Not much of anything went the Buffalo Sabres way tonight. They were dominated by the Minnesota Wild from the opening puck drop. Nino Niederreiter scored just 1:09 into the game to set the tone for the evening.
Just over a minute later Daniel Winnik was given a free lane to the Sabres net and beat Robin Lehner high glove to put the Wild up 2-0 just over two minutes into the game.
Things went from bad to worse when Rasmus Ristolainen was given a five minute major and game misconduct for a questionable hit on Mikko Koivu.