Marco Rossi, Justin Brazeau, Mats Zuccarello and Frederick Gaudreau scored, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1.

After a scoreless first period, it took just 56 seconds for Marco Rossi to put the Wild (40-25-5) on the scoreboard in the second frame. Just 4 minutes, 11 seconds later, Justin Brazeau made it a two-goal Wild advantage, then Mats Zuccarello scored again for the Wild at 8 minutes, 11 seconds into the period for a three-goal Minnesota lead.

In the second period, we were really good on the forecheck. We were winning more battles. And then good things happened,” Marco Rossi said.