Wild-Buffalo game recap
January 5, 2018 at 4:34AM
Star Tribune's Three Stars
1. Nino Niederreiter, Wild: The winger put up his second career hat trick.
2. Mikko Koivu, Wild: The captain chipped in a goal and two assists.
3. Mikael Granlund, Wild: The winger turned in the first three-assist effort of his career.
By the numbers
2 Career hat tricks for Niederreiter against the Sabres.
9 Points for the Niederreiter-Koivu-Granlund line.
11 Goals for the Wild in its past two games.
SARAH MCLELLAN
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Alex Ovechkin scored three goals Sunday night to continue his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's career record, and former Golden Knight Logan Thompson saved 40 shots in his first game back at T-Mobile Arena as the Washington Capitals beat Vegas 5-2.
