Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL

Wild

2-0-1, 5 PTS

2-3

Final/OT

Sabres

2-1-0, 4 PTS

KeyBank Center

On the ice

MIN shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
MIN	4	8	5	3	20
BUF	4	8	11	5	28

In net

Jesper Wallstedt25/28 SV, .893

Colten Ellis18/20 SV, .900

Team	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	0	2	0	0	2
BUF	0	0	2	1	3

Who won: Sabres 3-2

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outscored the Wild 2-0 in the 3rd period. Owen Power led the Sabres in goals (1). Maxim Shabanov led the Wild in goals (1).

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Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0

Team stats

MINBUF

17Blocked Shots16

26Hits12

3Takeaways3

20Shots28

1Power Play Goals0

4Power Play Opportunities2

25.0Power Play Percentage0.0

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

24Faceoffs Won30

44.4Faceoff Win Percent55.6

20Giveaways18

2Total Penalties4

4Penalty Minutes8

Player of the game

Tage Thompson

BUF · 1 G, 1 A, 9 SOG

8.4

Deserved to win

22%

MIN · 1.82 xG

78%

BUF · 3.49 xG

Sabres created better chances: they win this game 78% of the time

Play by play

End of the overtime
GOALOT 4:22
Goal! Wrist shot
O. Power · 1 G, 1 A
Owen Power Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Jiri Kulich (1), Tage Thompson (2)
MIN 2 - 3 BUF
OT 4:16
Backhand wide left
Tage Thompson Backhand Wide Left
T. Thompson · 1 G, 1 A
OT 3:59
Shot blocked by M. Boldy
Jack Quinn shot blocked by Matt Boldy
J. Quinn
OT 3:14
Snap shot on goal
Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Jesper Wallstedt
Z. Benson
OT 2:30
Snap shot on goal
Danila Yurov Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
D. Yurov · 1 G
OT 2:10
Shot
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Jesper Wallstedt
OT 2:03
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Jared Spurgeon
J. Spurgeon · 1 A
OT 1:44
Shot blocked by M. Shabanov
Tage Thompson shot blocked by Maxim Shabanov
T. Thompson · 1 G, 1 A
OT 1:27
Faceoff win vs J. Eriksson Ek
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
R. McLeod
OT 1:25
Wrist shot on goal
Matt Boldy Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
M. Boldy
OT 0:55
Snap shot on goal
Jiri Kulich Snap Shot saved by Jesper Wallstedt
J. Kulich · 1 A
OT 0:48
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Quinn Hughes
Q. Hughes · 1 A
OT 0:44
Snap shot on goal
Matt Boldy Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
M. Boldy
OT 0:00
Faceoff win vs J. Eriksson Ek
Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
J. Kulich · 1 A
Start of the overtime
End of the 3rd period
P3 0:18
Shot blocked by J. Quinn
Matt Boldy shot blocked by Jack Quinn
M. Boldy
P3 0:51
Shot
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Jesper Wallstedt
P3 1:00
Tip-in shot on goal
Jiri Kulich Tip-In saved by Jesper Wallstedt
J. Kulich · 1 A
P3 1:31
Faceoff win vs T. Thompson
Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Tage Thompson
R. Hartman
P3 1:32
Wrist shot wide right
Owen Power Wrist Shot Wide Right
O. Power · 1 G, 1 A
P3 1:41
Tip-in wide left
Ryan McLeod Tip-In Wide Left
R. McLeod
P3 2:32
Face off
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Michael McCarron
P3 2:34
Wrist shot on goal
Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Jesper Wallstedt
R. Dahlin · 1 A