Minnesota Wild 2, Buffalo Sabres 3: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Minnesota Wild, Minnesota Wild 2 to Buffalo Sabres 3, on Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild.
NHLTuesday, October 6, 2026
DateOct 6, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Wild | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Minnesota WildBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
2-0-1Record2-1-0
1st in Central DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
7-5Road record / home record4-5
LWWWLLast 5LWLWW
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Minnesota WildBuffalo Sabres
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.
Minnesota Wild
Filip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveBrock Faber D · Skull - Surgery
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 23:24 | 4:45 | 1:37 | 17:02 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Brink | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:34 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 10:44 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Coleman | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 17:44 | 1:51 | 1:20 | 14:33 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 20:26 | 4:45 | 1:37 | 14:04 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Foligno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Foligno | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13:25 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 12:40 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:40 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 11:49 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 24:58 | 4:45 | 0:00 | 20:13 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:16 | 0:00 | 1:46 | 13:30 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 47.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxim Shabanov | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17:30 | 3:44 | 0:00 | 13:46 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13:04 | 0:00 | 0:56 | 12:08 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danila Yurov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 | 1:49 | 0:00 | 12:32 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 14:12 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 12:27 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Brodin | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:18 | 0:02 | 1:52 | 17:24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29:30 | 4:45 | 0:09 | 24:36 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Daemon Hunt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:08 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 13:26 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Olli Maatta | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:18 | 0:09 | 1:20 | 17:49 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 21:49 | 1:44 | 2:11 | 17:54 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Wallstedt | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .893 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 64:22 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 20:41 | 2:44 | 2:02 | 15:55 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Justin Danforth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:17 | 0:00 | 1:43 | 6:34 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:05 | 0:40 | 0:00 | 11:25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Konsta Helenius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 | 1:30 | 0:00 | 11:31 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:21 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jiri Kulich | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:56 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 8:28 | 0:00 | 2:05 | 6:23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 | 1:30 | 2:11 | 10:34 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 77.8 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:44 | 1:16 | 2:27 | 13:01 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:39 | 2:30 | 1:17 | 16:52 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:45 | 2:39 | 1:28 | 17:38 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:23 | 2:30 | 0:01 | 17:52 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Crevier | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 14:19 | 0:00 | 3:01 | 11:18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29:15 | 2:32 | 0:00 | 26:43 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Metsa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 | 0:00 | 3:35 | 7:09 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 29:04 | 1:28 | 3:12 | 24:24 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:41 | 0:00 | 3:22 | 19:19 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Olen Zellweger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 14:11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten Ellis | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .900 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 64:22 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 3-2, on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
What was the final score of Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres?
Minnesota Wild 2, Buffalo Sabres 3.
Who were the top performers?
Minnesota Wild: Maxim Shabanov (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Owen Power (1 goals).
Where is Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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