Revealed: Why Wild Never Announced Brock Faber at Home Opener

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images via Reuters Connect The 2026-27 Minnesota Wild s perfect start came to an end on Tuesday night in Buffalo. Two of their three top-line Russians Danila Yurov and Maxim Shabanov scored 1:45 apart in the second period, which gave the Wild a 2-0 lead. Unfortunately, their superstar linemate Kirill Kaprizov, who scored in each of the first two games, couldn t extend his goal streak to three, which wound up being the difference. In the third period, Buffalo scored twice to tie it, then Owen Power won it 3-2 at 4:22 of overtime. Afterwards, goalie Jesper Wallstedt who was solid yet again last night told reporters, It s a hard one to digest right now. OP CALLED GAME‼️ https://t.co/ekLibmrYwN Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) October 7, 2026 At least the Wild picked up a point, though. And nobody s complaining about their 2-0-1 record, especially seeing as it s come without Brock Faber on the blue line. The star defenseman fractured his