Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves and Kirill Kaprizov scored to give the Minnesota Wild a 1-0 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves for Buffalo, which failed to win four in a row for the third time this season.

Kirill Kaprizov scored the only goal the Wild needed. Goalie Filip Gustavsson, aided by 31 blocked shots, posted his second shutout of the season.

Kirill Kaprizov scored early in the first period, and that was enough for the Minnesota Wild with Filip Gustavsson pitching a shutout in net in a 1-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres Wednesday night at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

In his latest masterpiece in what has been a tremendous start to his season, Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves and the Wild blocked a season-high 32 shots — the fourth-ever 30-plus blocked shot regular-season effort from the team — in a 1-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center.

Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves to help the Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 1-0 on Wednesday and continue their excellent play on the road. Two days after getting just one goal despite taking a season-high 44 shots in a loss to the Winnipeg Jets,

Buffalo Sabres peppered Filip Gustavsson with 39 shots on goal, but couldn't find the back of the net in a 1-0 loss to the Wild.

It’s an oversimplification of Wednesday’s 1-0 win by the Minnesota Wild, but one team got a 4-on-1 break for a goal, and the other team didn’t. Paul Hamilton shares his postgame thoughts:

BUFFALO -- Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves for the Minnesota Wild in a 1-0 win against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Wednesday. It was the second shutout of the season and eighth in the NHL for Gustavsson, who made 16 saves in the first period and 14 in the third.

Kirill Kaprizov's goal in the first period stood as the game-winner as the Minnesota Wild held on to beat the Buffalo Sabres 1-0 Wednesday in KeyBank Center.