Minnesota's Injuries
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Kaprizov | LW | Day To Day - Lower-body( Dec 27, '24) | Dec 27, '24 | |
| The Wild listed Ek as questionable for Sunday's (Dec. 29) game against Ottawa. | ||||
| J. Lauko | C | Out - Lower-body( Dec 14, '24) | Dec 14, '24 | |
| Lauko is week-to-week after aggravating his previous muscle issue, according to Michael Russo of The Athletic. | ||||
| J. Middleton | D | Out - Upper Body( Dec 12, '24) | Dec 12, '24 | |
| The Minnesota Wild placed D Jake Middleton on injured reserve on Friday (Dec. 13). | ||||
| T. Grosenick | G | Out For Season - Knee( Oct 01, '24) | Oct 01, '24 | |
| Grosenick underwent successful surgery on Wednesday (Oct. 2) to repair a torn ACL in his right knee and will not play this season. He is expected to make a full recovery and be ready for the start of the 2025-26 season. | ||||
Minnesota Starters Last Game
| POS | # | Player |
|---|---|---|
| LW | 12 | Matt Boldy |
| C | 13 | Yakov Trenin |
| LW | 17 | Marcus Foligno |
| C | 19 | Devin Shore |
| C | 21 | Brendan Gaunce |
| C | 22 | Marat Khusnutdinov |
| C | 23 | Marco Rossi |
| RW | 36 | Mats Zuccarello |
| RW | 38 | Ryan Hartman |
| C | 39 | Ben Jones |
| C | 89 | Frederick Gaudreau |
| C | 90 | Marcus Johansson |
| LW | 97 | Kirill Kaprizov |
| POS | # | Player |
|---|---|---|
| D | 4 | Jon Merrill |
| D | 7 | Brock Faber |
| D | 24 | Zach Bogosian |
| D | 25 | Jonas Brodin |
| G | 29 | Marc-Andre Fleury |
| G | 32 | Filip Gustavsson |
| D | 44 | Travis Dermott |
| D | 46 | Jared Spurgeon |
| D | 47 | Declan Chisholm |
Buffalo's Injuries
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Aube-Kubel | RW | Day To Day - Illness( Dec 27, '24) | Dec 27, '24 | |
| The Sabres listed Aube-Kubel as questionable for Sunday's (Dec. 29) game against St. Louis. | ||||
| J. Greenway | LW | Out - Middle-body( Dec 19, '24) | Dec 19, '24 | |
| The Buffalo Sabres placed F Jordan Greenway on injured reserve on Friday (Dec. 20). | ||||
Buffalo Starters Last Game
| POS | # | Player |
|---|---|---|
| LW | 9 | Zach Benson |
| LW | 17 | Jason Zucker |
| C | 19 | Peyton Krebs |
| C | 20 | Jiri Kulich |
| RW | 22 | Jack Quinn |
| C | 24 | Dylan Cozens |
| LW | 29 | Beck Malenstyn |
| C | 71 | Ryan McLeod |
| C | 72 | Tage Thompson |
| RW | 77 | JJ Peterka |
| C | 81 | Sam Lafferty |
| RW | 89 | Alex Tuch |
| RW | 96 | Nicolas Aube-Kubel |
| POS | # | Player |
|---|---|---|
| G | 1 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen |
| D | 4 | Bowen Byram |
| D | 8 | Dennis Gilbert |
| D | 10 | Henri Jokiharju |
| D | 23 | Mattias Samuelsson |
| D | 25 | Owen Power |
| D | 26 | Rasmus Dahlin |
| G | 47 | James Reimer |
| D | 75 | Connor Clifton |
| D | 78 | Jacob Bryson |