The Buffalo Sabres (6-6-1) square off against the Minnesota Wild (5-6-2) at KeyBank Center on Friday, November 10 at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN+, MSG-B, BSWI, and BSNX. The Sabres fell to the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime in their last game, while the Wild are coming off a 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers.
Sabres vs. Wild Game Info
- Game Day: Friday, November 10, 2023
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV: Bally Sports (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Sabres and Wild Stats, Key Players, and Injuries
Sabres Insights
- The Sabres rank 15th in the NHL with 41 goals scored (3.2 per game).
- The Sabres rank 15th in goals against, giving up 41 total goals (3.2 per game) in league play.
- Their goal differential (0) ranks 16th in the league.
- The five power-play goals the Sabres have recorded this season (to rank 26th in the NHL) have come on 39 power-play chances.
- The Sabres are 27th in the league with a 12.82% power-play conversion rate.
- The two shorthanded goals the Sabres have scored this season rank fifth among NHL squads.
- The Sabres’ 88.00% penalty-kill success rate is fourth-best in the league.
- The Sabres win 44.9% of their faceoffs to rank 31st in the NHL.
- The Sabres shoot 11.1% as a team (ninth in the league).
- The Sabres have secured one shutout this season. Their skaters average 16.1 hits and 16.3 blocked shots per game.
Sabres Key Players
- Casey Mittelstadt is one of Buffalo’s top contributors this season with 12 points. He has averaged 0.2 goals per game, shooting 16.7%.
- Tage Thompson has six goals and five assists for Buffalo to compile 11 total points (0.8 per game).
- Jeff Skinner has created 11 points for Buffalo in 13 games this season, netting a goal on 14.3% of his shots and putting up six goals and five assists.
- In three games played this season, Eric Comrie (1-1-0) has given up six goals.
Sabres Injuries
Dylan Cozens: Undisclosed (Questionable), Brandon Biro: Upper Body (Out), Matthew Savoie: Undisclosed (Out), Eric Comrie: Lower Body (Out), Zachary Benson: Lower Body (Out), Jack Quinn: Achilles (Out), Mattias Samuelsson: Lower Body (Out)
Wild Insights
- The Wild are ninth in the NHL in scoring (44 goals, 3.4 per game).
- The Wild’s total of 52 goals given up (4.0 per game) is 31st in the league.
- With a goal differential of -8, they are 25th in the league.
- The Wild have seven power-play goals (19th in NHL) on 47 chances.
- The Wild’s power-play percentage (14.89) puts them 24th in the league.
- In terms of shorthanded goals, the Wild have two.
- At 65.00, the Wild have the 32nd-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
- The Wild win 45.3% of faceoffs, 29th-ranked in the NHL.
- The 10.9% shooting percentage of the Wild is 11th in the league.
- This season, the Wild have shut out their opponents once.
Wild Key Players
- Mats Zuccarello has collected three goals and 10 assists in 13 games for Minnesota, good for 13 points.
- Joel Eriksson Ek is a leading scorer for Minnesota with 13 total points this season. He has scored seven goals and added six assists in 13 games.
- Kirill Kaprizov has 12 points so far, including four goals and eight assists.
- Filip Gustavsson is 2-3-1 this season, amassing 203 saves and allowing 30 goals (4.9 goals against average) with an .871 save percentage (60th in the league).
Wild Injuries
Sam Hentges: Undisclosed (Out), Caedan Bankier: Undisclosed (Out), Michael Milne: Undisclosed (Out), Frederick Gaudreau: Upper Body (Questionable), Jared Spurgeon: Upper Body (Out), Alex Goligoski: Lower Body (Out)