Buffalo won it 3-2 in overtime, erasing a two-goal second-period deficit with a third period that flipped the game. Owen Power finished it at 65 minutes, assisted by Jiri Kulich.
The first period ended 0-0 before Minnesota took over in the second: Danila Yurov scored at 34 off a Blake Coleman feed, and Maxim V. Shabanov made it 0-2 at 36 with Quinn Hughes assisting. Noah Ostlund cut it to 1-2 at 44, and Tage Thompson tied it at 50 off Peyton Krebs to close the period at 2-2.
Power was the difference-maker on both ends of the comeback — an assist on Ostlund's goal and the overtime winner. All three Buffalo goals came after the 43rd minute; Minnesota's two came inside a two-minute window in the middle period and nothing after.