Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · KeyBank Center · 2026–27 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

2 – 3

Final/OT

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 in overtime on Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at KeyBank Center. Owen Power led the way with 2 points. Colten Ellis made 18 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 20–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
MIN	0	2	0	0	2	20
BUF	0	0	2	1	3	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	13:53	MIN	PP	Danila Yurov (1) · slap	Jared Spurgeon (2), Blake Coleman (1)	1–0
2nd	15:38	MIN	EV	Maxim Shabanov (1) · snap	Quinn Hughes (3), Michael McCarron (3)	2–0
3rd	03:55	BUF	EV	Noah Ostlund (1) · deflected	Owen Power (4), Rasmus Dahlin (1)	2–1
3rd	09:38	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (2) · snap	Peyton Krebs (2)	2–2
OT	04:22	BUF	EV	Owen Power (1) · wrist	Jiri Kulich (1), Tage Thompson (2)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:03	MIN	Jonas Brodin	hooking	2
1st	10:30	BUF	Zach Benson	cross checking	2
1st	17:59	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	high sticking	2
2nd	07:28	BUF	Ryan McLeod	slashing	2
2nd	13:17	BUF	Peyton Krebs	interference	2
3rd	16:09	MIN	Olli Maatta	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MIN 1.71 · BUF 4.08 · xG% MIN 29.5

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Quinn Hughes	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		29:30	28
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0		21:49	30
20	Blake Coleman	L	0	1	1	-2	0	1	4	0	50.0	17:44	22
49	Maxim Shabanov	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	1		17:30	17
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	2	47.4	15:16	18
22	Danila Yurov	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	33.3	14:21	17
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		24:58	22
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	0	0	-2	0	7	0	3	33.3	23:24	26
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	50.0	20:26	23
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2		19:18	21
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	3		19:18	21
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		14:12	18
48	Daemon Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:08	17
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	50.0	13:40	16
10	Bobby Brink	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		13:34	15
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	7	0		13:25	16
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1		13:04	14
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3:29	5

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Jesper Wallstedt	OTL	28	25	3	.893	64:22

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Owen Power	D	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	0		29:04	33
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	+1	0	9	0	1	40.0	20:23	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	4		29:15	31
86	Noah Ostlund	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	55.6	20:39	25
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	100.0	15:21	19
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	1	40.0	13:56	18
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		22:41	24
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1		21:45	25
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0		20:41	26
9	Josh Norris	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62.5	16:44	22
8	Olen Zellweger	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:52	19
46	Louis Crevier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	3		14:19	19
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	77.8	14:15	22
94	Konsta Helenius	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:01	16
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		12:05	15
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		10:44	12
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		8:28	13
15	Justin Danforth	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57.1	8:17	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
92	Colten Ellis	W	20	18	2	.900	64:22