Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild 4-3, Oct 23, 2008: Box Score | AskScores

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Final/OT · Grand Casino Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	0	2	1	4
MIN	0	2	1	0	3

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Oct 23, 2008 at Grand Casino Arena.

Top performers

Thomas Vanek
Thomas Vanek had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Sabres.
Ryan Miller
Ryan Miller made 30 saves on 33 shots for the Sabres.
Brent Burns
Brent Burns had 1 goal for the Wild.
Niklas Backstrom
Niklas Backstrom made 20 saves on 24 shots for the Wild.

Before and after

Sabres · 2008-09 season · Previous Oct 21, 2008: BOS 2, BUF 3 · Next Oct 25, 2008: BUF 1, COL 2
Wild · 2008-09 season · Previous Oct 18, 2008: MIN 1, TB 0 · Next Oct 25, 2008: CBJ 1, MIN 2

Other Sabres vs Wild games

Other Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild games

Jan 17, 2026	MIN at BUF	5-4	Regular
Nov 29, 2025	BUF at MIN	3-2	Regular
Mar 22, 2025	BUF at MIN	1-4	Regular
Nov 27, 2024	MIN at BUF	1-0	Regular
Feb 17, 2024	BUF at MIN	3-2	Regular
Nov 10, 2023	MIN at BUF	2-3	Regular

Buffalo Sabres box score

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres skaters, Oct 23, 2008

Thomas Vanek	1	1	2	3	1	0	18:29
Drew Stafford	1	1	2	1	1	0	16:13
Derek Roy	1	1	2	2	3	0	23:41
Andrej Sekera	0	1	1	1	1	0	24:49
Henrik Tallinder	0	1	1	2	0	0	21:53
Toni Lydman	0	1	1	2	0	2	19:19
Adam Mair	1	0	1	1	1	0	16:19
Maxim Afinogenov	0	1	1	1	3	0	16:30
Nathan Paetsch	0	1	1	0	0	0	14:24
Teppo Numminen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	16:20
Jason Pominville	0	0	0	-1	2	0	20:28
Jaroslav Spacek	0	0	0	0	2	2	24:55
Daniel Paille	0	0	0	-1	2	0	15:46
Clarke MacArthur	0	0	0	-1	2	2	16:32
Ales Kotalik	0	0	0	1	2	0	16:50
Matt Ellis	0	0	0	0	3	0	5:10
Patrick Kaleta	0	0	0	0	1	0	5:06
Andrew Peters	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4:44
Team	4	8	12	9	24	6

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres goalies, Oct 23, 2008
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ryan Miller	33	30	3	.909	60:43

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Minnesota Wild box score

Skaters

Minnesota Wild skaters, Oct 23, 2008

Brent Burns	1	0	1	-2	5	0	23:12
Benoit Pouliot	1	0	1	0	2	0	8:29
Eric Belanger	0	1	1	-1	2	0	20:59
Pierre-Marc Bouchard	0	1	1	0	1	0	19:28
Stephane Veilleux	1	0	1	0	2	0	19:36
Derek Boogaard	0	1	1	1	0	0	5:26
Craig Weller	0	1	1	1	0	0	4:59
Cal Clutterbuck	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:26
Andrew Brunette	0	0	0	-2	1	0	18:18
Mikko Koivu	0	0	0	-1	4	0	20:38
Nick Schultz	0	0	0	-1	0	0	21:19
Marek Zidlicky	0	0	0	0	4	2	19:54
Marc-Andre Bergeron	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:57
Kim Johnsson	0	0	0	-1	2	0	20:52
Martin Skoula	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:23
Antti Miettinen	0	0	0	-3	5	0	20:49
James Sheppard	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:31
Colton Gillies	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:40
Team	3	4	7	-9	33	4

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Minnesota Wild goalies, Oct 23, 2008
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Niklas Backstrom	24	20	4	.833	60:44

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%