Postgame Hat Trick: Wild 6, Jets 2

Wild.com's Dan Myers gives three takeaways from the Wild's 6-2 win against the Winnipeg Jets in Game 3 of a First Round Stanley Cup Playoff series at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Sunday night:

1. Buoyed by a four-goal second period, the Wild looked like a completely different team on home ice.
After being overwhelmed by the Jets in a 4-1 loss in Game 2 on Friday, Minnesota turned the tables in its first home game of the best-of-7 series.
After Winnipeg converted a power play 4:50 into the game on a deflected cross-crease pass that was deflected off track and into the goal by Jonas Brodin -- the Jets' only shot on goal for the better part of the first 10 minutes of the game -- the Wild rallied with the next three goals, including first-period markers by Mikael Granlund and Zach Parise.

Matt Dumba's snapper through traffic made it 3-1 just 3:32 into the second period before Tyler Myers answered for Winnipeg just over three minutes later.

Then came perhaps the most critical stretch of the game.
Parise took a tripping minor that Minnesota killed. Charlie Coyle went to the penalty box moments later for a hold. Defending a one-goal lead, the Wild's penalty kill came through again.
Two minutes after returning to full strength, Eric Staal took a beauty of a feed from Granlund and roofed a shot over Connor Hellebuyck, re-establishing the two-goal lead.

But Minnesota wasn't done.
Jordan Greenway added his first NHL goal 20 seconds later and Marcus Foligno scored an off an "excuse me" deflection in front 3:23 after that to make it 6-2.

Hellebuyck played the final 1:37 of the second period but remained on the bench for the final period of action.
2. Nick Seeler continued his strong series with perhaps his best game yet as a pro.
The rookie defenseman assisted on Greenway's and Foligno's goals late in the second, but more than that, he was a workhorse in the defensive end, specifically on the penalty kill.
Seeler blocked four shots, most of those coming on Minnesota's back-to-back kills in the second period that helped preserve the game.
He also nearly scored his first NHL goal early in the second, stepping up into a short-handed rush chance with Daniel Winnik. Seeler accepted Winnik's pretty saucer pass and beat Hellebuyck cleanly with the shot, but it hit the inside of the left post then danced along the goal line and out the other side.
3. The Wild's best players were rewarded for their efforts.
We've already highlighted Seeler's night. Greenway, Foligno and Winnik have been some of Minnesota's most consistent players so far in the series, and were rewarded with spots on the scoresheet on Sunday.
Parise, the Wild's most consistent source of offense in the first two games of the series, extended his goal streak to three games this postseason.
Perhaps most importantly, goaltender Devan Dubnyk was rewarded with a win and some much-needed support offensively. With all of the offense stealing the headlines, Dubnyk once again had a solid game, including huge saves on Nikolaj Ehlers, two grade-As on Kyle Connor and another on Bryan Little. He finished the night with 29 saves.

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