The Minnesota Wild will try for their eighth straight victory when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

The Wild are also 11-1-1 in their past 13 games, most recently beating the team with the best record in the NHL that was riding a 10-game winning streak.

Minnesota took down the visiting Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in a shootout on Friday, marking just the eighth time in NHL history that two teams met with winning streaks of at least six games, and the second time that happened with the Wild.

They were on a 12-game winning streak when the Columbus Blue Jackets beat them 4-2 on Dec. 31, 2016 to run their winning streak to 15 games.

"They're the best team in the league right now," Minnesota defenseman Jonas Brodin said of Colorado. "They [have] great players, but we're a good tea

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