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Sunday, March 14, 2027
7:00 PM ET
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BUF
Buffalo Sabres
@
Minnesota Wild
 MIN
45% Win Probability
55% Win Probability
BUF is expected to score 2.84 goals MIN is expected to score 3.22 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on October 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Buffalo Sabres Minnesota Wild
Record 2-3-0 3-1-1
L10 Record 2-3-0 3-1-1
Pts% 40.00% 70.00%
Division Rank 7 (Atlantic) 2 (Central)
Conference Rank 14 (Eastern) 6 (Western)
Projected Points 89.08 92.78
xGF/G 3.10+0.41 ● 2.69
xGA/G 2.51+0.49 ● 3.00
xGF% 55.30%+8.04 ● 47.26%
L10 xGF - -
L10 xGA - -
L10 xGF% - -
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.55 3 2 5 5 19:46 2.7 0.3 29 10.3 0.094 0.9 65 30 46.2 0.47 -0.10 0.38
MIN Matt Boldy (L) 0.43 1 1 2 5 21:13 2.2 -1.2 23 4.3 0.094 -5.0 7 2 28.6 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.43 0 1 1 5 19:24 2.1 -2.1 9 0.0 0.236 -23.6 6 2 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Kirill Kaprizov (L) 0.41 6 2 8 5 21:35 2.1 1.9 13 46.2 0.159 30.2 4 1 25.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.38 2 0 2 5 19:59 1.9 0.1 14 14.3 0.137 0.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.36 1 2 3 5 18:11 1.8 -0.8 14 7.1 0.128 -5.6 51 18 35.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Joel Eriksson Ek (C) 0.35 0 2 2 5 19:36 1.8 -1.8 14 0.0 0.126 -12.6 93 50 53.8 0.08 -0.01 0.07
MIN Blake Coleman (L) 0.27 2 1 3 5 15:11 1.4 0.6 11 18.2 0.123 5.9 4 1 25.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Jiri Kulich (C) 0.23 1 1 2 4 11:58 0.9 0.1 4 25.0 0.229 2.1 32 16 50.0 0.00 -0.09 -0.09
MIN Rieger Lorenz (L) 0.21 0 0 0 1 7:12 0.2 -0.2 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.20 0 2 2 5 14:37 1.0 -1.0 5 0.0 0.204 -20.4 8 3 37.5 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Max Shabanov (R) 0.20 1 2 3 5 15:31 1.0 0.0 6 16.7 0.166 0.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.19 0 0 0 5 15:59 1.0 -1.0 7 0.0 0.139 -13.9 2 1 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.16 0 1 1 5 16:05 0.8 -0.8 5 0.0 0.161 -16.1 44 25 56.8 0.04 0.00 0.04
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.16 1 0 1 4 14:06 0.6 0.4 6 16.7 0.106 6.1 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Marcus Foligno (L)+ 0.13 0 0 0 4 12:09 0.5 -0.5 4 0.0 0.125 -12.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Bobby Brink (R) 0.12 0 3 3 5 11:52 0.6 -0.6 9 0.0 0.065 -6.5 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Ryan Hartman (R) 0.11 0 1 1 5 12:36 0.6 -0.6 4 0.0 0.142 -14.2 55 28 50.9 0.03 -0.01 0.02
MIN Yakov Trenin (C) 0.11 0 0 0 5 13:14 0.5 -0.5 5 0.0 0.108 -10.8 2 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Michael McCarron (R) 0.11 0 3 3 5 13:36 0.5 -0.5 9 0.0 0.059 -5.9 66 36 54.5 0.00 -0.17 -0.17
MIN Danila Yurov (R) 0.07 1 1 2 5 13:12 0.4 0.6 6 16.7 0.062 10.5 39 22 56.4 0.00 -0.03 -0.03
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.07 0 1 1 5 15:04 0.3 -0.3 3 0.0 0.116 -11.6 48 25 52.1 0.16 -0.10 0.07
BUF Justin Danforth (R) 0.06 0 0 0 3 10:05 0.2 -0.2 1 0.0 0.177 -17.7 25 13 52.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Nick Foligno (L)+ 0.06 1 0 1 3 9:57 0.2 0.8 3 33.3 0.056 27.7 9 3 33.3 0.00 -0.04 -0.04
MIN Nico Sturm (C) 0.04 0 0 0 2 11:53 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.041 -4.1 14 13 92.9 0.01 0.00 0.01
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.02 0 0 0 5 9:27 0.1 -0.1 1 0.0 0.104 -10.4 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.02 0 0 0 3 7:55 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.048 -4.8 16 8 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.00 0 0 0 1 7:32 0.0 0.0 0 - - - 2 1 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
MIN Quinn Hughes (D) 0.20 2 5 7 5 27:30 1.0 1.0 17 11.8 0.059 5.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.17 1 2 3 5 26:32 0.9 0.1 15 6.7 0.057 0.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.09 1 4 5 5 26:02 0.4 0.6 5 20.0 0.088 11.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.06 0 0 0 4 16:39 0.2 -0.2 1 0.0 0.222 -22.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.05 1 1 2 5 20:12 0.2 0.8 6 16.7 0.041 12.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Jared Spurgeon (D) 0.03 1 4 5 5 22:07 0.1 0.9 6 16.7 0.023 14.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Daemon Hunt (D) 0.03 0 0 0 5 12:02 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.067 -6.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.02 0 1 1 5 15:14 0.1 -0.1 5 0.0 0.024 -2.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Zach Bogosian (D)+ 0.02 0 0 0 4 16:01 0.1 -0.1 5 0.0 0.018 -1.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Olli Määttä (D) 0.02 0 1 1 4 21:24 0.1 -0.1 1 0.0 0.082 -8.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN Jonas Brodin (D) 0.01 0 0 0 5 21:32 0.1 -0.1 4 0.0 0.018 -1.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIN David Spacek (D) 0.01 0 0 0 2 9:07 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.026 -2.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.01 0 1 1 5 11:39 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.031 -3.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Matt Grzelcyk (D) 0.00 0 0 0 1 14:27 0.0 0.0 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
MIN Jesper Wallstedt (G) +4.29% 6.0 1.78 0.936 3 5 1 60.0 0 9 140 131 15.0
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +0.51% 0.3 2.91 0.880 1 2 1 50.0 0 6 50 44 6.3
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -10.38% -5.7 4.02 0.782 1 3 2 33.3 0 12 55 43 6.3