⚔️ Away Sabres 5-0-1
4–3
Final / OT
🌲 Home Wild 4-0-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
⚔️ BUF 10214
🌲 MIN 02103

Sabres at Wild

Sabres beat Wild 4–3 in overtime at Xcel Energy Center on October 23, 2008.

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 23:41 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Drew Stafford
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 16:13 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
30 saves
0.909 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Drew Stafford Go-ahead 1st · 14:43
Assists: Derek Roy, Thomas Vanek · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–0
2nd period
🌲 Benoit Pouliot Tying 2nd · 09:57
Assists: Derek Boogaard, Craig Weller · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
🌲 Stephane Veilleux Go-ahead 2nd · 14:50
Assists: Eric Belanger, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
3rd period
🌲 Brent Burns PP 3rd · 00:29
Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller
1–3
⚔️ Adam Mair 3rd · 16:00
Assists: Nathan Paetsch, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–3
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Tying 3rd · 16:46
Assists: Andrej Sekera, Drew Stafford · beat Niklas Backstrom
3–3
Overtime
⚔️ Derek Roy Go-ahead OT · 00:44
Assists: Henrik Tallinder, Toni Lydman · beat Niklas Backstrom
4–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 20:28
L2 MacArthur · Kotalik · Afinogenov 16:32
L3 Paille · Mair · Stafford 16:13
L4 Ellis · Peters · Kaleta 5:06
D1 Spacek · Sekera 24:52
D2 Tallinder · Lydman 20:36
D3 Numminen · Paetsch 15:22
🌲Wild
L1 Belanger · Koivu · Miettinen 20:49
L2 Veilleux · Brunette · Bouchard 19:28
L3 Sheppard · Gillies · Clutterbuck 13:31
L4 Pouliot · Boogaard · Weller 5:26
D1 Burns · Schultz 22:16
D2 Johnsson · Zidlicky 20:23
D3 Skoula · Bergeron 17:40

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MIN🌲
24 Shots on goal 33
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
13 Hits 26
11 Blocked shots 8
10 Takeaways 9
2 Giveaways 6
6 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 16.7% (4/24) MIN shooting 9.1% (3/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 60:43 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
20/24
.833 SV% · 4 GA · 60:44 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–2
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Mar 92007 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 5–1 Dec 112005 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Dec 132003 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 2–3 Oct 282003 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 Jan 142003 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 1–0
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Who won Sabres vs Wild on October 23, 2008?

Sabres won 4–3 in overtime. The final score was Sabres 4, Wild 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Adam Mair, Derek Roy, Drew Stafford, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Wild?

Benoit Pouliot, Brent Burns, Stephane Veilleux.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 20 saves on 24 shots (.833 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?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 21 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 AfterOct 25 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 1–2
🌲 Wild
BeforeOct 18 🌲MIN @ ⚡TBL 1–0 AfterOct 25 🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN 1–2
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