Buffalo Sabres 3, Minnesota Wild 2: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Minnesota Wild, Buffalo Sabres 3 to Minnesota Wild 2, on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLSaturday, November 29, 2025
DateNov 29, 2025
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueGrand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN
TVESPN+
Attendance17,233
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Minnesota Wild | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresMinnesota Wild
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
10-11-4Record14-7-5
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Central Division
4-4Road record / home record5-2
LLWLWLast 5WLWWW
L2StreakW1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresMinnesota Wild
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveMinnesota Wild
Brock Faber D · Skull - Surgery
Injured ReserveFilip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 | 2:27 | 1:21 | 13:44 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:33 | 2:07 | 0:00 | 10:26 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Dunne | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:20 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 12:28 | 0:00 | 0:58 | 11:30 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:22 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 12:19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:31 | 0:00 | 1:38 | 10:53 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:43 | 1:48 | 2:36 | 17:19 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 63.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:20 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 12:14 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:29 | 1:53 | 0:31 | 17:05 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:14 | 2:23 | 0:00 | 15:51 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:32 | 1:45 | 1:50 | 12:57 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:34 | 2:41 | 0:00 | 14:53 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23:54 | 2:20 | 1:29 | 20:05 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 3 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 28:26 | 2:45 | 0:00 | 25:41 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:44 | 2:02 | 2:11 | 15:31 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:34 | 0:15 | 2:20 | 20:59 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Conor Timmins | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:18 | 0:03 | 3:07 | 18:08 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten Ellis | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .917 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Boldy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21:52 | 3:05 | 1:46 | 17:01 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22:20 | 2:35 | 2:16 | 17:29 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 | 1:56 | 0:00 | 15:43 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Johansson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:28 | 1:29 | 0:31 | 15:28 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 25:01 | 3:02 | 0:04 | 21:55 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Ohgren | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:34 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Pitlick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:53 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Sturm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:39 | 0:00 | 2:05 | 6:34 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:40 | 1:27 | 0:00 | 11:13 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 | 0:00 | 2:12 | 11:31 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Danila Yurov | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:25 | 0:00 | 0:07 | 14:18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mats Zuccarello | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:49 | 3:04 | 0:00 | 15:45 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Bogosian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:47 | 0:00 | 0:44 | 13:03 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Brodin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:52 | 0:02 | 2:25 | 21:25 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeev Buium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:02 | 3:32 | 0:00 | 14:30 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Brock Faber | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25:07 | 0:59 | 2:26 | 21:42 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Middleton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:54 | 0:00 | 2:05 | 17:49 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:24 | 1:24 | 1:23 | 18:37 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Gustavsson | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .939 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 64:51 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild?
Buffalo Sabres won, 3-2, on Saturday, November 29, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild?
Buffalo Sabres 3, Minnesota Wild 2.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Beck Malenstyn (1 goals). Minnesota Wild: Matt Boldy (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild played?
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN.
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