Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild
Preseason · Thursday, October 1, 2015 · Xcel Energy Center
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–1 on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Sabres 42–11.
Goals came from Jason Zucker, Tyler Graovac, Zach Parise, Nino Niederreiter, Tim Schaller, Zac Dalpe and Thomas Vanek.
Devan Dubnyk made 10 saves on 11 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 36 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jason Zucker (2)Jared Spurgeon (2), Mikko Koivu (2)0–105:10 MIN
Tyler Graovac (1)Charlie Coyle (6), Christian Folin (1)0–210:19 MIN
Zach Parise (2)Ryan Suter (2), Mikael Granlund (2)0–318:22 MIN ·
2nd period
Nino Niederreiter (3)Jason Zucker (3), Mikko Koivu (3)0–405:38 MIN
Tim Schaller (1)Unassisted1–417:15 BUF
3rd period
Zac Dalpe (1)Ryan Carter (1)1–517:00 MIN
Thomas Vanek (1)Tyler Graovac (1), Charlie Coyle (7)1–617:36 MIN ·
Team stats
BUFMIN
1142
39%61%
0/22/2
249
1321
135
28
54
Penalties
- 17:58 into the first period
Matt Donovan · tripping2 min - 18:45 into the first period
Zach Parise · holding2 min - 10:28 into the second periodMathew Dumba · fighting5 min
- 10:28 into the second periodMarcus Foligno · fighting5 min
- 3:00 into the third periodRyan Carter · tripping2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodBench · fighting5 min
- 17:13 into the third periodBench · instigator2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodMarcus Foligno · game misconduct10 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 59Tim SchallerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 19Cal O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:15 |
| 20Jason AkesonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:20 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:17 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:06 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:07 |
| 48William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:46 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 5Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:09 |
| 38Jerome LeducD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 23:24 |
| 65Matt DonovanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 42 | 6 | .857 |
| 50Nathan LieuwenG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Minnesota Wild
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 13:48 |
| 53Tyler GraovacC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 18Ryan CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:08 |
| 19Zac DalpeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:45 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:40 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:06 |
| 5Christian FolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 22:10 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:27 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:12 |
| 54Brett BulmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:06 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | W | 11 | 1 | .909 |