BUFFALO, N.Y. — — Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves and Kirill Kaprizov scored to give the Minnesota Wild a 1-0 victory against the Buffalo Sabers on Wednesday night.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves for Buffalo, which failed to win four straight for the third time this season.

The shutout was Gustavsson’s second of the season. Minnesota improved to a league-best 10-1-3 this season.

Kaprizov’s 14th goal of the season came at 6:55 of the first period on a 4-on-1 rush when he finished off a pass from Joel Eriksson Ek that beat Luukkonen.

Takeaways

Sabres: Tage Thompson returned to the Sabers lineup after missing five games with a lower-body injury. He had six shots on target.

Wild: Defenseman Jonas Brodin was late due to an upper-body injury. This season he scored two goals and six assists in 19 games.

Key moment

Wild defenseman Brock Faber intercepted a centering pass from Sabers defenseman Rasmus Dahlin and broke out to start a 4-on-1 break that led to the opening goal.

Key stat

Kaprizov’s first-period goal gave him a point in each of his past twelve road games. He scored nine goals and sixteen assists in those matches.

Next

The Sabers will host the Vancouver Canucks on Friday afternoon. The Wild begin a three-game homestand against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.

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