Minnesota Wild (2-0, in the Central Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (1-1, in the Atlantic Division)

Buffalo, New York; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild visit the Buffalo Sabres after Kirill Kaprizov's two-goal game against the Boston Bruins in the Wild's 4-1 win.

Buffalo went 50-23-9 overall and 28-13-7 in home games a season ago. The Sabres allowed 2.9 goals per game while scoring 3.4 last season.

Minnesota went 46-24-12 overall and 25-17-5 on the road a season ago. The Wild had a 25.2% power play success rate last season, scoring 65 goals on 258 chances.

INJURIES: Sabres: Conor Timmins: out (lower-body), Jason Zucker: out (abdomen), Alex Lyon: out (upper-body).

Wild: Filip Gustavsson: out (hip), Brock Faber: out (skull).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.