It all fell apart in the first period.
The New York Islanders powerplay buried them early. The Wild capitalized in the first five minutes of the game off of an Adam Pelech giveaway that Marcus Foligno was the beneficiary of.
73 seconds later, Jason Zucker beat goaltender Thomas Greiss and made it 2-0 Minnesota. The back-breaker, ironically, came on the Islanders powerplay.
Eric Staal cashed in on a blown keep in from Nick Leddy and beat Greiss blocker side to put the Wild on top 3-0 not even halfway through the first period.