In Washington, DC, the Minnesota Wild fell behind, 1-0 and 2-1 on Tuesday night, and scored three straight goals to end the end game with a a 4-2 win over the Capitals. 
Filip Gustavsson made 34 saves in the Minnesota win.
The Wild improved to 25-14-4.
Jared Spurgeon hit for a double in the middle frame to help the Wild take a 3-2 lead.
“It’s one thing we preach about on this team is that everyone can contribute, and in the [offensive] zone it’s anyone’s turn,” Spurgeon said after he and fellow defenseman Brodin accounted for three goals. “Tonight, the [defensemen] had the chances, and they were fortunate to go in.”
The Caps dropped to 24-17-6.
“There’s not much I didn’t like about it,” Washington coach Peter Laviolette said. There are things that could be a little bit better, but I thought our guys pressed and played hard the entire night.”
The capitals jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a strike by Martin Fehervary.
“We clearly didn’t start on time,” Wild coach Dean Evason said. “We talked about that this morning. They’re probably going to roll in with some momentum from what they did last night, and they did. We didn’t handle it very well. Fortunately, our goaltender did. He started on time, and we had a lot of guys that did but a lot of guys that didn’t.”
Spurgeon tied it, 1-1, in the second, but the Caps regained the lead on a marker from Dylan Strome.
The Wild’s Jonas Brodin tied the game, 2-2, with his first goal of the season.
Spurgeon then put the Wild ahead, 3-2 in the second with his double.
Joel Eriksson Ek potted an empty-net goal with less than a minute left on the regulation clock for the 4-2 final.
Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves in the caps loss.
“They took my eyes away on those (second period) goals, but I thought we again played well enough to win,” Lindgren said.
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