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Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Minnesota WildMinnesotaWildAway

2–3

Final/OT

SOG 20–28

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

MINNHL · Wild+ · MSG-B

Recap

Owen Power lifts Sabres past Wild in overtime comeback

The Buffalo Sabres erased a two-goal deficit and beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday night at KeyBank Center. Owen Power scored the winner at 4:22 of the extra period, his first goal of the season, off assists from Jiri Kulich and Tage Thompson.

The Wild led 2-0 after two periods on goals from Danila Yurov, a power-play marker assisted by Jared Spurgeon and Blake Coleman, and Maxim Shabanov, who was set up by Quinn Hughes and Michael McCarron. Noah Ostlund got Buffalo on the board early in the third, and Tage Thompson tied it at 9:38 with his second of the season, assisted by Peyton Krebs. The Sabres outshot the Wild 28-20.

Power and Thompson each finished with a goal and an assist, and Ostlund rounded out the three stars. Colten Ellis made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win, while Jesper Wallstedt stopped 25 of 28 in the overtime loss.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Minnesota WildMIN0200220
Buffalo SabresBUF0021328

Three stars

  1. ★1st starOwen PowerBUF · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starTage ThompsonBUF · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starNoah OstlundBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:32

2–1 · 3rd 3:55 · Ostlund. Hartman was 1:32 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceBUF on ice

1–0 MIN

2nd 13:53 · PP · Yurov

Norris 0:36

2–0 MIN

2nd 15:38 · Shabanov

Long shift: Thompson 1:03

2–1 BUF

3rd 3:55 · Ostlund

Stuck out there: Hartman 1:32

2–2 BUF

3rd 9:38 · Thompson

Spurgeon 0:34

2–3 BUF

OT 4:22 · Power

Long shift: Boldy 1:00

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

MINBUF
20Shots on goal28
44%Faceoff %56%
1/4Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes8
26Hits12
17Blocked shots16
20Giveaways18
3Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 04:03Jonas Brodin · hooking2 min
  • 1st 10:30Zach Benson · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 17:59Rasmus Dahlin · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 07:28Ryan McLeod · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 13:17Peyton Krebs · interference2 min
  • 3rd 16:09Olli Maatta · high sticking2 min

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