NHL roundup: Sabres score nine goals on Blackhawks, Wild shutout Penguins

Buffalo Sabres players celebrating a goal (2025)
Buffalo Sabres players celebrating a goal (2025)Joe Hrycych/Getty Images

The NHL's four-game slate on Friday was headlined by a nine-goal effort from the Buffalo Sabres and a Minnesota Wild shutout over the Pittsburgh Penguins!

Sabres 9-3 Blackhawks

Tyler Bertuzzi scored two of the Blackhawks' three goals in his 100th game, with teammate Connor Bedard picking up his 100th-career assist on one of them. 

Alex Vlasic (2) scored the other for Chicago, but the highlights were all Buffalo.

Josh Doan (7) scored twice for Buffalo, while Alex Tuch (13) racked up four assists. It's the first time the Sabres have put up nine goals in a season since December 21, 2023, against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The last time Chicago gave up nine goals in a game was against the Edmonton Oilers on November 19, 2011. 

Chicago fell to 10-7-4 as Buffalo improved to 8-9-4. 

Wild 5-0 Penguins

Matt Boldy (13) scored twice in the shutout, making it eight goals in eight games for Minnesota's young star.

Joel Eriksson Ek scored his fourth goal of the season, with an assist from Boldy - his 12th on the season. 

Marcus Johansson (8) and Kirill Kaprizov (12) scored the other two for Minnesota.

Goaltender Filip Gustavsson earned his second shutout of the season after recording 19 saves as the Wild extended their win streak to four. 

They improved to 11-7-4, while Pittsburgh fell to 10-6-4. 

Hurricanes 4-3 Jets

After going down 2-1 entering the second period, Jordan Staal (7) would score his second goal of the game to kickstart a rally as the Canes scored three straight to take a 4-2 lead. 

Gabriel Vilardi (8) would score for the Jets in the third to cut the lead to one, but it wasn't enough as the Canes held on in the end. 

Carolina improved to an Eastern Conference-best 14-5-2 on the year. 

Winnipeg fell to 12-8-0 as they remain one of two teams (Boston Bruins) without a loss in overtime this season. 

Bruins 0-0 Kings (ongoing)

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