Minnesota 2nd Central2-0-0-0

Buffalo 5th Atlantic1-1-0-0

7:00PM ET 7:00PM ET · Oct 06, 2026

Wild vs Sabres Game Overview

MIN vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
MIN	2-0-0	2-0-0	0-2-0	1-0-0	1-0-0
BUF	1-1-0	0-2-0	2-0-0	0-1-0	1-0-0

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

3-7-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Jan 17, '26	BUF	5 - 4 (OT)	MIN +100	o6.0	24	36	1-4	1-4
Nov 29, '25	MIN	3 - 2 (SO)	BUF +122	u6.5	24	33	0-3	0-3
Mar 22, '25	MIN	4 - 1	MIN -142	u5.5	21	21	0-2	0-2
Nov 27, '24	BUF	1 - 0	MIN -139	u5.5	39	30	0-2	0-0
Feb 17, '24	MIN	3 - 2 (OT)	BUF +125	u6.0	32	28	1-4	0-3
Nov 10, '23	BUF	3 - 2	BUF -108	u6.5	25	35	0-4	2-5
Jan 28, '23	MIN	3 - 2 (SO)	MIN -172	u6.5	35	31	1-4	0-1
Jan 07, '23	BUF	6 - 5 (OT)	BUF -101	o6.5	37	44	2-3	2-4
Mar 04, '22	BUF	5 - 4	BUF +172	o6.5	38	33	2-3	1-2
Dec 16, '21	MIN	3 - 2 (SO)	BUF +245	u6.0	32	40	0-2	0-2

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

6-3-1-0

Over / Under

6-4-0

$88

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Oct 03, '26	BOS	W 4 - 1	W -218	u6.5	30	27	2-3	0-3
Oct 01, '26	@ NAS	W 3 - 1	W -148	u6.5	30	20	1-4	0-4
May 13, '26	@ COL	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L +180	o6.5	20	34	0-1	0-1
May 11, '26	COL	L 2 - 5	L +128	o6.5	21	32	1-4	1-2
May 09, '26	COL	W 5 - 1	W +114	u6.5	26	36	2-3	1-3
May 05, '26	@ COL	L 2 - 5	L +168	o6.5	31	22	0-2	2-5
May 03, '26	@ COL	L 6 - 9	L +152	o6.0	36	42	0-3	1-2
Apr 30, '26	DAL	W 5 - 2	W -128	o5.5	21	23	0-3	1-2
Apr 28, '26	@ DAL	W 4 - 2	W +104	o5.5	28	22	1-3	1-4
Apr 25, '26	DAL	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W -126	u6.0	42	45	0-4	2-2

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Oct 08, '26	@ TB	L 3-6	L +132	o6.5
Oct 10, '26	@ FLA	W 3-2	W -162	u6.0
Oct 12, '26	VEG	W 4-2	W -120	p6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-4-1-0

Over / Under

6-3-1

-$33

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Oct 03, '26	CHI	W 4 - 3	W -230	o6.5	28	15	0-3	0-2
Oct 01, '26	@ CLB	L 3 - 6	L -112	o6.5	26	22	0-5	2-3
May 18, '26	MON	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L -115	u5.5	39	25	0-1	1-1
May 16, '26	@ MON	W 8 - 3	W +146	o6.5	36	22	4-6	1-3
May 14, '26	MON	L 3 - 6	L -111	o6.0	36	26	0-2	2-2
May 12, '26	@ MON	W 3 - 2	W +122	u6.0	22	31	2-4	1-7
May 10, '26	@ MON	L 2 - 6	L +112	o6.0	28	36	1-4	2-6
May 08, '26	MON	L 1 - 5	L -130	p6.0	29	27	0-5	0-5
May 06, '26	MON	W 4 - 2	W -142	o5.5	16	28	2-3	1-2
May 01, '26	@ BOS	W 4 - 1	W -118	u5.5	26	26	0-4	0-0

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Oct 08, '26	DAL	L 3-4 (SO)	L +122	o6.0
Oct 10, '26	UTAH	L 2-5	L +172	o6.5
Oct 12, '26	FLA	W 3-2	W +100	u6.0

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MIN vs BUFInjury report

Minnesota's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
B. Faber	D	Out - Skull( Sep 28, '26)	Sep 28, '26
The Minnesota Wild placed D Brock Faber on injured reserve and is without a timetable to return.
F. Gustavsson	G	Out - Hip( Sep 27, '26)	Sep 27, '26
The Minnesota Wild placed G Filip Gustavsson on injured reserve on Monday (Sept. 28).

Minnesota Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	10	Bobby Brink
LW	12	Matt Boldy
C	13	Yakov Trenin
C	14	Joel Eriksson Ek
LW	17	Marcus Foligno
LW	20	Blake Coleman
RW	22	Danila Yurov
RW	38	Ryan Hartman
RW	47	Michael McCarron
RW	49	Maxim Shabanov
LW	71	Nick Foligno
C	78	Nico Sturm
LW	97	Kirill Kaprizov

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	3	Olli Maatta
D	24	Zach Bogosian
D	25	Jonas Brodin
G	30	Jesper Wallstedt
G	31	Calvin Pickard
D	43	Quinn Hughes
D	46	Jared Spurgeon
D	48	Daemon Hunt
D	82	David Spacek

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
A. Lyon	G	Out - Upper-body( Sep 30, '26)	Sep 30, '26
The Buffalo Sabres placed G Alex Lyon on injured reserve and is expected to miss a couple of days, per Heather Engel of NHL.com.
C. Timmins	D	Out - Lower-body( Sep 28, '26)	Sep 28, '26
The Buffalo Sabres placed D Conor Timmins on injured reserve and does not have a timeline for his return yet, according to Heather Engel of NHL.com.
J. Zucker	LW	Out - Abdomen( Sep 27, '26)	Sep 27, '26
The Buffalo Sabres placed F Jason Zucker on injured reserve.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
RW	15	Justin Danforth
C	19	Peyton Krebs
C	20	Jiri Kulich
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	48	Tyson Kozak
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	91	Josh Doan
C	94	Konsta Helenius

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	8	Olen Zellweger
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	24	Matt Grzelcyk
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
D	46	Louis Crevier
D	73	Zach Metsa
G	92	Colten Ellis

W/L

2-2-1-0

GAA

2.00

Save %

.904

Minnesota Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Wallstedt	Oct 3, 2026	MIN 4 - BOS 1	W	1	27	.963	-	W -218	u6.5
J.Wallstedt	Oct 1, 2026	NAS 1 - MIN 3	W	1	20	.950	-	W -148	u6.5
J.Wallstedt	Sep 25, 2026	MIN 1 - DAL 2	L	2	18	.889	-	L -135	u5.5
J.Wallstedt	Sep 23, 2026	DAL 2 - MIN 0	L	2	24	.917	-	L +154	u5.5
C.Pickard	Sep 21, 2026	CHI 4 - MIN 3 (OT)	-	4	20	.800	-	L +200	o5.5

W/L

2-2-1-0

GAA

1.75

Save %

.892

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
U.Luukkonen	Oct 3, 2026	BUF 4 - CHI 3	W	3	15	.800	-	W -230	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Oct 1, 2026	CLB 6 - BUF 3	L	5	22	.773	-	L -112	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Sep 26, 2026	BUF 1 - PIT 3	L	2	17	.882	-	L -142	u6.5
C.Ellis	Sep 26, 2026	BUF 1 - PIT 3	-	0	6	1.00	-	L -142	u6.5
A.Lyon	Sep 24, 2026	DET 3 - BUF 2 (OT)	-	1	8	.875	-	L +220	u5.5
C.Ellis	Sep 24, 2026	DET 3 - BUF 2 (OT)	-	2	18	.889	-	L +220	u5.5
U.Luukkonen	Sep 22, 2026	BUF 5 - CLB 1	W	0	13	1.00	-	W -325	o5.5
C.Ellis	Sep 22, 2026	BUF 5 - CLB 1	-	1	12	.917	-	W -325	o5.5

MIN vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

MINMinnesota Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.50	Total	4.50
1.00	1st Period	2.50
1.00	2nd Period	1.00
1.50	3rd Period	1.00
0.00	OT	0.00

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
30.00	Total	19.00
5.50	1st Period	6.50
3.50	2nd Period	5.00
0.00	3rd Period	7.50
0.00	OT	0.00

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.12	Total	0.76
0.18	1st Period	0.62
0.29	2nd Period	0.80
0.00	3rd Period	0.87
0.00	OT	0.00

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
3 - 7	G/Att vs. GA/Att	2 - 5
42.86	PP % vs. PK %	60.00

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Minnesota Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Filip Gustavsson	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
Calvin Pickard	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
Jesper Wallstedt	47	45	0.957	2-0-0

Wild vs Sabres Game Overview

MIN vs BUFRecords

MIN vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

MIN vs BUF Preview

MIN vs BUFInjury report

Minnesota's Injuries

Minnesota Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

MIN vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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