Fleury wasn't letting his teammates take all the blame, however.
"At some points (it was an uncharacteristic game), yeah," he said. "But like I said, I think we had to push to open up to try to create some offense, and we score two quick goals (in the second period), and I should have kept the score there to keep us in the game, and it went the other way."
When asked if there was something more Gustavsson could've done to get the start for Game 2, Evason said, "I don't know how to answer that because both goalies have earned obviously to be in the net.
"We made the decision to go with Flower. They had a short-handed breakaway and [three] power-play goals. What would you like Flower to do, right? He made some incredible saves for us.
"We just spoke of all the odd-man rushes that we gave up. Another one was a breakaway. Another one was a power play. That's what, five? We gave them their opportunities. They took them, too. They played really well, but we didn't do the right things in front of our goaltender tonight."
Fleury has come through in a lot of playoff games in his career, as evidenced by his three Stanley Cup championships with the Penguins (2009, 2016 and 2017) and helping the Golden Knights advance to the Cup Final in 2018. He wants to contribute to the Wild's success this postseason, as he did in the regular season, but Game 2 just didn't work out.
"I want to do good no matter what, but I think me and 'Gus' are partners," he said. "I don't feel like I play against him. He was tremendous and awesome that last game, and I just wanted to do my part, my job tonight and keep the team rolling and start a winning streak. And I didn't, and that [ticked] me off."
NHL.com independent correspondent Taylor Baird contributed to this report