Morrow took a pass from Patrik Laine and fired a shot from the right circle that eluded Wild goaltender Andrew Hammond and appeared to ricochet off the far-side post.
Instead, the referee on the goal line signaled a goal, and without the benefit of replay review in the preseason, the decision stood as called even after television replays showed the puck clearly never entered the net.
"The ping I heard, I thought it didn't go in," said Wild coach Bruce Boudreau. "And they didn't really celebrate, they were sort of looking around. It was one of those where we were waiting to see the replay so we could tell on our own."
If it were the regular season, Boudreau and his coaching staff would have had a tablet at their disposal and certainly would have challenged it.
Moments prior, the Wild were the beneficiaries of a no-goal call after the Jets appeared to score on a 2-on-1 rush. A puck centered by Kristian Vesalainen was deflected by backchecking Wild forward Ivan Lodnia, who crashed into Hammond. The puck may have crossed the line before the net came off its moorings, but the call on the ice was no goal.
"So it probably evens out in the end," Boudreau said. "It is what it is."
The game was played with solid pace and had more intensity than a run-of-the-mill preseason opener. Minnesota outshot Winnipeg 40-30, but Jets goaltender Laurent Brossoit was up to the task.
"This time of year, you've got a lot of guys fighting, trying to earn jobs, trying to show what they can do," said Wild forward Matt Hendricks. "So you've got tons of effort on both sides. I thought we played a hard game tonight, I thought we worked hard. It was a good hockey game for this time of year."
Hendricks scored the only goal for Minnesota, shoveling in a loose puck in front of Winnipeg goaltender Laurent Brossoit 2:07 into the third period, tying the game for the Wild.
It was a prototypical Hendricks goal; shot from the point hits traffic in front, and the veteran Hendricks was rewarded for doing some of the greasy work near the blue paint.
