Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Thursday, October 23, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

BuffaloSabresAway

4–3

Final/OT

SOG 24–33

MinnesotaWildHome

XM 208 · MSG-B · KSTC

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Sabres 33-24.

Goals came from Drew Stafford, Benoit Pouliot, Stephane Veilleux, Brent Burns, Adam Mair, Thomas Vanek and Derek Roy.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	2	1	4	24
MIN	0	2	1	0	3	33

Scoring

1st period

Drew Stafford (2)Derek Roy (4), Thomas Vanek (3)1–014:43 BUF

2nd period

Benoit Pouliot (2)Derek Boogaard (2), Craig Weller (1)1–109:57 MIN
Stephane Veilleux (1)Eric Belanger (1), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (3)1–214:50 MIN

3rd period

Brent Burns (1)Unassisted1–300:29 MIN · PPG
Adam Mair (2)Nathan Paetsch (1), Maxim Afinogenov (5)2–316:00 BUF
Thomas Vanek (8)Andrej Sekera (3), Drew Stafford (1)3–316:46 BUF

OT period

Derek Roy (1)Henrik Tallinder (2), Toni Lydman (3)4–300:44 BUF

Team stats

BUFMIN

24Shots on goal33

49%Faceoff %51%

0/2Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes4

13Hits26

11Blocked shots8

2Giveaways6

10Takeaways9

Penalties

2nd 05:26Marek Zidlicky · high sticking2 min
2nd 19:00Jaroslav Spacek · hooking2 min
3rd 02:20Toni Lydman · high sticking2 min
3rd 07:51Marc-Andre Bergeron · hooking2 min
3rd 10:30Clarke MacArthur · holding the stick2 min