BUFFALO, N. DeVondre Campbell Jersey .Y. -- Jason Pominville received a warm welcome in his return to Buffalo and left his former team still searching for its first win of the season. Pominville, a former Sabres captain, scored the winning goal in the Minnesota Wilds 2-1 victory over the winless Sabres on Monday night. "It tops off a pretty emotional day in a great way," said Pominville, who played his first game in Buffalo since he was traded to Minnesota last April for centre Johan Larsson, Rochester goalie Matt Hackett, a first-round pick that was used on defenceman Nikita Zadorov and a second-round selection. "So many good memories in this building. Its nice to get another one." Pominville scored on the power play with 9.7 seconds left in the second period to give Minnesota a 2-1 lead. Mikko Koivu and Jared Spurgeon assisted on the goal. Kyle Brodziak also scored for Minnesota (3-1-2). Josh Harding made 22 saves. Buffalo (0-6-1) tied a franchise record for its longest winless streak to start a season. The Sabres were 0-5-2 in 1999 and 0-4-3 in 1990. The Sabres came into the game allowing an average of 37 shots on goal, but held Minnesota to just 16. Buffalo failed to take advantage, however, and went 0-4 on the power play. "There were many moments in the game where I dont feel that our execution was at its best, but the bottom line is we did enough good things to win this hockey game," Minnesota coach Mike Yeo said. "I thought special teams was critical." Brian Flynn lifted Buffalo into a 1-1 tie with 4:56 to go in the second period, scoring his first of the season off an assist from Zemgus Girgensons. The Sabres are a young team that is having trouble scoring. They have just seven goals through seven games, another franchise record for futility. "Youre not going to win many games scoring one goal," Sabres coach Ron Rolston said. "We need our top six to step up." Pominville empathized with his former teammates. "Its tough for the group of guys that have been here a while," he said. "The team is going through a little bit of a rebuild, trusting a lot of younger players. Its going to be a process for them. "I definitely feel for the guys that have been here a long time. They are competitors, they want to win, and right now its not going their way. But Im sure theyll stick with it and find a way to turn it around." Pominville, who spent 12 years in the Sabres organization, ranks 12th on the teams career list in goals (185) and points (456). He received a warm ovation from the fans when his name was announced in the starting lineup. He then drew boos after he scored the go-ahead goal. "Weve very happy for him," Yeo said. "Hes a guy that brings so much to our team, so much to our locker room. Hes a guy that you just want to go out and help him." Brodziak gave the Wild an early lead with his first of the season, scoring from the right circle on a delayed penalty five minutes in. Matt Cooke and Jonas Brodin assisted on the goal, Brodziaks first of the season. Jonas Enroth started in place of No. 1 Sabres goalie Ryan Miller and made 18 saves. "Its going to be hard to win with only one goal scorer," Enroth said. "At the same time, I think we played pretty well. We were in charge pretty much the whole game. So its a good sign, I think." NOTES: Buffalo D Henrik Tallinder returned to the lineup after missing four games with an upper body injury. The Sabres sent Alexander Sulzer to Rochester of the AHL to make room on the roster. . Minnesota D Nate Prosser was a healthy scratch for the sixth straight game. . Pominville has now scored against all 30 NHL teams. . The start of the second period was delayed 16 minutes because of a lighting malfunction. Deadrin Senat Jersey . 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Eduardo had a weak shot cleared away from near the goalline after barely a minute for Croatia, whose substitute Ivica Olic forced a fine reaction save from Halldorsson in the 55th.Rosemont, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - The seventh-ranked Villanova Wildcats seek a regular-season sweep of the DePaul Blue Demons on Saturday afternoon, as the two Big East Conference clubs square off Allstate Arena. Villanova enters the contest sporting an impressive 18-2 record, which includes a 5-2 league ledger. The Wildcats bounced back from an embarrassing loss at Georgetown (78-58) on Jan. 19 by routing Creighton at home last Sunday, 71-50. VU is 3-2 in true road games this season, losing two of its last four on enemy hardwood. DePaul is hoping to stop a two-game losing streak with a win today, and its most recent setback came in an 83-72 verdict at Providence on Thursday. As a result, the Blue Demons fell to 11-11 on the season, and 5-4 in conference. They are 8-3 at home, and this is their first game at Allstate Arena since besting St. Johns in overtime on Jan. 18, 71-67. Villanova owns a 19-8 series advantage against DePaul, and that includes an 81-64 win when the two teams met on the Wildcats home floor back on Jan. 10. Villanova used a 13-of-29 effort from 3-point range to thwart the upset bid of the Blue Demons in that contest. Darrun Hilliard paced the Wildcats with 21 points. Hilliard drained six 3-pointers, the Wildcats hitting 12 treys in the game, on his way to 24 points, as Villanova whipped visiting Creighton last weekend. Ryan Arcidiacono hit a pair of triples to tally 10 points, as VU shot better from beyond the arc (.462) than it did the floor overall (.446). The Bluejays were limited to 37.3 percent field goal efficiency, which included a dismal 4- of-21 showing from distance. 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Tommy Hamilton led the Blue Demons with 22 points off the bench, while Billy Garrett added 16, Jamee Crockett 14 and Myke Henry 10 in the losing effort. DePaul drained seven 3-pointers compared to only three for the Friars, but the home team logged a 26-13 edge in points at the foul line, while also securing a massive 38-19 rebounding advantage. Henry (13.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg), Garrett (13.1 ppg, 3.7 apg), Hamilton (11.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg) and Crockett (10.8 ppg) are all averaging double digits for a DePaul squad that generates 72.4 ppg, but allows 73.9 ppg. The Blue Demons are hitting 36.6 percent of their long-range launches, while yielding only 30.0 percent success to the opposition. A -3.9 rebounding differential has hurt the team on more than one occasion, as has the fact that it turns the ball over an average of 14.5 times per contest.