Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Sat, Nov 29, 2025 · Grand Casino Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 2

Final/SO

Minnesota Wild

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 in a shootout on Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at Grand Casino Arena. Colten Ellis made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–24.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	09:37	MIN	EV	Kirill Kaprizov (17) · snap	Mats Zuccarello (9), Danila Yurov (4)	0–1
1st	12:42	BUF	EV	Beck Malenstyn (3) · deflected	Peyton Krebs (7), Josh Dunne (2)	1–1
1st	14:05	MIN	EV	Matt Boldy (15) · wrist	Unassisted	1–2
3rd	06:01	BUF	EV	Josh Doan (8) · wrist	Alex Tuch (14), Noah Ostlund (3)	2–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:35	MIN	Jared Spurgeon	tripping	2
2nd	02:14	BUF	Alex Tuch	tripping	2
2nd	10:32	MIN	Zeev Buium	tripping	2
2nd	13:16	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	holding	2
2nd	13:47	MIN	Matt Boldy	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	10:00	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.96 · MIN 1.94 · xG% BUF 60.4

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	0	2	4	1	0	33.3	16:32	23
91	Josh Doan	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0		12:33	18
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	0		12:31	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	+2	0	4	2	1	44.4	12:22	18
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	11.1	12:20	16
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0		10:20	15
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	2	4	2	3		28:26	30
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		23:54	29
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1		23:34	29
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	63.2	21:43	27
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		21:18	27
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		19:44	26
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		19:29	23
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	57.1	18:14	24
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		17:34	21
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		17:32	25
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50.0	12:28	19
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		8:26	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
92	Colten Ellis	W	24	22	2	.917	65:00

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	1	0	1	-1	0	6	1	1		25:01	26
12	Matt Boldy	L	1	0	1	+1	2	4	1	1	50.0	21:52	24
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0		18:49	20
22	Danila Yurov	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	2	25.0	14:25	18
7	Brock Faber	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		25:07	30
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		23:52	29
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	75.0	22:20	25
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2		21:24	27
5	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		19:54	23
8	Zeev Buium	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		18:02	19
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	26.7	17:39	18
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		17:28	19
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		13:47	17
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	100.0	13:43	17
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:40	17
28	Liam Ohgren	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		9:34	12
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	75.0	8:39	14
19	Tyler Pitlick	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		4:53	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Filip Gustavsson	OTL	32	30	2	.938	64:51