| Period 1 | 
|---|
| Scoring | 
| 1. BUFFALO, PEVERLEY 11 (KORCHINSKI, RUSCHEINSKI), 03:28 | 
| 2. MINNESOTA, CARLSSON 9 (TINORDI, KANE), 05:51 | 
| 3. MINNESOTA, DOUGHTY 5 (NYQUIST) (PP), 09:14 | 
| 4. MINNESOTA, NYQUIST 20 (CARLSSON, EKLUND) (PP), 12:24 | 
| Penalties | 
| G. VILARDI MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:02, C. MOORE BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 09:10, D. MASIN BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 10:46, J. BARRON BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 17:19 | 
| Period 2 | 
|---|
| Scoring | 
| 5. BUFFALO, KANE 9 (SKINNER, KORCHINSKI), 15:21 | 
| Penalties | 
| Q. BYFIELD MIN (CHARGING, Minor) 07:47 | 
| Period 3 | 
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| Scoring | 
| 6. MINNESOTA, NYQUIST 21 (BYFIELD, CARLSSON) (PP), 03:49 | 
| 7. BUFFALO, SKINNER 12 (KANE, KORCHINSKI) (PP), 10:24 | 
| Penalties | 
| D. MASIN BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 02:44, J. TINORDI MIN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 06:09, D. DOUGHTY MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:27, C. MOORE BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 13:09, W. EKLUND MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 13:09, G. VILARDI MIN (HOOKING, Minor) 14:35 | 
| Buffalo Sabres | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SH | H | TOI | 
| Kevin Korchinski | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 
| Evander Kane | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 
| Jeff Skinner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 
| Rich Peverley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 
| Kieran Ruscheinski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 
| Jared Cowan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 
| Grigori Denisenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 
| Joseph Veleno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 
| Cooper Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 
| Justin Barron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 
| Dominik Masin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 
| Matthew Beniers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 
| Joel Farabee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 
| Luke Kunin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 
| Mattias Backman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 
| AJ Greer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 
| Minnesota Wild | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SH | H | TOI | 
| Gustav Nyquist | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 
| Leo Carlsson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 
| Drew Doughty | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 
| Quinton Byfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 
| William Eklund | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 
| Patrick Kane | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 
| Jarred Tinordi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 
| Gabriel Vilardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 
| Melker Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 
| Dmitri Simashev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 
| Shakir Mukhamadullin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 
| Miro Heiskanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 
| Owen Tippett | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 
| David Rundblad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 
| Alexander Holtz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 
| Kody Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 
| Arthur Kaliyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 
| Nic Hague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Buffalo Sabres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Result | S | SA | SA% | SO | 
| Kent Simpson | L | 24 | 28 | 0.857 | 0 | 
| Minnesota Wild | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Result | S | SA | SA% | SO | 
| Philipp Grubauer | W | 30 | 33 | 0.909 | 0 | 
|  | Rochester Americans | 2 | 
|  | Houston Aeros | 12 | 
| Scoring Summary | 
| ROC - Luca DelBelBelluz 16 (Matt Fraser, Mikhail Gulyayev) | 
| ROC - Vaclav Karabacek 17 (Owen Beck, Zack Ostapchuk) | 
| HOU - Dominik Kahun 12 (Trevor Hoskin, Jake Guentzel) | 
| HOU - Keegan Kolesar 12 (Alex Barre-Boulet, Martin Misiak) | 
| HOU - Mason Lohrei 7 (Noah Gregor, Sawyer Mynio) | 
| HOU - Sawyer Mynio 5 (Cole Huckins, Carl Klingberg) | 
| HOU - Martin Misiak 10 (David Gustafsson, Ben Chiarot) | 
| HOU - Ben Chiarot 9 (Tomas Mrsic, Noel Gunler) | 
| HOU - Noel Gunler 13 (Joel Eriksson Ek, Alex Vlasic) | 
| HOU - Noel Gunler 14 (Grant Clitsome, Sebastian Aho) | 
| HOU - Ben Chiarot 10 (Marko Dano, Lukas Vejdemo) | 
| HOU - Tomas Mrsic 13 (Oliwer Kaski, Brandon Carlo) | 
| HOU - Grant Clitsome 3 (Shane Bowers, Danny Nelson) | 
| HOU - Grant Clitsome 4 (Fredrik Claesson, Noel Gunler) | 
| Goaltender Summary | 
| Rochester: Frederik Dichow | 
| Houston: Joseph Woll |