The teams then combined for three goals in 52 seconds during a frantic 4-on-4 sequence.
Blake tied the game 1-1 at 12:53, finishing an end-to-end rush with a snap shot past Gustavsson’s blocker.
“It was 4-on-4, so a little more ice than usual,” Blake said. “I just kind of winded it up a little bit. I think it was kind of a broken play, so that played a factor into it.”
Just 31 seconds later, Kaprizov set up Brock Faber for a snap shot from the right circle to put Minnesota up 2-1 at 13:24.
“Sweet play by [Marcus Johansson] and a good play by Kirill, and I just shot it hard. I don’t really know where it went,” Faber said. “It was a good effort from us. We had our chances and it [stinks] not getting two points.”
Carolina answered back 21 seconds later to tie the game 2-2 at 13:45. Svechnikov took a pass from Alexander Nikishin in the neutral zone, skated to the left circle and shot between the legs of Minnesota defenseman Jake Middleton for a goal short side.
Walker scored his second goal in as many games five seconds after a power play expired with a wrist shot from inside the blue line to give Carolina a 3-2 lead at 16:51.
“We definitely have talked about getting a lot more pucks to the net,” Walker said. “[Seth Jarvis] made a great pass to me, and when I looked up, I knew I could definitely get it past the first guy. And luckily it was a good screen, I think by [Faber].”
