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.

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.

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.

The Minnesota Wild only scored once against the Sabres but thanks to their defensive effots they held onto the lead to come out with the win.

Thanks to the comfort of a charter flight home from western New York, members of the Minnesota Wild will wake up at home on Thanksgiving morning. And thanks to their continued stellar play away from home, they spent the night before Thanksgiving in the place where they do their best work. Namely, some other team’s home rink.

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:

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

The Buffalo Sabres were unable to solve Filip Gustavsson and the Minnesota Wild, despite 39 shots on goal, in a 1-0 loss on Wednesday night at KeyBank Center. Pat Malacaro has a complete game recap: