At the Horn | Sabres 3 – Wild 2

Devon Levi made 33 saves in his sixth start of the season to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday at KeyBank Center.

Buffalo saw goals from Henri Jokiharju (1+0), Jeff Skinner (1+1), and JJ Peterka (1+1) while Owen Power and Tage Thompson each added an assist.

Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek scored for the Wild as Filip Gustavsson stopped 22 of 25 shots in net.

GOAL SUMMARY

Period 1, 18:02 – Henri Jokiharju from Owen Power (1-0, BUF)

Power fed Jokiharju, who scored through traffic with Tage Thompson and Dylan Cozens in front of the net.

Period 1, 19:30 (PP) – Kirill Kaprizov from Matt Boldy and Mats Zuccarello (1-1)

On the power play after a Ryan Johnson cross-checking penalty, Boldy passed it through the slot to Kaprizov in the right circle. Kaprizov took a one-timer to beat Levi and tie the score with 30 seconds remaining.  

Period 2, 19:02 – Jeff Skinner from JJ Peterka (2-1, BUF)

Peterka poked the puck away from Kaprizov at the Sabres’ blue line to send Skinner on a breakaway. Skinner deked out Gustavsson to tally his team-leading seventh goal of the season.

Period 3, 3:33 – JJ Peterka from Tage Thompson and Jeff Skinner (3-1, BUF)

Thompson made a slick pass to Peterka in front of the net to extend the Sabres’ lead.

Period 3, 12:27 (PP) – Joel Eriksson Ek from Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello (3-2, BUF)

Eriksson Ek buried a one-timer from Kaprizov to bring the Wild within a goal.

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