Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres — Oct 6, 2026

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

Minnesota Wild4 listed

Zach BogosianD · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Filip GustavssonG · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Jonas BrodinD · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Joel Eriksson EkCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Buffalo Sabres3 listed

Justin DanforthRW · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Jiri KulichCatcher · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Noah OstlundCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Minnesota Wild42 players

Forwards23

76Caedan Bankier6' 2"23 yrsRookie

14Joel Eriksson Ek6' 3"29 yrs10 yrOut

21Robby Fabbri5' 11"30 yrs10 yr

Dylan Gambrell6' 0"30 yrs5 yr

Justin Kirkland6' 3"30 yrs2 yr

Rieger Lorenz6' 3"22 yrsRookie

47Michael McCarron6' 6"31 yrs8 yr

Mason Shaw5' 10"27 yrs3 yr

78Nico Sturm6' 3"31 yrs6 yr

13Yakov Trenin6' 2"29 yrs7 yr

12Matt Boldy6' 2"25 yrs5 yr

20Blake Coleman5' 11"34 yrs10 yr

17Marcus Foligno6' 3"35 yrs15 yr

71Nick Foligno6' 0"38 yrs19 yr

90Marcus Johansson6' 1"35 yrs16 yr

Jagger Joshua6' 2"27 yrsRookie

97Kirill Kaprizov5' 10"29 yrs6 yr

16Nicolas Aube-Kubel6' 0"30 yrs7 yr

10Bobby Brink5' 8"25 yrs4 yr

38Ryan Hartman6' 0"31 yrs10 yr

49Maxim Shabanov5' 9"25 yrsRookie

91Vladimir Tarasenko6' 1"34 yrs14 yr

22Danila Yurov6' 1"22 yrsRookie

Defensemen13

24Zach Bogosian6' 3"36 yrs18 yrOut

25Jonas Brodin6' 2"33 yrs14 yrOut

7Brock Faber6' 1"24 yrs3 yr

6Viking Gustafsson Nyberg6' 6"22 yrsRookie

43Quinn Hughes5' 10"26 yrs7 yr

48Daemon Hunt6' 1"24 yrs2 yr

26Matt Kiersted6' 0"28 yrs3 yr

71Carson Lambos6' 1"23 yrsRookie

3Olli Maatta6' 2"32 yrs13 yr

2Jeff Petry6' 3"38 yrs16 yr

76Roman Schmidt6' 5"23 yrsRookie

82David Spacek6' 0"23 yrsRookie

46Jared Spurgeon5' 9"36 yrs16 yr

Goaltenders6

32Filip Gustavsson6' 2"28 yrs5 yrOut

37Riley Mercer6' 1"22 yrsRookie

40Cal Petersen6' 2"31 yrs5 yr

Calvin Pickard6' 1"34 yrs7 yr

30Jesper Wallstedt6' 3"23 yrsRookie

Chase Wutzke6' 2"20 yrsRookie

Buffalo Sabres39 players

Forwards21

10Sam Carrick6' 0"34 yrs7 yr

45Riley Fiddler-Schultz6' 0"24 yrsRookie

94Konsta Helenius5' 11"20 yrsRookie

48Tyson Kozak5' 11"23 yrs2 yr

19Peyton Krebs6' 0"25 yrs5 yr

20Jiri Kulich6' 1"22 yrs2 yrInjured Reserve

61Trevor Kuntar6' 0"25 yrsRookie

71Ryan McLeod6' 3"26 yrs6 yr

9Josh Norris6' 2"27 yrs5 yr

86Noah Ostlund5' 10"22 yrsRookieOut

72Tage Thompson6' 6"28 yrs8 yr

6Zach Benson5' 10"21 yrs3 yr

29Beck Malenstyn6' 3"28 yrs4 yr

70Tanner Pearson6' 1"34 yrs13 yr

Jake Richard6' 1"22 yrsRookie

Conor Sheary5' 8"34 yrs10 yr

17Jason Zucker5' 11"34 yrs14 yr

15Justin Danforth5' 8"33 yrs4 yrInjured Reserve

91Josh Doan6' 2"24 yrs3 yr

Jason Polin6' 1"27 yrsRookie

22Jack Quinn6' 1"24 yrs4 yr

Defensemen15

46Louis Crevier6' 8"25 yrs3 yr

26Rasmus Dahlin6' 3"26 yrs8 yr

Dennis Gilbert6' 2"29 yrs5 yr

33Ryan Johnson6' 1"25 yrs2 yr

76Vsevolod Komarov6' 2"22 yrsRookie

Artem Kriukov6' 4"44 yrsRookie

Gavin McCarthy6' 2"21 yrsRookie

73Zach Metsa5' 9"27 yrsRookie

57Radim Mrtka6' 6"19 yrsRookie

25Owen Power6' 6"23 yrs4 yr

23Mattias Samuelsson6' 4"26 yrs6 yr

64Logan Stanley6' 7"28 yrs6 yr

Maxim Strbak6' 2"21 yrs

21Conor Timmins6' 3"27 yrs5 yr

Olen Zellweger5' 10"22 yrs3 yr

Goaltenders3

92Colten Ellis6' 1"25 yrsRookie

1Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen6' 5"27 yrs4 yr

34Alex Lyon6' 1"33 yrs5 yr