Wild vs. Sabres Prediction, Odds & Stats - January 17, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	OT	Odds
Minnesota Wild 46-24-7-5	2	2	0	1	+6
Buffalo Sabres 50-23-8-1	1	3	0	0	+105

Date	Result	Competition
05/18/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
05/16/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 8 - 3	Atlantic
05/14/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 6 - 3	Atlantic
05/13/26	Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) 3 - 4	Central
05/12/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
05/11/26	Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) 5 - 2	Central
05/10/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 2 - 6	Atlantic
05/09/26	Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) 1 - 5	Central
05/08/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 5 - 1	Atlantic
05/05/26	Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) 2 - 5	Central
05/03/26	Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) 6 - 9	Central
04/30/26	Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) 2 - 5	Central

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Minnesota Wild MIN	+1.5 0	0	U+60
Buffalo Sabres BUF	-1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	spread	money line	total
Opening 16 Jan 10:30pm	MIN	-1.5 +185	-130	O +6 -118
Closing 16 Jan 10:30pm	MIN	-1.5 +185	-130	O +6 -118

Kirill Kaprizov Left Wing Buffalo	89	Points	81	Tage Thompson Center Minnesota
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Minnesota	41	+ / -	19	Jonas Brodin Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Minnesota	272	Shots	269	Kirill Kaprizov Left Wing Buffalo
Peyton Krebs Center Minnesota	78	Penalty Mins	76	Jake Middleton Defense Buffalo
Filip Gustavsson Goaltender Buffalo	28	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Minnesota
Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Buffalo	2.6	GAA	2.5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Minnesota

Tage Thompson Center Minnesota	15	Points	15	Kirill Kaprizov Left Wing Buffalo
Brock Faber Defense Buffalo	11	+ / -	6	Zach Benson Left Wing Minnesota
Matt Boldy Left Wing Buffalo	48	Shots	46	Rasmus Dahlin Defense Minnesota
Zach Benson Left Wing Minnesota	64	Penalty Mins	18	Ryan Hartman Right Wing Buffalo
Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Buffalo	5	Wins	4	Alex Lyon Goaltender Minnesota
Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Buffalo	2.8	GAA	2.6	Alex Lyon Goaltender Minnesota

Minnesota Wild MIN Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Stat
26	Games Won	26
13	Games Lost	16
6-4-0	Last 10	6-3-0-1
13-6-5-1	W L Streak	16-6-2
26-22	Against The Spread	25-21
610	Money	25
13-6-5-1	Home	16-6-2
13-7-1-2	Away	10-10-2
24-21-3	Total	21-17-8

date	home-away	ats	o/u	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists	MIN:Shots	MIN:Goals	MIN:Assists
01/17/2026	BUF 4 - MIN 5 (OT)	MIN	Over 6	24	4	7	36	5	9
11/29/2025	MIN 2 - BUF 2	BUF	Under 6	33	2	4	24	2	2
03/22/2025	MIN 4 - BUF 1	MIN	Under 5.5	21	1	2	21	4	8
11/27/2024	BUF 0 - MIN 1	MIN	Under 5.5	30	1	2	39	0	0
02/17/2024	MIN 2 - BUF 3 (OT)	BUF	Under 6	28	3	5	32	2	3
11/10/2023	BUF 3 - MIN 2	BUF	Under 6.5	35	2	4	25	3	4
01/28/2023	MIN 2 - BUF 2	BUF	Under 6.5	31	2	2	35	2	4
01/07/2023	BUF 6 - MIN 5	BUF	Over 6.5	44	5	8	37	6	11
03/04/2022	BUF 5 - MIN 4	BUF	Over 6.5	33	4	8	38	5	6
12/16/2021	MIN 2 - BUF 2	BUF	Under 6	40	2	3	32	2	4
11/19/2019	BUF 1 - MIN 4	MIN	Under 5.5	26	4	7	31	1	2
02/05/2019	BUF 4 - MIN 4	MIN	Over 5.5	45	4	8	39	4	6
11/17/2018	MIN 2 - BUF 3	BUF	Under 5.5	29	3	6	39	2	2
01/04/2018	MIN 6 - BUF 2	MIN	Over 5.5	31	2	4	27	6	12
11/22/2017	BUF 4 - MIN 5	MIN	Over 5.5	32	5	8	34	4	7

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/13/2026	COL 4 - MIN 3	L	Over 6.5	20	3	6
05/11/2026	MIN 2 - COL 5	L	Over 6.5	34	5	4
05/09/2026	MIN 5 - COL 1	W	Under 6.5	36	1	2
05/05/2026	COL 5 - MIN 2	L	Over 6.5	31	2	4
05/03/2026	COL 9 - MIN 6	L	Over 6	36	6	7
04/30/2026	MIN 5 - DAL 2	W	Over 5.5	23	2	4
04/28/2026	DAL 2 - MIN 4	W	Over 5.5	28	4	8
04/25/2026	MIN 3 - DAL 2	W	Under 6	45	2	4
04/22/2026	MIN 3 - DAL 4 (OT)	L	Over 6	36	4	7
04/20/2026	DAL 4 - MIN 2	L	Under 6	30	2	4

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/18/2026	BUF 2 - MON 3 (OT)	L	Over 0	39	2	4
05/16/2026	MON 3 - BUF 8	W	Over 6.5	22	3	4
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	L	Over 6	36	3	5
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	W	Under 6.5	31	2	4
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	L	Over 6	36	6	11
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	L	Under 6	30	1	2
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	W	Under 6	16	4	5
05/01/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	W	Under 5.5	26	1	2
04/28/2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	L	Under 6	26	1	2
04/26/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	W	Over 6	24	1	2

Minnesota Wild MIN Buffalo Sabres BUF

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
2.3	11	Goals Per Game	4	3.3
3.0	11	Goals Against Per Game	11	3.0
22.5	16	Shots Per Game	2	28.5
27.3	20	Shots Against Per Game	21	27.5
10.4	20	Shooting %	15	11.7
11.0	9	Opponent Shooting %	8	10.9
-4.83	25	Shot Differential Per Game	13	1
10.4	20	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	15	11.7
.890	4	Save %	4	.890
.900	6	Opponent Save %	4	.880
8.5	21	Penalty Minutes Per Game	26	6.8
1	2	Power Play Goals Per Game	4	0.83
0.5	6	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	13	1
40.0	1	Power Play %	6	23.8
84.2	8	Penalty Kill %	22	62.5
2.25	9	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	11	2.2

Minnesota Wild MIN

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	2.87	4
Shots Against	29.4	24
Penalty Kill (%)	80	15
Shutouts	8	3
Penalty Mins	758	21

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	2.93	11
Shots Against	29.06	23
Penalty Kill (%)	82	4
Shutouts	5	7
Penalty Mins	827	27

Minnesota Wild MIN

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.27	11
Shots	29.18	7
Power Play (%)	25	4
Faceoff (%)	47	28
Penalty Mins	626	27

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

Minnesota Wild MIN

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Zach Bogosian (D)	Ques Sat	Lower Body - 05 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Joel Eriksson Ek (C)	Out Wed	Lower Body - 02 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jonas Brodin (D)	Out Wed	Lower Body - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Yakov Trenin (C)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 20 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mats Zuccarello (RW)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 20 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Quinn Hughes (D)	Ques Sat	Illness - 16 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jonas Brodin (D)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 14 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Zach Bogosian (D)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 05 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jared Spurgeon (D)	Ques Thurs	Undisclosed - 26 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Kirill Kaprizov (LW)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 19 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Buffalo Sabres BUF

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Rasmus Dahlin (D)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 07 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Logan Stanley (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 30 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jason Zucker (LW)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tyson Kozak (C)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Norris (C)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 23 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alex Lyon (G)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 08 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Carrick (C)	Out indefinitely	Arm - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 27 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mattias Samuelsson (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

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Minnesota Wild MIN

Under is 6-2-1 in Wild last 9 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 4-0 in Wild last 4 Saturday games.

Wild are 8-3 in their last 11 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Over is 6-1 in Wild last 7 games as a favorite.

Over is 5-1-1 in Wild last 7 following a home loss of 3 or more goals.

Buffalo Sabres BUF

Sabres are 4-1 in their last 5 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation.

Sabres are 4-1 in their last 5 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Under is 3-1-1 in Sabres last 5 Saturday games.

Over is 31-14-6 in Sabres last 51 games as a favorite.

Sabres are 37-112 in their last 149 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	55-16	43-38	34-37-10
Dallas Stars DAL	50-20	31-47	39-35-4
Minnesota Wild MIN	46-24	42-41	47-31-5
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	39-26	36-47	41-35-7
Edmonton Oilers EDM	41-30	35-43	42-27-9
Utah Mammoth UTAH	43-33	30-47	37-33-7
Anaheim Ducks ANA	43-33	34-49	39-36-8
Los Angeles Kings LA	35-27	39-36	29-36-10
San Jose Sharks SJ	39-35	45-29	34-31-9
St. Louis Blues STL	37-33	37-33	31-35-4
Nashville Predators NAS	38-34	31-41	39-27-6
Winnipeg Jets WIN	35-35	45-29	34-31-9
Seattle Kraken SEA	34-37	44-27	29-35-7
Calgary Flames CAL	34-39	23-48	31-38-2
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	29-39	45-28	33-31-9
Vancouver Canucks VAN	25-49	31-40	39-25-7

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	53-22	36-47	41-35-7
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-36	38-36-11
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	49-36	45-34-6
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	41-25	46-30	38-30-8
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	43-27	33-44	37-34-6
Washington Capitals WAS	43-30	39-33	34-31-7
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	40-30	39-33	34-31-7
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	43-34	27-42	37-27-5
New Jersey Devils NJ	42-37	28-44	31-37-4
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	34-39	35-35	30-38-2

Minnesota Wild

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Buffalo Sabres

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

13.9

16.7

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 )	L L W L L
Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )	W L W L L

Kirill Kaprizov Left Wing Buffalo	89	Points	81	Tage Thompson Center Minnesota
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Minnesota	41	+ / -	19	Jonas Brodin Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Minnesota	272	Shots	269	Kirill Kaprizov Left Wing Buffalo
Peyton Krebs Center Minnesota	78	Penalty Mins	76	Jake Middleton Defense Buffalo
Filip Gustavsson Goaltender Buffalo	28	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Minnesota
Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Buffalo	2.6	GAA	2.5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Minnesota

Tage Thompson Center Minnesota	15	Points	15	Kirill Kaprizov Left Wing Buffalo
Brock Faber Defense Buffalo	11	+ / -	6	Zach Benson Left Wing Minnesota
Matt Boldy Left Wing Buffalo	48	Shots	46	Rasmus Dahlin Defense Minnesota
Zach Benson Left Wing Minnesota	64	Penalty Mins	18	Ryan Hartman Right Wing Buffalo
Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Buffalo	5	Wins	4	Alex Lyon Goaltender Minnesota
Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Buffalo	2.8	GAA	2.6	Alex Lyon Goaltender Minnesota

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	55-16	43-38	34-37-10
Dallas Stars DAL	50-20	31-47	39-35-4
Minnesota Wild MIN	46-24	42-41	47-31-5
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	39-26	36-47	41-35-7
Edmonton Oilers EDM	41-30	35-43	42-27-9
Utah Mammoth UTAH	43-33	30-47	37-33-7
Anaheim Ducks ANA	43-33	34-49	39-36-8
Los Angeles Kings LA	35-27	39-36	29-36-10
San Jose Sharks SJ	39-35	45-29	34-31-9
St. Louis Blues STL	37-33	37-33	31-35-4
Nashville Predators NAS	38-34	31-41	39-27-6
Winnipeg Jets WIN	35-35	45-29	34-31-9
Seattle Kraken SEA	34-37	44-27	29-35-7
Calgary Flames CAL	34-39	23-48	31-38-2
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	29-39	45-28	33-31-9
Vancouver Canucks VAN	25-49	31-40	39-25-7

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	53-22	36-47	41-35-7
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-36	38-36-11
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	49-36	45-34-6
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	41-25	46-30	38-30-8
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	43-27	33-44	37-34-6
Washington Capitals WAS	43-30	39-33	34-31-7
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	40-30	39-33	34-31-7
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	43-34	27-42	37-27-5
New Jersey Devils NJ	42-37	28-44	31-37-4
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	34-39	35-35	30-38-2

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