A week after dominating the puck possession battle but losing 4-1 in Anaheim, the Wild re-paid the Ducks with another solid effort and a 3-0 victory. Matt Dumba, Thomas Vanek, and Ryan Carter scored on absolute snipes as the Wild out-shot the Ducks 30-15 and out-attempted them 43-35. Minnesota has won five of its seven games to start the 2015-16 season.
The Ducks actually had the first real scoring chance in the game as the two teams traded attempts to start play in the first period. It looked like the Ducks had gone up by a one goal lead, but an official review determined that Shawn Horcoff, whose normal menacing presence on top of the goal crease was felt a lot in the first period, had kicked the puck into the net with a distinct kicking motion.