Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Thursday, October 1, 2015, 8:00 PM ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Preseason Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–1 on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild
Team	Goals	2015-2016 record
Buffalo Sabres	1	35-36-11
at Minnesota Wild	6	38-33-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	0	1	0	1
Minnesota Wild	3	1	2	6

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	3	4	4	11
Minnesota Wild	17	13	12	42

Three stars

J. Zucker, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 1 assist)
T. Graovac, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 1 assist)
M. Koivu, Minnesota Wild (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:10	Minnesota Wild	Jason Zucker (2)	Jared Spurgeon (2), Mikko Koivu (2)	Even strength	BUF 0, MIN 1
1st	10:19	Minnesota Wild	Tyler Graovac (1)	Charlie Coyle (6), Christian Folin (1)	Even strength	BUF 0, MIN 2
1st	18:22	Minnesota Wild	Zach Parise (2)	Ryan Suter (2), Mikael Granlund (2)	Power play	BUF 0, MIN 3
2nd	05:38	Minnesota Wild	Nino Niederreiter (3)	Jason Zucker (3), Mikko Koivu (3)	Even strength	BUF 0, MIN 4
2nd	17:15	Buffalo Sabres	Tim Schaller (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	BUF 1, MIN 4
3rd	17:00	Minnesota Wild	Zac Dalpe (1)	Ryan Carter (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, MIN 5
3rd	17:36	Minnesota Wild	Thomas Vanek (1)	Tyler Graovac (1), Charlie Coyle (7)	Power play	BUF 1, MIN 6

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	11	42
Power play	0 of 2	2 of 2
Penalty minutes	24	9
Hits	13	21
Blocked shots	13	5
Giveaways	2	8
Takeaways	5	4
Faceoffs won	21/54 (38.9%)	33/54 (61.1%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Time on ice
Number 19 C. O'Reilly	C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	16:15
Number 20 J. Akeson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:50
Number 22 J. Larsson	L	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	18:20
Number 23 S. Reinhart	C	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	19:17
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	+1	0	2	3	1	17:08
Number 36 P. Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	02:06
Number 37 M. Ellis	L	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	11:07
Number 48 W. Carrier	L	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	11:46
Number 59 T. Schaller	L	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	12:05
Number 71 E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	19:14
Number 82 M. Foligno	L	0	0	-1	15	1	2	0	15:17
Number 88 J. McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:04
Number 3 M. Pysyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:45
Number 5 C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	17:36
Number 29 J. McCabe	D	0	0	-1	0	0	2	3	23:09
Number 38 J. Leduc	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:25
Number 55 R. Ristolainen	D	0	0	-3	0	2	1	1	23:24
Number 65 M. Donovan	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	18:01

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Johnson	42	36	6	.857	60:00	Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Time on ice
Number 3 C. Coyle	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	2	18:25
Number 9 M. Koivu	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	12:55
Number 11 Z. Parise	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	16:29
Number 16 J. Zucker	L	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	0	13:48
Number 18 R. Carter	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	12:08
Number 19 Z. Dalpe	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	0	11:45
Number 22 N. Niederreiter	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	2	0	13:40
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	16:16
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	16:12
Number 53 T. Graovac	C	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	0	16:34
Number 54 B. Bulmer	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	11:06
Number 64 M. Granlund	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	17:06
Number 5 C. Folin	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	16:24
Number 6 M. Scandella	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	18:05
Number 20 R. Suter	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	2	0	22:10
Number 24 M. Dumba	D	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	1	19:50
Number 25 J. Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	22:40
Number 46 J. Spurgeon	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	1	0	20:27

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 D. Dubnyk	11	10	1	.909	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	17:58	Buffalo Sabres	Matt Donovan	Tripping	2
1st	18:45	Minnesota Wild	Zach Parise	Holding	2
2nd	10:28	Minnesota Wild	Mathew Dumba	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	10:28	Buffalo Sabres	Marcus Foligno	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	03:00	Minnesota Wild	Ryan Carter	Tripping	2
3rd	17:13	Buffalo Sabres	Bench	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	17:13	Buffalo Sabres	Bench	Instigator	2
3rd	17:13	Buffalo Sabres	Marcus Foligno	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Dan Bylsma
Minnesota Wild head coach: Mike Yeo
Referees: Mike Leggo, Trevor Hanson
Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, 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, Matt Moulson, Cody Franson, Vjateslav Buravchikov, Mike Weber, Bobby Sanguinetti, Zach Bogosian, Tyler Ennis, Ryan O'Reilly, Evander Kane, Robin Lehner, Nicolas Deslauriers, Jerry D'Amigo, Phil Varone, Jason Kasdorf, Colin Jacobs, Daniel Catenacci, Justin Kea, Linus Ullmark, Judd Peterson, Brady Austin, Andrey Makarov, Cal Petersen, Gustav Possler, Anthony Florentino, Sean Malone, Hudson Fasching, Connor Hurley, Justin Bailey, Nick Baptiste, Jean Dupuy, Jack Nevins, Eric Cornel, Vaclav Karabacek, Jonas Johansson, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson, Jack Eichel, Brendan Guhle, Keegan Asmundson, Will Borgen, Devante Stephens, Giorgio Estephan, Ivan Chukarov
Minnesota Wild scratches: Ruslan Fedotenko, Maxime Fortunus, Mikhail Tyulyapkin, Tyson Strachan, Grigory Misharin, Chris Porter, Kevin Lalande, Brett Sutter, Niklas Backstrom, Leland Irving, Julian Walker, Jordan Schroeder, Erik Haula, Nate Prosser, Jared Knight, Justin Fontaine, Steve Michalek, Nick Seeler, Mario Lucia, Mike Reilly, Kurtis Gabriel, Zack Mitchell, 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, Brady Brassart, Tanner Eberle, Matt Carey, 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, Ales Stezka, Kirill Kaprizov

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

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