Wild 5, Penguins 3

Minnesota 2 2 1 — 5 Pittsburgh 2 0 1 — 3

First Period: 1, Pittsburgh, Puustinen 1 (Grzelcyk, Crosby), 11:36 (pp). 2, Pittsburgh, Rakell 5 (Crosby, Letang), 15:31. 3, Minnesota, Lauko 2 (Khusnutdinov), 17:03. 4, Minnesota, Gaudreau 1, 17:58. Penalties: Merrill, MIN (Cross Checking), 7:24. Rossi, MIN (High Sticking), 10:10. Eller, PIT (Roughing), 19:12.

Second Period: 5, Minnesota, Gaudreau 2 (Faber, Kaprizov), 1:38. 6, Minnesota, Zuccarello 5 (Rossi, Kaprizov), 19:23. Penalties: Pittsburgh bench, served by Bunting (Roughing), 10:39. Faber, MIN (Fighting), 10:39. St. Ivany, PIT (Fighting), 10:39.

Third Period: 7, Pittsburgh, Rakell 6 (Crosby, Pettersson), 3:36. 8, Minnesota, Kaprizov 5 (Gaudreau, Middleton), 19:41 (en). Penalties: Beauvillier, PIT (Tripping), 9:38. Hayes, PIT (Tripping), 11:13. Eller, PIT (Delay of Game), 12:17.

Shots on goal: Minnesota 15-10-15: 40. Pittsburgh 9-11-9: 29.

Power-play opportunities: Minnesota 0 of 5. Pittsburgh 1 of 2.

Goalies: Minnesota, Fleury 2-0-1 (29 shots-26 saves). Pittsburgh, Blomqvist 2-4-0 (39-34).

A: 18,195 (18,387). T: 2:28.

Referees: Kyle Rehman, Furman South; Linesmen: Devin Berg, Julien Fournier.