"We have these kind of plays," Tatar said. "We even talk about it, when you see something, like maybe right behind, just throw it there and I'm going to try to sneak behind the post. It worked today, which is great. He made a beautiful pass."
Brodin made it 2-1 with 3:18 left in the second. He beat Howard with a one-time slap shot from the right point just inside the blue line. It was Brodin's second goal.
"I think until they scored their second goal, we were not playing our game and then we started to play or game," Granlund said.
Sheahan, who was originally credited with Larkin's goal, scored 2:08 into the third when he put in a rebound to make it 3-1. It was Sheahan's 13th goal and fourth in five games. He has two assists in that span.
"I don't know, just kind of building off some points I guess and some puck luck for sure, and playing with some good players," Sheahan said. "I think all of these guys in the offensive zone are capable of making plays, so I thought [Tatar] and [Nyquist] did a great job tonight and it was a lot of fun playing."
Minnesota defenseman Jared Spurgeon didn't play because of a lower-body injury, and forward Tomas Vanek returned after missing a game with an upper-body injury.