For Stewart, it was his first multi-goal game since Jan. 30, 2015, when he was a member of the Buffalo Sabres.
To recap: After falling behind to the Jets (32-33-7) by four, the Wild rallied with four straight goals in a span of 10 minutes, 24 seconds.
"We made it pretty tough on ourselves in the game," Parise said. "There's a lot for us to learn from in that first period, things that we can't allow to happen. The second period on, we played a great game. But four-nothing, trying to get ourselves back in the game, that's not easy."
2. Winnipeg's Josh Morrissey fired the final salvo in a wild (no pun intended) game when his blast from the point got through traffic in front of Dubnyk with 7:17 left.
After Minnesota owned the final half of the second, the Wild pushed for its first lead in the opening moments of the third, nearly getting it when Stewart had a try on the back door following a nifty pass by Erik Haula.
But as the period progressed, the Jets picked up more steam. A couple nice saves by Dubnyk, including one sprawling glove stop on Byfuglien, kept the game tied.
But on the very next shift, the Jets worked the puck to Morrissey at the point, who fired through a crowd and just inside the left post for the winning goal.
Minnesota, which has now lost five straight games, will try to get back on track Tuesday when it hosts the San Jose Sharks. The Wild (43-22-6) plays five of its next six on home ice.
Afterward, Wild coach Bruce Boudreau was in no mood to find positives.
"We stunk in the first, we better come back in the second," Boudreau said.
"You give up four goals, you tie it up and then we let it slip away. I'd like to think we'd at least get a point out of that one, so it does sting," Stewart said. "I think it's a little bit too late in the year for moral victories, but we can learn from it. You look at the positive and the boys battled tonight, so we'll take that and we'll get ready for San Jose. There's no time to dwell on it."
3. The game, crazy as it was, marked the 1,000th in the NHL career of Eric Staal.
He became the 311th player in NHL history (and 309th skater) to reach the milestone and the fifth to do it in a Wild sweater.
He also became the first member of the legendary 2003 NHL Draft class to reach 1,000 games played.
"It's special for sure. Tough under the circumstances with how we've been playing here the last little bit, but grand scheme, it's a special moment for sure," Staal said. "It's been an honor to play this game and fun to be out there every day."
The native of Thunder Bay, Ontario, has missed just 22 games in his NHL career and ranks third in games played amongst all players since 2003-04, behind only Joe Thornton (1,006) and Patrick Marleau (1,004). Since entering the NHL in 2003-04, he ranks second in shots on goal, seventh in goals, eighth in points, ninth in PPG, and 11th in assists amongst all active players.
"It was great. It was fun to be a part of that," Parise said. "Great milestone. In this League, it's not easy to do."
