NHL · Wednesday 7 October · KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres – Minnesota Wild 3:2 (after overtime): NHL, 07/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Buffalo Sabres – Minnesota Wild 3:2 (7 October). Buffalo Sabres won after overtime. Venue: KeyBank Center.
By period: 0:0, 0:2, 2:0, 1:0.
Goals: D. Yurov (Minnesota Wild); M. Shabanov (Minnesota Wild); N. Ostlund (Buffalo Sabres); T. Thompson (Buffalo Sabres); O. Power (Buffalo Sabres).
Table now: Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches; Minnesota Wild — 1st, 28 points from 19 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Minnesota Wild | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
2nd period
- 07'pen.
Slashing
- 13'pen.
Interference
- 13'
🏒 D. Yurov0:1
assist: J. Spurgeon, B. Coleman · Power-play
- 15'
🏒 M. Shabanov0:2
assist: Q. Hughes, M. McCarron
3rd period
- 03'
🏒 N. Ostlund1:2
- 09'
🏒 T. Thompson2:2
assist: P. Krebs
- 16'pen.
High sticking
Overtime
- 04'
🏒 O. Power3:2
assist: J. Kulich, T. Thompson
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O. Power | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Thompson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Ostlund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Kulich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Krebs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| R. Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| R. McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Minnesota Wild
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Yurov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Shabanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Coleman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Spurgeon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. McCarron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Q. Hughes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Brodin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| O. Maatta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Buffalo Sabres
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Ellis(W) | 20 | 18 | 2 | 90.0% |
Minnesota Wild
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Wallstedt | 28 | 25 | 3 | 89.3% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 28Shots on goal20
- 18Saves25
- 90%Save %89%
- 28Faceoffs won26
- 8Penalty minutes4
- 4Penalties2
- 0Power-play goals1
- 0%Power play %25%
- 75%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | WWLWL | |
| 1 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 28 | LWWWL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away