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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
ENP STAFF REPORTS
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Buffalo Sabres scored three goals in the first period over the Minnesota Wild Tuesday night -- two in 20 seconds -- enough to beat the Wild 3-2 at the Xcel Center.
The win, the Sabres second in two games, puts the Sabres at 17-22-4 on the season.
Jamie McGinn notched the Sabres' first goal at 9:37 of the first, assisted by Evander Kane and Ryan O'Reilly. Rasmus Ristolainen made it 2-0 at 17:30, assisted by Brian Gionta. Gionta then scored a goal of his own just 20 seconds later at 17:50, assisted by Josh Gorges and Marcus Foligno.
From there, it was up to Sabres netminder Linus Ullmark.
Ryan Suter scored a short-handed goal for Minnesota at 12:57 of the second period, assisted by Erik Haula and Jared Spurgeon.
Former Sabre Thomas Vanek made it a close contest, landing a goal for the Wild with just 52 seconds to play in regulation. Ryan Suter and Mikael Granlund assisted on the goal, which made it 3-2 in favor of Buffalo.
The Sabres return home to face the Boston Bruins on Friday and Washington Capitals on Saturday before heading back out west to play Phoenix and Colorado.
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The win, the Sabres second in two games, puts the Sabres at 17-22-4 on the season.
Jamie McGinn notched the Sabres' first goal at 9:37 of the first, assisted by Evander Kane and Ryan O'Reilly. Rasmus Ristolainen made it 2-0 at 17:30, assisted by Brian Gionta. Gionta then scored a goal of his own just 20 seconds later at 17:50, assisted by Josh Gorges and Marcus Foligno.
From there, it was up to Sabres netminder Linus Ullmark.
Ryan Suter scored a short-handed goal for Minnesota at 12:57 of the second period, assisted by Erik Haula and Jared Spurgeon.
Former Sabre Thomas Vanek made it a close contest, landing a goal for the Wild with just 52 seconds to play in regulation. Ryan Suter and Mikael Granlund assisted on the goal, which made it 3-2 in favor of Buffalo.
The Sabres return home to face the Boston Bruins on Friday and Washington Capitals on Saturday before heading back out west to play Phoenix and Colorado.
Check out East Niagara Post videos on YouTube, Vine and Periscope.
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