Jason Pominville scores with 1:30 left after Rasmus Dahlin ties it in third.

By Jessi Pierce / NHL.com Correspondent

ST. PAUL, MN. — Jason Pominville scored the go-ahead goal with 1:30 remaining, and the Buffalo Sabres rallied to win their fifth straight game, 3-2, against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday.

Pominville beat Devan Dubnyk on a backhand from the right faceoff circle.

The Sabres (12-6-2) last won 5 in a row March 19-27, 2012.

Jake McCabe and Rasmus Dahlin scored for Buffalo, which is 6-1-0 in its past 7 games.

Zach Parise and Matt Dumba scored for the Wild (12-6-2).

Parise capitalized on a Sabres turnover in the neutral zone and scored unassisted to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead at 4:00 of the first period. Parise has 341 goals in his NHL career, the most of any Minnesota-born player in League history.

Dumba scored from the point on the power play at 7:45 to make it 2-0.

McCabe made it 2-1 at 14:52 after Dahlin worked the puck through the middle and found him on the doorstep.

Dahlin poked a rebound past Dubnyk (26 saves) at 12:58 of the third period to tie it 2-2.

Linus Ullmark made 37 saves for Buffalo.

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