Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists, and Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy each had a goal and an assist for Minnesota (1-0-1). Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves in his season debut.
“I liked a lot more of our game and our mindset, the details of our game, than in the first one (a 3-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday),” Wild coach John Hynes said. “So, we got to build off it. We didn’t get the two, we got the one. You got to keep getting wins, you got to keep getting points. We got to, but all that’s going to be driven by, I think, the mindset, I think the style of game. And I saw lots, lots of good tonight that I think we’re going to be able to move forward with.”
Zuccarello made it 1-0 at 9:22 of the first period when Kaprizov, who was behind the net, fed him cutting through the slot. It was Zuccarello's 200th NHL goal.
“Some games are harder than others,” Zuccarello said. “Some games, you’re creating. Should have maybe scored a couple more goals and got the win.”
Boldy increased the lead 2-0 at 1:06 of the second period with a shot from the high slot that bounced off Daccord’s pads.
Eberle responded 40 seconds later, finding a loose puck down low to cut it to 2-1. It was his 300th career goal.
Eberle then tied it 2-2 at 8:15 with a power-play goal, a backdoor deflection off a shot from Andre Burakovsky.
“We've talked about scoring more goals and getting more goals. You got to get them a lot of different ways,” Bylsma said. “Power play is one of the ways you're going to be a better goal-scoring team. We got it tonight there, but you need to get it throughout your lineup as well and you need to get it in a lot of different ways.”