After Minnesota blew a three-goal lead in the third, Kaprizov put his team back in front with a bar-down slap shot from the right face-off dot. Kaprizov has seven points (five goals, two assists) during a four-game point streak.
Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist, and Mats Zuccarello and Ryan Hartman each had two assists for the Wild (44-21-12), who have won three straight and four of their past five games, including a 4-1 victory at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Filip Gustavsson made 18 saves.
The win moved Minnesota within two points of the idle Dallas Stars for second place in the Central Division. Each has five games remaining.
Axel Sandin-Pellikka, J.T. Compher and Patrick Kane scored in the third for the Red Wings (40-29-8), who have lost four of five, including 4-1 at the New York Rangers on Saturday. Cam Talbot made 15 saves.
Detroit entered in a four-way points tie for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference with the Senators, Philadelphia Flyers and Columbus Blue Jackets. Ottawa holds the first tiebreaker with the most regulation wins of the four (33) and is hosting the Carolina Hurricanes later Sunday; Philadelphia is hosting the Boston Bruins.
The Red Wings visit the Blue Jackets on Tuesday in the first of five regular-season games remaining for each team.
Minnesota scored four goals in the second period to take a 4-1 lead, but Detroit rallied to tie in the third with three goals in a span of 7:18.
Sandin-Pellikka cut it to 4-2 at 7:18 with a long wrist shot through traffic.
Compher made it 4-3 at 11:14, getting to the back door to tip in Simon Edvinsson’s pass across the slot.
Kane tied it 4-4 at 14:36, flipping Alex DeBrincat’s pass over Gustavsson’s glove.
But Kane took a tripping penalty at 16:23 to set up Kaprizov’s go-ahead goal on the power play.
Detroit outshot Minnesota 14-7 in the third.
Albert Johannson gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at 1:40 of the first period, skating to the top of the left face-off circle and putting in a shot off the right post.
Boldy tied it 1-1 just 18 seconds into the second with his 41st goal of the season, a wrist shot from the right circle that went between Talbot’s pads.
Kaprizov gave the Wild a 2-1 lead just 1:07 later, scoring his 41st of the season by redirecting Hartman’s shot at 1:25.
Vladimir Tarasenko made it 3-1 at 7:03, just six seconds after a penalty to Sandin-Pellikka expired.
Kaprizov scored his second of the game at 12:32. He took a pass from Brock Faber, broke down the left wing and shot over Talbot’s blocker to give Minnesota a 4-1 lead.
