NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL AT MINNESOTA OFFICIALS: REF - BRIAN POCHMARA, TOM KOWAL LIN - DAN SCHACHTE, THOR NELSON</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL AT MINNESOTA STARTING GOALIES: BUF - JOCELYN THIBAULT MIN - JOSH HARDING OFFICIALS: REF - BRIAN POCHMARA, TOM KOWAL LIN - DAN SCHACHTE, THOR NELSON</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL BUFFALO 0 MINNESOTA 0 16:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL BUFFALO 0 MINNESOTA 0 12:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL BUFFALO 0 MINNESOTA 0 8:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- BUFFALO 0 0 MINNESOTA 0 0 END OF THE 1ST GOAL SCORING: 1ST PRD: NONE SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- BUF 6 6 MIN 6 6 GOALIES: BUF - JOCELYN THIBAULT MIN - JOSH HARDING</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND ------------------------ Buffalo 0 --0 Minnesota 0 --0 ------------------------ FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: A Mair, Buf (interference), 10:34; A Mair, Buf (hooking), 19:44. Shots on goal: ----------------------------- Buffalo 6 --6 Minnesota 6 --6 ----------------------------- Goalies : Buffalo, Jocelyn Thibault (6 shots, 6 saves). Minnesota, Josh Harding (6 shots, 6 saves). Referees: Brian Pochmara, Tom Kowal. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Thor Nelson.</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL BUFFALO 0 MINNESOTA 0 14:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL BUFFALO 0 MINNESOTA 1 2ND PRD: MIN - (PP) BRIAN ROLSTON 2 (BENOIT POULIOT) 0:35</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL BUFFALO 0 MINNESOTA 1 14:35 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL BUFFALO 0 MINNESOTA 1 7:01 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL BUFFALO 1 MINNESOTA 1 2ND PRD: BUF - (PP) PHILIPPE GOGULLA 1 (MAREK ZAGRAPAN, JAROSLAV SPACEK) 14:43</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- BUFFALO 0 1 1 MINNESOTA 0 1 1 END OF THE 2ND GOAL SCORING: 1ST PRD: NONE 2ND PRD: MIN - (PP) BRIAN ROLSTON 2 (BENOIT POULIOT) 0:35 BUF - (PP) PHILIPPE GOGULLA 1 (MAREK ZAGRAPAN, JAROSLAV SPACEK) 14:43 SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- BUF 6 10 16 MIN 6 9 15 GOALIES: BUF - JOCELYN THIBAULT MIN - JOSH HARDING</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL BUFFALO 1 MINNESOTA 1 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL BUFFALO 1 MINNESOTA 2 3RD PRD: MIN - BRIAN ROLSTON 3 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, ERIC BELANGER) 3:14</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL BUFFALO 1 MINNESOTA 2 4:52 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- BUFFALO 0 1 0 1 MINNESOTA 0 1 1 2 FINAL GOAL SCORING: 1ST PRD: NONE 2ND PRD: MIN - (PP) BRIAN ROLSTON 2 (BENOIT POULIOT) 0:35 BUF - (PP) PHILIPPE GOGULLA 1 (MAREK ZAGRAPAN, JAROSLAV SPACEK) 14:43 3RD PRD: MIN - BRIAN ROLSTON 3 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, ERIC BELANGER) 3:14 POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: BUF - 0 OF 0, MIN - 0 OF 0. SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- BUF 6 10 10 26 MIN 6 9 22 37 GOALIES: BUF - JOCELYN THIBAULT MIN - JOSH HARDING OFFICIALS: REF - BRIAN POCHMARA, TOM KOWAL LIN - DAN SCHACHTE, THOR NELSON ATT: 7,283</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND ------------------------------------ Buffalo 0 1 0 --1 Minnesota 0 1 1 --2 ------------------------------------ FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: A Mair, Buf (interference), 10:34; A Mair, Buf (hooking), 19:44. SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Minnesota, Brian Rolston 2 (power play) (Benoit Pouliot), 0:35. 2, Buffalo, Philippe Gogulla 1 (power play) (Marek Zagrapan, Jaroslav Spacek), 14:43. Penalties: M Foy, Min (hooking), 7:01; C Macarthur, Buf (hooking), 10:14; M Foy, Min (holding), 13:18; E Reitz, Min (tripping), 15:50. THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Minnesota, Brian Rolston 3 (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Eric Belanger), 3:14. Penalties: H Tallinder, Buf (hooking), 4:34; H Tallinder, Buf (hooking), 10:36; D Paille, Buf (hooking), 12:29. Shots on goal: --------------------------------------- Buffalo 6 10 10 --26 Minnesota 6 9 22 --37 --------------------------------------- Power-play Conversions: Buffalo - 1 of 6, Minnesota - 1 of 3. Goalies : Buffalo, Jocelyn Thibault (37 shots, 35 saves; record: 0-1-0). Minnesota, Josh Harding (26 shots, 25 saves; record: 1-0-0). A: 7,283. Referees: Brian Pochmara, Tom Kowal. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Thor Nelson.</div>
NHL: BUFFALO at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">AT GRAND FORKS ND ------------------------------------ Buffalo 0 1 0 --1 Minnesota 0 1 1 --2 ------------------------------------ FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: A Mair, Buf (interference), 10:34; A Mair, Buf (hooking), 19:44. SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Minnesota, Brian Rolston 2 (power play) (Benoit Pouliot), 0:35. 2, Buffalo, Philippe Gogulla 1 (power play) (Marek Zagrapan, Jaroslav Spacek), 14:43. Penalties: M Foy, Min (hooking), 7:01; C Macarthur, Buf (hooking), 10:14; M Foy, Min (holding), 13:18; E Reitz, Min (tripping), 15:50. THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Minnesota, Brian Rolston 3 (Eric Belanger, Pierre-Marc Bouchard), 3:14. Penalties: H Tallinder, Buf (hooking), 4:34; H Tallinder, Buf (hooking), 10:36; D Paille, Buf (hooking), 12:29. Shots on goal: --------------------------------------- Buffalo 6 10 10 --26 Minnesota 6 9 7 --22 --------------------------------------- Power-play Conversions: Buffalo - 1 of 6, Minnesota - 1 of 3. Goalies : Buffalo, Jocelyn Thibault (22 shots, 20 saves; record: 0-1-0). Minnesota, Josh Harding (26 shots, 25 saves; record: 1-0-0). A: 7,283. Referees: Brian Pochmara, Tom Kowal. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Thor Nelson.</div>
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Ticker) -- Brian Rolston provided the offense and goaltender Josh Harding had 25 saves as the Minnesota Wild posted a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in a preseason contest on Monday night. Rolston scored both goals for the Wild, who were outshot, 26-22, but still managed to pick up the victory. Minnesota's leading scorer last season, Rolston netted the game-winning tally just 3:14 into the third period to snap a 1-1 tie. After Pierre-Marc Bouchard won a face-off, Eric Belanger fed Rolston from the corner for the score. The 6-2, 210-pound right wing also scored on the power play early in the second period to start the scoring. But the game was saved by some stellar play by Harding, who made a nifty save on the breakaway with five minutes left in the game and also stopped a rush of four shots by the Sabres in the final minutes. Phillip Gogulla scored his team's lone goal and Jocelyn Thibault had 20 saves for Buffalo, which converted just 1-of-6 on power-play opportunities.
