Forwards Mikael Granlund, Zach Parise and Eric Staal scored, but members of the third and fourth lines also contributed.
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"When you see those guys have success, it kind of relieved pressure on everyone else," said fourth-line forward Marcus Foligno, who scored his first Stanley Cup Playoff goal in Game 3. "They definitely carry this team. As a line, it's our job to provide that secondary scoring, third scoring, and we did that. It was just a complete effort."
In addition to Foligno, third-line wing Jordan Greenway scored his first NHL playoff goal.
"My goal is just to build every day in games, in practice, keep building, keep getting better, keep doing everything I can to have an impact out here and help the guys win," Greenway said. "I'm just trying to do the little things and the big things are starting to come with it. It's good. I've been getting a lot of help from these guys, so it's been a really easy transition."
Defensively, the Wild received a lift from rookie defenseman Nick Seeler, who has played in 25 NHL games (including playoffs), and was tasked with matching up against Jets forward Patrik Laine. Seeler blocked four shots and effectively limited Laine to one shot on goal. Seeler also had two assists and finished the game plus-2.
"[Seeler has] surprised me since he's been here," Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. "This guy has never played in the NHL before. He's had very average training camps here. [Iowa Wild coach] Derek Lalonde must have done a great job with him because he's come up here and hasn't played like a guy who hasn't played in the NHL before, let alone the pressure of playoff hockey. So he's surprised me for sure, but in a real good way."
The Wild are hoping for more of the same in Game 4.
"It's always important, especially this time of the year but we need everyone to contribute, whether it's on the scoresheet or not, everyone's got to contribute in their own way," Parise said after Game 3. "It's great to get all lines scoring but, like I said, you got to get everyone contributing in one way or another and it's not always going to be on the scoresheet.
"We expect [Winnipeg] to be better for Game 4 and we're going to have to be a lot better too."
