⚔️ Away Sabres 13-15-2 before this game
2–3
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🌲 Home Wild 12-14-3 before this game
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Sabres at Wild

Wild beat Sabres 3–2 at Xcel Energy Center on December 13, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Dec 13, 2003 · 19:00 CST 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Wild lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Miroslav Satan
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:50 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Jim Dowd
1 G
2 shots · 12:43 TOI · +1
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Jason Wiemer
1 G
1 shots · 16:25 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MIN🌲
17 Shots on goal 24
5 Hits 3
16 Blocked shots 7
5 Takeaways 12
14 Giveaways 15
15 Penalty minutes 11
BUF shooting 11.8% (2/17) MIN shooting 12.5% (3/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Mika Noronen
21/24
.875 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
15/17
.882 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 13-15-2 (43% win rate, 30 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 12-14-3 (41% win rate, 29 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 13-15-2 (43% win rate, 30 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 12-14-3 (41% win rate, 29 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Brown · Hecht · Satan 19:50
L2 Brière · Roy · Kotalik 17:08
L3 Pyatt · Drury · Dumont 16:14
L4 Peters · Taylor · Afinogenov 4:59
D1 Zhitnik · Tallinder 22:47
D2 Kalinin · Patrick 19:57
D3 Fitzpatrick · Campbell 16:57
🌲Wild
L1 Zholtok · Bouchard · Gaborik 17:28
L2 Brunette · Wiemer · Park 16:12
L3 Laaksonen · Walz · Dupuis 13:41
L4 Johnson · Dowd · Daigle 11:11
D1 Schultz · Bombardir 23:34
D2 Kuba · Zyuzin 20:33
D3 Henry · Brown 10:06

⚔️ Last meetings

Wild lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 28, 2003
🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · Wild won
Jan 14, 2003
⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN
1–0 · Sabres won
Dec 28, 2002
🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF
4–3 · Wild won
Jan 6, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN
4–1 · Sabres won
Nov 17, 2000
🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs MIN, answered

Who won Sabres vs Wild on December 13, 2003?

Wild won 3–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Wild?

The final score was Sabres 2, Wild 3.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Mika Noronen made 21 saves on 24 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 15 saves on 17 shots (.882 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Wild season series?

Wild lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Dec 12
🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · NYR won
Next game · Dec 16
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
1–2 · PIT won
🌲Wild
Previous game · Dec 11
🍁TOR @ 🌲MIN
1–0 · TOR won
Next game · Dec 15
🌲MIN @ 🌵PHX
5–2 · MIN won
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🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR
1–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 final
🐦ATL @ 🏝️NYI
0–4 final
😈NJD @ 🔔PHI
2–0 final
🐙DET @ 🦅WSH
5–1 final
🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT
3–5 final
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL
5–2 final
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
1–2 final
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