Sam Reinhart scores the winning goal for Buffalo.
By Heather Engel / NHL.com Correspondent
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist for the Buffalo Sabres before scoring the only goal in the shootout for a 5-4 win against the Minnesota Wild at KeyBank Center on Tuesday.
Minnesota’s Zach Parise tied the game 4-4 with 1:37 left in the third period when he scored off a scramble in front.
Evan Rodrigues, C.J. Smith, and Rasmus Dahlin scored for Buffalo (26-20-6), which won for the first time in three games. Linus Ullmark made 41 saves.
Jared Spurgeon scored two goals for the Wild (26-22-5), who have lost three games in a row after winning their previous three. Devan Dubnyk made 35 saves.
Rodrigues gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal from the top of the right face-off circle at 4:31 of the first period.
Minnesota tied it 1-1 at 6:29 of the second period. Granlund passed from behind the net to Spurgeon in front, and the defenseman batted the puck out of midair.
Smith put Buffalo ahead 2-1 1:03 later, putting a pass from Reinhart into an open net from the bottom of the left circle at 7:32.
Dahlin extended it to 3-1 on the power play when his shot from the high slot went by a screened Dubynk at 11:33.
Spurgeon scored his second of the night to cut it to 3-2 at 13:43, sweeping in a wraparound. Charlie Coyle tied it 3-3 when he crashed the net and poked in a loose puck at 17:05 after it hit the right post.
Reinhart made it 4-3 at 6:25 of the third period from the left side of the net.
Wild forward Mikko Koivu left the game at 11:07 of the first period after he collided with Sabres forward Tage Thompson in the neutral zone.
Minnesota’s five-game winning streak at Buffalo ended.