Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres — October 6, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres edged the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in overtime on October 6, 2026. BUF had the better of the chances at even strength, putting up 2.78 xG against 1.39 while holding 55.3% of shot attempts. BUF outshot MIN 28-20.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Oct 6, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

MIN2 - 3BUF (OT)

Oct 6, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
BUF	P1	14	16	46.7	10	7	58.8	4	4	50.0	7	14	33.3	4	5	44.4	0.61	0.56	52.2	0	0	—
	P2	17	14	54.8	13	10	56.5	8	8	50.0	12	8	60.0	3	1	75.0	1.04	0.65	61.6	0	2	0.0
	P3	25	15	62.5	17	10	63.0	11	5	68.8	19	7	73.1	8	2	80.0	1.84	0.42	81.4	2	0	100.0
	OT	8	3	72.7	7	3	70.0	5	3	62.5	7	3	70.0	2	1	66.7	0.76	0.27	73.7	1	0	100.0
	Total	64	48	57.1	47	30	61.0	28	20	58.3	45	32	58.4	17	9	65.4	4.26	1.90	69.1	3	2	60.0
MIN	P1	16	14	53.3	7	10	41.2	4	4	50.0	14	7	66.7	5	4	55.6	0.56	0.61	47.8	0	0	—
	P2	14	17	45.2	10	13	43.5	8	8	50.0	8	12	40.0	1	3	25.0	0.65	1.04	38.4	2	0	100.0
	P3	15	25	37.5	10	17	37.0	5	11	31.3	7	19	26.9	2	8	20.0	0.42	1.84	18.6	0	2	0.0
	OT	3	8	27.3	3	7	30.0	3	5	37.5	3	7	30.0	1	2	33.3	0.27	0.76	26.3	0	1	0.0
	Total	48	64	42.9	30	47	39.0	20	28	41.7	32	45	41.6	9	17	34.6	1.90	4.26	30.9	2	3	40.0

Win Probability

BUF Favored

MIN Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

BUF

MIN

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MIN Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

MIN ShootBUF Shoot

Missed Shot

Hit

Hit Taken

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BUF) performed against every skater on the away team (MIN) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = BUF players, Columns = MIN players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BUF player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

BUF ↓ / MIN →	McCarron	Trenin	Eriksson Ek	Kaprizov	Boldy	Foligno	Coleman	Foligno	Shabanov	Brink	Yurov	Hartman	Hughes	Brodin	Maatta	Spurgeon	Hunt	Bogosian
Thompson	54	50	25	60	25	55	30	50	44	83	44	71	29	83	67	12	56	67
Norris	71	67	44	62	50	83	14	33	75	33	50	50	50	80	80	27	33	60
Ostlund	67	50	25	13	33	100	71	—	40	50	38	53	0	47	62	20	100	100
McLeod	80	60	58	55	67	67	20	100	38	17	0	20	60	25	50	67	50	50
Krebs	63	64	75	43	50	57	75	—	0	58	0	45	31	62	67	33	60	75
Helenius	100	86	100	71	100	100	100	—	0	83	0	75	75	88	83	100	33	50
Kulich	67	67	100	100	67	60	75	—	0	71	0	71	40	71	63	50	75	75
Benson	86	80	50	33	33	100	69	100	63	80	29	80	40	69	65	0	100	100
Malenstyn	75	50	50	50	67	67	50	100	0	50	—	50	50	0	—	100	67	67
Quinn	83	67	40	22	33	100	59	—	57	53	30	53	20	50	63	14	100	100
Doan	56	40	10	58	25	63	20	50	57	—	80	67	20	88	88	8	50	67
Danforth	75	50	40	40	50	67	100	100	20	100	—	100	50	—	—	100	67	67
Dahlin	69	62	33	60	55	64	63	67	30	73	38	77	33	68	75	27	71	86
Power	79	58	43	50	36	82	65	67	63	72	30	67	40	78	75	28	80	89
Samuelsson	75	100	47	53	44	83	36	75	53	33	44	33	44	60	60	36	80	75
Zellweger	75	100	67	67	0	100	17	—	50	50	38	0	33	71	43	0	75	75
Metsa	33	57	23	19	29	50	33	0	43	45	0	45	24	44	67	13	33	33
Crevier	60	50	100	73	100	60	60	100	50	50	33	54	67	43	75	78	50	67