Overview
- Mats Zuccarello scored at 1:47 of overtime on a power play set up by Kirill Kaprizov after a late Sabres penalty carried into the extra period.
- Kaprizov finished with three assists, including the primary pass on the winner.
- Marcus Foligno, Ryan Hartman, Vladimir Tarasenko and Quinn Hughes scored in regulation for Minnesota.
- Ryan McLeod, Peyton Krebs, Jack Quinn and Alex Tuch tallied for Buffalo, which still picked up a point with the overtime loss.
- Initial reports differed on Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen’s save total—20 or 30—while Filip Gustavsson was credited with 20 stops for the Wild.