the faceoff against Blake Wheeler. 17:51  
Jacob Josefson shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 18:01  
Johan Larsson scores. Assisted by Jacob Josefson and Rasmus Ristolainen. 18:03  
Jacob Josefson wins the faceoff against Blake Wheeler. 18:03  
  18:09 Patrik Laine hits Marco Scandella.
  18:14 Giveaway by Connor Hellebuyck.
  18:41 Patrik Laine hits Marco Scandella.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Bryan Little. 19:32  
Giveaway by Zach Bogosian. 19:39  
  19:52 Tyler Myers shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  19:53 Bryan Little wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  19:56 Patrik Laine shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Evander Kane wins the faceoff against Bryan Little. 19:57  
3
Buffalo   Winnipeg
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 0:00  
Giveaway by Zach Bogosian. 0:15  
  0:17 Shot by Dmitry Kulikov misses the net
  0:18 Bryan Little wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  0:22 Jacob Trouba shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  0:25 Bryan Little scores. Assisted by Jacob Trouba and Josh Morrissey.
  0:25 Blake Wheeler wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
Scott Wilson hits Ben Chiarot. 0:55  
Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 1:03  
Takeaway by Jordan Nolan. 1:15  
  1:22 Dustin Byfuglien blocks shot from Nathan Beaulieu.
  1:25 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
  1:35 Shot by Joel Armia misses the net
  2:09 Giveaway by Jacob Trouba.
Shot by Jack Eichel misses the net 2:17  
  2:19 Bryan Little wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Scott Wilson hits Josh Morrissey. 2:58  
  3:26 Kyle Connor blocks shot from Zach Bogosian.
Scott Wilson shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 3:27  
Team penalty for Buffalo delay of game - 2 mins (Minor). Served by Johan Larsson. 3:28  
  3:28 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson.
  3:46 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Evander Kane wins the faceoff against Bryan Little. 4:42  
Giveaway by Jack Eichel. 5:01  
Giveaway by Zemgus Girgensons. 5:30  
  5:43 Marko Dano hits Jacob Josefson.
  5:45 Blake Wheeler wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
  6:25 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
  6:29 Jacob Trouba shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  6:33 Shot by Adam Lowry misses the net
Jason Pominville hits Josh Morrissey. 6:39  
Evander Kane hits Andrew Copp. 7:03  
  7:14 Takeaway by Nikolaj Ehlers.
  7:17 Nikolaj Ehlers shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 7:19  
  7:32 Adam Lowry shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Giveaway by Evander Kane. 7:35  
Shot by Kyle Okposo misses the net 7:40  
  7:50 Adam Lowry shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Adam Lowry. 7:54  
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 8:26  
  8:41 Mathieu Perreault hits Nathan Beaulieu.
  8:53 Patrik Laine hits Jake McCabe.
  8:59 Patrik Laine shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  9:01 Blake Wheeler wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson.
  9:15 Giveaway by Blake Wheeler.
Marco Scandella shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 9:17  
  9:24 Adam Lowry wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Nathan Beaulieu blocks shot from Andrew Copp. 9:34  
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 9:35  
Scott Wilson shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 10:22  
  11:02 Jacob Trouba shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
  11:03 Blake Wheeler wins the faceoff against Jacob Josefson.
Giveaway by Jordan Nolan. 11:13  
  11:41 Patrik Laine shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Johan Larsson hits Kyle Connor. 11:46  
  11:54 Patrik Laine shoots Saved by Chad Johnson.
Scott Wilson scores. Assisted by Evan Rodrigues and Jason Pominville. 12:15  
  12:17 Bryan Little wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
  12:32 Tyler Myers blocks shot from Jake McCabe.
  13:07 Josh Morrissey blocks shot from Evander Kane.
  14:08 Dustin Byfuglien hits Zemgus Girgensons.
  14:29 Kyle Connor blocks shot from Zach Bogosian.
  14:34 Takeaway by Kyle Connor.
Shot by Jason Pominville misses the net 15:01  
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 15:06  
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 15:13  
Takeaway by Nathan Beaulieu. 15:27  
Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 16:45  
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Matt Hendricks. 16:46  
  17:06 Giveaway by Matt Hendricks.
Zach Bogosian shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 17:09  
Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Adam Lowry. 17:10  
  17:56 Josh Morrissey blocks shot from Ryan O'Reilly.
  18:22 Josh Morrissey blocks shot from Zach Bogosian.
Shot by Ryan O'Reilly misses the net 18:32  
  18:33 Bryan Little wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly.
Shot by Kyle Okposo misses the net 19:05  
  19:11 Tyler Myers blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
Evander Kane shoots Saved by Connor Hellebuyck. 19:15  
  19:33 Giveaway by Dmitry Kulikov.
  19:42 Dmitry Kulikov blocks shot from Ryan O'Reilly.
  19:45 Giveaway by Tyler Myers.
Evander Kane wins the faceoff against Bryan Little. 19:53