The Wild's first shot on goal of the night came via a Jason Zucker short-handed break in the first period that Allen was able to get his left pad on.
In the second, Zach Parise sprang Eric Staal for a chance but Jay Bouwmeester was able to disrupt Staal just enough to alter the Staal shot that Allen stopped with his left pad.
A few minutes later, Parise got a chance of his own, but Allen again came up with the stop.
"It would have been nice to cash in one of them; it would have been nice to have a penalty shot on a couple of them," said Wild coach Bruce Boudreau. "But it didn't happen [for us] either. That's what usually happens, a team gets outplayed and then they come back. I thought for sure we were going to tie it up because for sure, that's the way it works."
3. Devan Dubnyk kept the Wild in the game with a couple of fantastic saves, including a trio of chances from point-blank range in the second period.
Moments after Suter tied the game, Dubnyk got a piece of a shot by Nail Yakupov after the winger got hold of a loose puck off the draw. Later in the period, Dubnyk went to his right post-to-post to deny Robby Fabbri with the right pad as a power play expired. With less than two minutes left in the frame, Dubnyk slid the opposite direction, getting enough of a Tarasenko laser with his glove to keep the puck out of the net.
Minnesota trailed 2-1 through 40 minutes but it could have been much worse if not for the three brilliant saves by Dubnyk to keep the Wild within striking distance.
"First game of the season, they had a game under their belt and we knew they were going to come with a push," Dubnyk said. "We weathered it at the start, but I think we'd all agree that we have a lot more to give."
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• Dubnyk, who finished with 28 saves, skated in his 299th career NHL game.