Derick Brassard set up the tying goal and scored the game-winner early in the third period as the Rangers rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the struggling Wild 4-2 on Thursday night.
Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh and streaking J.T. Miller each had a goal and an assist as New York stretched its winning streak at Madison Square Garden to four games. Henrik Lundqvist made 16 saves, including two third-period stops on Marco Scandella after the Rangers took the lead. Chris Kreider added an empty-net goal with 1:48 to play
Ryan Carter and Matt Dumba scored for the Wild, who lost their second straight after the All-Star break and fell to 1-8-1 in their last 10.
All-Star goalie Devan Dubnyk made 26 saves as the teams split their two-game season series.
After falling behind 2-0 in a bad first period, the Rangers dominated the second and tied the score on goals by McDonagh and Miller in a 1:20 span early in the period.
McDonagh got the rebound of his own blocked shot and beat Dubnyk with a shot in close at 3:15.
Miller tied the score with a great shot from the left circle at 4:35 after taking a pass from behind the net by Brassard. It was Miller's seventh goal in six games and eighth in eight.
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Dubnyk kept the score tied in the next few minutes by stopping a rebound attempt in close from Oscar Lindberg and making a glove save on defenseman Keith Yandle while sitting in the crease. New York had the first 12 shots in the period.
The Rangers came back from the All-Star break and lost to the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night, and it was a former Devil who put them behind early.
Carter, who just returned to the Wild lineup after missing seven games, blocked a point shot by defenseman Marc Staal and beat Lundqvist on a breakaway at 2:09 for his fifth goal.
Dumba made it 2-0 at 7:57 by snapping a 20-game goal drought with a power-play score from the top of the left circle.
The Rangers have been dreadful on the penalty kill lately. They gave up two goals in two short-handed situations against New Jersey, and Minnesota also scored on its first attempt.
NOTES: Wild D Ryan Suter played in his 800th game. ... Rangers forward Rick Nash missed his fourth straight game with a bone bruise. ... New York D Kevin Klein is out indefinitely after breaking his thumb late in Tuesday night's game against the Devils. Dylan McIlrath replaced him in the lineup. ... Jayson Megna played on the Rangers' fourth line a day after being recalled from Hartford of the AHL. ... Wild center Charlie Coyle had his four-game goal streak snapped. ... In his last 18 starts at home dating to Oct. 22, Lundqvist is 15-2-1.
