Wild at Buffalo preview: Sabres are the NHL's highest scoring team

Buffalo's Tage Thompson has emerged as one of the league's best players.

January 7, 2023 at 12:41AM
Tage Thompson of the Sabres had five goals in a December game against Columbus. (Jay LaPrete, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Saturday, 6 p.m., KeyBank Center

TV: BSN Radio: 100.3-FM

Game preview: Buffalo C Tage Thompson is second in the NHL in goals with 30 and tied for third in points with 55. ... The Sabres are the league's top-scoring team (3.94 goals per game) and are in playoff contention (19-15-2, 10th in the East). ... Ex-Wild W Alex Tuch has 18 goals. ... Ex-Gophers C Casey Mittelstadt has seven goals and former Gophers W Kyle Okposo (six goals) is the team captain. ... The Wild are 22-13-2 and sixth in the West after winning nine of 11. ... W Mats Zuccarello (upper body) and G Filip Gustavsson (illness) are out.

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Sarah McLellan

Minnesota Wild and NHL

Sarah McLellan covers the Wild and NHL. Before joining the Star Tribune in November 2017, she spent five years covering the Coyotes for The Arizona Republic.

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