Game Thread: Minnesota Wild (5-6-2) at Buffalo Sabres (6-6-1) – 10 Nov 2023 – 7:00PM EST

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# Minnesota [](/r/wildhockey) Wild (5-6-2) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (6-6-1)

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##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, SN1, BSWI, BSNX|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020204) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020204/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020204/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020204/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Matthew Savoie|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Kirill Kaprizov|Marco Rossi|Matthew Boldy|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Casey Mittelstadt|John Jason Peterka|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marcus Johansson|Ryan Hartman|Mats Zuccarello|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Lukas Rousek|Peyton Krebs|Victor Olofsson|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marcus Foligno|Joel Eriksson Ek|Patrick Maroon|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Tyson Jost|Kyle Okposo|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Brandon Duhaime|Connor Dewar|Vinni Lettieri|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Ryan Johnson|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jonas Brodin|Brock Faber|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jacob Middleton|Dakota Mermis|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Connor Clifton|Erik Johnson|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Daemon Hunt|Zach Bogosian|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Filip Gustavsson|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marc-Andre Fleury|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/minnesota-wild/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Alex Tuch|09 Nov 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Tuch is day-to-day with an upper-body injury that forced him to miss practice Thursday, Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550 reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Brandon Biro|06 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Biro (undisclosed) was placed on injured reserve Monday.|11 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Dylan Cozens|04 Nov 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Cozens (upper body) may be able to practice in a few days, Heather Engel of NHL.com reports, indicating he won’t be available to play Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|03 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Samuelsson (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Saturday, per the NHL media site.|11 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|31 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR|The Sabres put Benson (lower body) on injured reserve Friday, Sabres insider Joe Yerdon reports.|17 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|27 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR|Comrie (lower body) felt good after participating in Thursday’s skate, but he’s likely to get into a few more practices before returning, per Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550|14 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|14 Nov 2023|
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|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Frederick Gaudreau|25 Oct 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Gaudreau (upper body) won’t play Thursday versus the New York Rangers, per the NHL media site.|unknown|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Alex Goligoski|17 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR-LT|Goligoski (lower body) was placed on the long-term injured reserve list Wednesday, Jessi Pierce of NHL.com reports.|12 Nov 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Michael Milne||Undisclosed|IR-NR||30 Nov 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Sam Hentges||Undisclosed|IR-NR||30 Nov 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Caedan Bankier||Undisclosed|IR-NR||30 Nov 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jared Spurgeon|05 Oct 2023|Upper Body|IR-LT|Spurgeon (upper body) is expected to be unavailable for at least the Minnesota Wild’s next two games, Jessi Pierce of NHL.com reports Wednesday.|12 Nov 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Mason Shaw||Knee|OUT|Surgery|01 Dec 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/minnesota-wild/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|13|6|6|1|13|0.500|3.15|3.15|12.82|88.00|28.38|29.77|44.85|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|13|5|6|2|12|0.462|3.38|4.00|14.89|65.00|31.08|32.46|45.28|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|6|5|3|2|1|1|3.10|0.899|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|5|5|2|3|0|0|3.41|0.885|
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|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marc-Andre Fleury|7|6|3|3|1|0|2.75|0.898|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Filip Gustavsson|7|7|2|3|1|1|4.89|0.871|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=30 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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