The Kings took a 3-2 lead after Dubnyk used his stick to knock away Kempe's centering pass, but sent it into Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin's right skate. It careened back in between Dubnyk's pads at 12:38.
"This one was really frustrating because it was a play that they didn't do anything," Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. "This one, if we hadn't touched the puck, it's going into the corner."
Gaborik got his 400th goal and 800th NHL point 1:22 later off a face-off win by Kopitar, with the shot hitting Matt Dumba's stick.
"[Kopitar] has just been a horse all year, and [Gaborik] has worked so hard to come back and really wants to play and be a productive player. It's kind of fitting that those two guys would partner up on a milestone like that," Stevens said.
Stevens shuffled his lines in the second period, reuniting Gaborik with Kopitar and Dustin Brown. The line, which served as a major catalyst during the Kings' run to the Stanley Cup in 2013-14, sparked the third-period rally when Gaborik finished off a 2-on-1 break with Kopitar to make it 2-2 at 4:35 of the third period.
It was Gaborik's sixth point in seven games after going through an extended training camp to recover from offseason knee surgery. The Kings are 6-0-1 with Gaborik in the lineup.
Coyle opened the scoring at 10:30 of the second, finishing off a 3-on-2 break. Tyler Toffoli missed on his attempt to reach out and steal Coyle's pass to Daniel Winnik in the offensive zone, allowing the Wild to charge the other way. Chris Stewart sent the puck towards the net and Coyle redirected it past Quick for his second goal.
Muzzin tied it 1-1 at 14:24 of the second period on a shot from the left circle. The Wild regained the lead 1:10 later when Ennis scored on a wraparound.
But Minnesota failed to maintain its intensity in the third period, with self-inflicted mistakes that allowed Los Angeles to capitalize.
"When they put their push on, we just didn't do anything about it," Boudreau said.
