Sabres snap Wild’s 7-game winning streak on Ostlund’s shootout goal

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Noah Ostlund scored the game-winning goal in a shootout Saturday night and the Buffalo Sabers ended the Minnesota Wild’s seven-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory.

Beck Malenstyn and Josh Doan scored in regulation for the Sabres, while Colten Ellis stopped 22 shots.

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Filip Gustavsson made 30 saves for Minnesota while Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy scored Minnesota’s regulation goals.

Both teams converted two of their first three shootout attempts. After Minnesota’s Vladimir Tarasenko missed a wrist shot, Ostlund beat Gustavsson high to seal the victory for the Sabres.

The loss overshadowed a remarkable November for the Wild, who finished October with nine points, tied for the third-lowest total in the league. After an 11-1-2 record in November, they find themselves in the top five in the league with 33 points.

Doan tied the game 2-2 early in the third period thanks to a lucky rebound and a misplay by the Wild’s Mats Zuccarello. Doan fired a shot that hit Gustavsson and ricocheted off the glass behind the net. The puck bounced toward the Minnesota goal and Zuccarello, trying to knock it out of the air in the corner, inadvertently redirected the puck into his own net.

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Kaprizov, who scored twice in a 3-2 shootout win over the Avalanche on Friday, opened the scoring by burying a pass from Zuccarello near the mouth of the goal.

Malenstyn scored a deflection to tie the game before Boldy ripped Alex Tuch off the puck deep in the Buffalo zone, then skated in alone and beat Ellis between the skates to give the Wild a 2-1 lead after one period.

To be continued

Sabres: Host Winnipeg on Monday night.

Wild: At Edmonton Tuesday night.

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