Minnesota Wild at Buffalo SabresOct 6, 2026

Time TBDTuesday, Oct 6, 2026

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

MINaway±0.0 pts

2 days rest · 1,161 km travel · +1 h

BUFhome±0.0 pts

2 days rest

No meaningful schedule edge: MIN (2 days rest) at BUF (2 days rest).

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Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jesper Wallstedt64%
Filip Gustavsson28%
Calvin Pickard8%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–1 at NSH · Oct 1

L1Hartman – Trenin – Brink
7:33
L2Foligno – Foligno – McCarron
7:13
L3Coleman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
6:14
L4Kaprizov – Yurov – Shabanov
5:53
D1Spurgeon – Hughes
13:16
D2Brodin – Maatta
9:43
D3Bogosian – Hunt
7:57
PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy – Shabanov
5:28

Projected MIN lines →·MIN goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen77%
Alex Lyon17%
Colten Ellis6%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 3–6 at CBJ · Oct 1

L1Quinn – Ostlund – Benson
11:13
L2Thompson – Norris – Doan
10:19
L3McLeod – Krebs – Helenius
10:05
L4Carrick – Malenstyn – Kulich
6:00
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:10
D2Crevier – Power
10:21
D3Grzelcyk – Metsa
8:13
PP1Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Doan – Benson
4:22

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Game day: all games on Oct 6.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.