National Hockey League
Injury report for Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres (National Hockey League, KeyBank Center): Minnesota Wild have 2 out and 0 doubtful; Buffalo Sabres have 4 out and 0 doubtful.
Minnesota Wild
- Brock FaberDOut
Fractured skull from a puck in Sept. 25 preseason game vs. Dallas; had surgery, out indefinitely · Expected return: Indefinite (no timetable)
- Filip GustavssonGOut
Rehabbing from offseason hip surgery (IR) · Expected return: Est. ~Nov 1 (CBS)
Added Blake Coleman; Mats Zuccarello left in free agency; still thin at center. GM Bill Guerin working on an extension for Quinn Hughes (acquired from Vancouver Dec. 2025). Opened with a 3-1 win at Nashville.
Buffalo Sabres
- Alex LyonGOut
Upper-body injury (IR) · Expected return: Est. ~Oct 6 (CBS)
- Jason ZuckerLWOut
Sports hernia/abdomen (IR) · Expected return: Est. ~Oct 15 (CBS)
- Conor TimminsDOut
Lower-body injury (IR) · Expected return: Est. ~Oct 17 (CBS)
- Jack RathboneDOut
Undisclosed (IR) · Expected return: Est. ~Oct 24 (CBS)
Alex Tuch (33 goals) left via sign-and-trade; Bowen Byram traded to Chicago, Michael Kesselring to San Jose; Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn left as FAs. Olen Zellweger (returned Oct. 3 from a preseason concussion) and Louis Crevier added on D. Zach Benson, Peyton Krebs, Noah Ostlund re-signed.