Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Monday, September 21, 2015, 8:00 PM ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 on Monday, September 21, 2015 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild
Team	Goals	2015-2016 record
Buffalo Sabres	3	35-36-11
at Minnesota Wild	2	38-33-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	1	0	2	3
Minnesota Wild	1	1	0	2

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	5	10	4	19
Minnesota Wild	11	6	3	20

Three stars

J. Eichel, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
Z. Parise, Minnesota Wild (2 assists)
M. Granlund, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	13:12	Minnesota Wild	Jared Spurgeon (1)	Zach Parise (1), Mikael Granlund (1)	Even strength	BUF 0, MIN 1
1st	18:28	Buffalo Sabres	Nicolas Deslauriers (1)	Marcus Foligno (1), Johan Larsson (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, MIN 1
2nd	11:04	Minnesota Wild	Mikael Granlund (1)	Zach Parise (2), Ryan Suter (1)	Power play	BUF 1, MIN 2
3rd	01:36	Buffalo Sabres	Matt Moulson (1)	Jack Eichel (1), Zemgus Girgensons (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, MIN 2
3rd	05:44	Buffalo Sabres	Jack Eichel (1)	Cody Franson (1)	Shorthanded	BUF 3, MIN 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal	19	20
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 3
Penalty minutes	13	11
Hits	18	15
Blocked shots	12	8
Giveaways	3	3
Takeaways	5	5
Faceoffs won	21/52 (40.4%)	31/52 (59.6%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Time on ice
Number 22 J. Larsson	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	17:53
Number 26 M. Moulson	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	17:13
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	17:30
Number 37 M. Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10:40
Number 41 J. Eichel	C	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	17:26
Number 44 N. Deslauriers	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	15:57
Number 48 W. Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	12:26
Number 56 J. Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:31
Number 72 J. Dupuy	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	08:39
Number 74 V. Karabacek	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:48
Number 82 M. Foligno	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	3	1	17:14
Number 84 P. Varone	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:13
Number 3 M. Pysyk	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	2	20:20
Number 6 M. Weber	D	0	0	0	+1	7	2	0	1	17:40
Number 29 J. McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	21:26
Number 45 B. Guhle	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	4	20:31
Number 46 C. Franson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	24:18
Number 67 B. Austin	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	16:19

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Johnson	17	15	2	.882	40:00
Number 50 N. Lieuwen	3	3	0	1.000	20:00	Win

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Koivu	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	18:43
Number 11 Z. Parise	L	0	2	2	-1	2	1	2	0	19:35
Number 12 R. Fedotenko	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:35
Number 16 J. Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	1	16:48
Number 22 N. Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	16:50
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	19:13
Number 42 M. Carey	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	09:14
Number 53 T. Graovac	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	13:17
Number 59 Z. Mitchell	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13:44
Number 62 B. Brassart	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:29
Number 63 K. Gabriel	R	0	0	0	0	7	0	3	0	09:24
Number 64 M. Granlund	C	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	0	19:08
Number 4 M. Reilly	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	17:31
Number 5 C. Folin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	19:11
Number 20 R. Suter	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	22:45
Number 25 J. Brodin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	24:13
Number 39 N. Prosser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:31
Number 46 J. Spurgeon	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	2	19:53

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 D. Kuemper	19	16	3	.842	58:00	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
2nd	06:08	Minnesota Wild	Zach Parise	Slashing	2
2nd	06:08	Buffalo Sabres	Mike Weber	Slashing	2
2nd	07:24	Minnesota Wild	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	10:08	Buffalo Sabres	Matt Ellis	Tripping	2
2nd	17:11	Minnesota Wild	Kurtis Gabriel	Tripping	2
3rd	04:25	Buffalo Sabres	Brady Austin	Tripping	2
3rd	10:46	Buffalo Sabres	Mike Weber	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	10:46	Minnesota Wild	Kurtis Gabriel	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	13:24	Buffalo Sabres	Jake McCabe	High sticking	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Dan Bylsma
Minnesota Wild head coach: Mike Yeo
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Chris Lee
Linesmen: Brian Mach, Ryan Galloway
Buffalo Sabres scratches: David Legwand, Brian Gionta, Artem Kriukov, Denis Denisov, Vasily Bizyayev, Carlo Colaiacovo, Cody McCormick, Maxim Sheviev, Josh Gorges, Denis Ezhov, Pavel Voroshnin, Patrick Kaleta, Cal O'Reilly, Vjateslav Buravchikov, Jamie McGinn, Bobby Sanguinetti, Zach Bogosian, Tyler Ennis, Matt Donovan, Ryan O'Reilly, Evander Kane, Robin Lehner, Jerry D'Amigo, Jerome Leduc, Jason Akeson, Jason Kasdorf, Colin Jacobs, Daniel Catenacci, Justin Kea, Linus Ullmark, Judd Peterson, Andrey Makarov, Tim Schaller, Chad Ruhwedel, Cal Petersen, Gustav Possler, Anthony Florentino, Sean Malone, Hudson Fasching, Connor Hurley, Nick Baptiste, Rasmus Ristolainen, Jack Nevins, Sam Reinhart, Eric Cornel, Jonas Johansson, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson, Matthew Prapavessis, Keegan Asmundson, Matt Garbowsky, Evan Rodrigues, Will Borgen, Devante Stephens, Giorgio Estephan, Ivan Chukarov, Joshua Chapman, Spiro Goulakos
Minnesota Wild scratches: Maxime Fortunus, Mikhail Tyulyapkin, Thomas Vanek, Tyson Strachan, Grigory Misharin, Devan Dubnyk, Kevin Lalande, Brett Sutter, Leland Irving, Julian Walker, Ryan Carter, Zac Dalpe, Marco Scandella, Jordan Schroeder, Erik Haula, Jared Knight, Charlie Coyle, Brett Bulmer, Justin Fontaine, Steve Michalek, Nick Seeler, Mario Lucia, Mathew Dumba, John Draeger, Raphael Bussieres, Adam Gilmour, Christoph Bertschy, Louis Nanne, Alexander Gudbranson, Marc Hagel, Avery Peterson, Nolan De Jong, Carson Soucy, Dylan Labbe, Gustav Olofsson, Tanner Eberle, Michael Keranen, Alex Tuch, Louie Belpedio, Kaapo Kahkonen, Tanner Faith, Pontus Sjalin, Chase Lang, Reid Duke, Pavel Jenys, Guillaume Gelinas, Hunter Warner, Grayson Downing, Jordan Greenway, Nicholas Boka, Joel Eriksson Ek, Gustav Bouramman, Jack Sadek, Brody Hoffman, Zach Palmquist, Sam Warning, Ales Stezka, Kirill Kaprizov, Jonathan Walker

2015-2016 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Minnesota Wild game in the 2015-2016 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Minnesota Wild 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Minnesota Wild 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild, Thu, Oct 1, 2015

Other NHL games on Sep 21

Other NHL games on Monday, September 21, 2015
Matchup	Status	Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 0	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at New York Islanders 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at New York Islanders, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
New Jersey Devils 3 at New York Rangers 6	Final Preseason	Game page: New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
New York Islanders 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 5	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Carolina Hurricanes 0 at Washington Capitals 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Ottawa Senators 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Ottawa Senators 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Edmonton Oilers 3 at Calgary Flames 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Calgary Flames 2 at Edmonton Oilers 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Calgary Flames at Edmonton Oilers, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Los Angeles Kings 5 at Arizona Coyotes 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Arizona Coyotes, Mon, Sep 21, 2015
San Jose Sharks 0 at Vancouver Canucks 1	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Vancouver Canucks, Mon, Sep 21, 2015