Story byJOE YERDONSat, January 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM UTC·1 min readBUFFALO, N. Y. (AP) — Mats Zuccarello scored 1:47 into overtime to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 5-4 win over the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Saturday afternoon. Zuccarello’s winning goal came on the power play after a pass from Kirill Kaprizov, who finished with three assists to help end the Wild’s three-game winless streak. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMarcus Foligno, Ryan Hartman, Vladimir Tarasenko and Quinn Hughes also scored, and Filip Gustavsson made 20 saves for the Wild. Ryan McLeod, Peyton Krebs, Jack Quinn and Alex Tuch scored for the Sabres, who lost for only the third time in 18 games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 20 saves. Foligno gave the Wild a 1-0 lead at 9:19 of the first period but McLeod tied it 46 seconds later. Hartman made it 2-1 with eight seconds left in the first when he tapped home a cross-crease pass from Hughes.
