Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild
Preseason · Monday, September 21, 2015 · Xcel Energy Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 on Monday, September 21, 2015 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Sabres 20–19.
Goals came from Jared Spurgeon, Nicolas Deslauriers, Mikael Granlund, Matt Moulson and Jack Eichel.
Nathan Lieuwen made 3 saves on 3 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 16 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jared Spurgeon (1)Zach Parise (1), Mikael Granlund (1)0–113:12 MIN
Nicolas Deslauriers (1)Marcus Foligno (1), Johan Larsson (1)1–118:28 BUF
2nd period
Mikael Granlund (1)Zach Parise (2), Ryan Suter (1)1–211:04 MIN ·
3rd period
Matt Moulson (1)Jack Eichel (1), Zemgus Girgensons (1)2–201:36 BUF
Jack Eichel (1)Cody Franson (1)3–205:44 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFMIN
1920
40%60%
0/21/3
1311
1815
128
33
55
Penalties
- 6:08 into the second period
Zach Parise · slashing2 min - 6:08 into the second period
Mike Weber · slashing2 min - 7:24 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 10:08 into the second periodMatt Ellis · tripping2 min
- 17:11 into the second periodKurtis Gabriel · tripping2 min
- 4:25 into the third periodBrady Austin · tripping2 min
- 10:46 into the third periodMike Weber · fighting5 min
- 10:46 into the third periodKurtis Gabriel · fighting5 min
- 13:24 into the third periodJake McCabe · high sticking2 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 41Jack EichelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:26 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:53 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:30 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:14 |
| 46Cody FransonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:18 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 48William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 56Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 72Jean DupuyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:39 |
| 74Vaclav KarabacekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:48 |
| 84Phil VaroneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:20 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:26 |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 67Brady AustinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 17 | 2 | .882 | |
| 50Nathan LieuwenG | W | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
Minnesota Wild
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:45 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:53 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 12Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:35 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:48 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 42Matt CareyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:14 |
| 53Tyler GraovacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 59Zack MitchellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 62Brady BrassartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 63Kurtis GabrielR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:24 |
| 4Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 5Christian FolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:13 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |