Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, November 29, 2025 · Grand Casino Arena

BuffaloSabresAway

3–2

Final/SO

SOG 33–24

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FDSNNOX · MSG-B · FDSNWIX

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at Grand Casino Arena. The Sabres outshot the Wild 33-24.

Goals came from Kirill Kaprizov, Beck Malenstyn, Matt Boldy and Josh Doan.

Colten Ellis made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 of 33.

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

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Kirill Kaprizov (17)Mats Zuccarello (9), Danila Yurov (4)Thompson 1:14 into shift0–109:37 MIN
Beck Malenstyn (3)Peyton Krebs (7), Josh Dunne (2)1–112:42 BUF
Matt Boldy (15)Unassisted1–214:05 MIN

3rd period

Josh Doan (8)Alex Tuch (14), Noah Ostlund (3)2–206:01 BUF

SO period

Noah OstlundUnassisted3–200:00 BUF

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:14

0–1 · 1st 9:37 · Kaprizov. Thompson was 1:14 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceMIN on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 MIN

1st 9:37 · Kaprizov

Long shift: Thompson 1:14

Long shiftThompson 1:14

1–1 BUF

1st 12:42 · Malenstyn

Kaprizov 0:33

Fresh legsKaprizov 0:33

1–2 MIN

1st 14:05 · Boldy

Dahlin 0:48

NormalDahlin 0:48

2–2 BUF

3rd 6:01 · Doan

Zuccarello 0:49

NormalZuccarello 0:49

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFMIN

33Shots on goal24

45%Faceoff %55%

0/3Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes6

20Hits18

8Blocked shots14

18Giveaways15

6Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 03:35Jared Spurgeon · tripping2 min
2nd 02:14Alex Tuch · tripping2 min
2nd 10:32Zeev Buium · tripping2 min
2nd 13:16Mattias Samuelsson · holding2 min
2nd 13:47Matt Boldy · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 10:00Rasmus Dahlin · tripping2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

19Peyton KrebsC	0	1	1	+2	4	2	1	0	44	12:22
29Beck MalenstynL	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	0	–	12:31
44Josh DunneC	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	–	10:20
86Noah OstlundC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	11	12:20
89Alex TuchR	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	33	16:32
91Josh DoanR	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	–	12:33
6Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:32
17Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	17:34
22Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	19:29
48Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	50	12:28
71Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	63	21:43
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	57	18:14
4Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	23:54
21Conor TimminsD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	–	21:18
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	2	–	23:34
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:44
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-2	4	2	3	2	–	28:26
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:26

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
92Colten EllisG	W	24	22	2	.917	65:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

12Matt BoldyL	1	0	1	+1	4	1	1	2	50	21:52
22Danila YurovR	0	1	1	-1	1	1	2	0	25	14:25
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	18:49
97Kirill KaprizovL	1	0	1	-1	6	1	1	0	–	25:01
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	100	13:43
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	75	22:20
19Tyler PitlickC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	04:53
28Liam OhgrenL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	09:34
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	27	17:39
78Nico SturmC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	75	08:39
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:28
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:40
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	19:54
7Brock FaberD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	25:07
8Zeev BuiumD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	18:02
24Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:47
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	23:52
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	–	21:24

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Filip GustavssonG	O	33	31	2	.939	64:51