Mats Zuccarello had two goals and an assist, and Matt Boldy had a goal and two assists to help the Wild (25-11-4) win their third straight game and fifth in their past six.
Rossi has eight points (three goals, five assists) in a three-game point streak. Minnesota has been without leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov the past five games because of a lower-body injury.
“Everyone brings something different to the line,” Rossi said. “[Boldy] brings the size and a shooting mentality. Me and ‘Zuccie’ are more for passes, but lately I’m scoring more. So today in pregame skate, Zuccie told me I should pass it more, so I tried today."
Pyotr Kochetkov made 23 saves for the Hurricanes (23-14-2), who are 2-3-1 in their past six.
“Consistency has been the big issue with our group,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “We play really well, and then not so good. We’ve got to get a little more to our identity every game.”
The Wild set the tone early in the first period when they held the Hurricanes to one shot during a high-sticking double minor to Joel Eriksson Ek.
“You can gain a lot of momentum off it, or you can put yourself in a hole,” Minnesota defenseman Zach Bogosian said. “Everyone did a great job killing that off. It seemed like we used that as a springboard for the rest of the game.”
Minnesota went ahead 1-0 at 13:03 of the first period when Zuccarello took a pass from Rossi and scored on a one-timer from the top of the right face-off circle.
“I like the way we started tonight,” Wild coach John Hynes said. “I thought we had good energy; we were engaged. Details were strong, and we played the style of game we needed to win.”
Eriksson Ek redirected Zuccarello’s snap shot from the point for a power-play goal that made it 2-0 at 11:30 of the second period.
