Minnesota 3, Tampa Bay 2

First Period_1, Minnesota, Parise 17 (Spurgeon, Staal), 14:17 (pp). Penalties_Rutta, TB (Holding), 8:47; Point, TB (Tripping), 12:20.

Second Period_2, Tampa Bay, Kucherov 19 (Palat, Sergachev), 7:42. 3, Minnesota, Eriksson Ek 4 (Kunin, Foligno), 12:32. 4, Minnesota, Suter 7 (Greenway), 14:43. Penalties_Volkov, TB (Hooking), 15:46.

Third Period_5, Tampa Bay, Kucherov 20 (Stamkos, Cirelli), 9:32 (pp). Penalties_Koivu, Min (Holding), 1:24; Dumba, Min (Roughing), 7:43; Stamkos, TB (Hooking), 11:43.

Shots on Goal_Tampa Bay 5-7-8_20. Minnesota 8-11-4_23.

Power-play opportunities_Tampa Bay 1 of 2; Minnesota 1 of 4.

Goalies_Tampa Bay, McElhinney 5-6-2 (23 shots-20 saves). Minnesota, Stalock 10-7-3 (20-18).

A_17,305 (18,064). T_2:30.

Referees_Frederick L'Ecuyer, Dean Morton. Linesmen_Julien Fournier, Mark Shewchyk.