Jake Middleton handed off to Faber, an assist that extended Middleton’s career-long point streak to five games.
But the Wild and Tampa Bay were back to Square 1 by 6:23 when Jake Guentzel wired in a puck on the power play (2-for-4); this was the first time the Wild gave up multiple power-play goals, but losing the special teams battle wasn’t costly because of Kaprizov’s clutch play late.
At the side of the net, Rossi threw a loose puck into the crease, and the puck deflected off Kaprizov’s stick to break the 2-2 tie.
The Wild have two more games in St. Paul before they get back on the road, and they kicked off this homestand at full strength.
Ryan Hartman suited up after missing five games with an upper-body injury.
“I had something similar to this last year,” said Hartman, who slotted on the fourth line next to Jakub Lauko and Marat Khusnutdinov. “I was able to kind of play through it. But this one was a little different with where I was and how it affected the way I could do things. So, it’s been kind of just waiting for it to feel good enough to go. So, it does.”
