It was Gustavsson’s third shutout of the season.
Tarasenko scored twice and had an assist, Yurov had a goal and two assists, and Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy also scored for the Wild (20-9-5), who extended their winning streak to five and home point streak to 13 games (11-0-2).
Charlie Lindgren made 27 saves for the Capitals (18-11-4), who have lost three straight (0-2-1) and four of their past five (1-2-2). The loss to Minnesota marks just their second in regulation in 11 games (7-2-2).
Tarasenko put Minnesota ahead 1-0 at 2:09 of the first period with a wrist shot at the top of the slot.
Kaprizov extended the lead 2-0 at 12:51 of the second period, backhanding the rebound of Joel Eriksson Ek’s shot past Lindgren from the slot for the power-play goal.
Yurov wins the draw in the Wild’s offensive zone and gives it to Tarasenko, who scores with a wrist shot to make it 3-0 at 4:23 of the third period.
Tarasenko backhanded a pass to Yurov on the trailer to extend the lead 4-0 at 8:53.
Boldy gets in on the rush and cuts to the middle for the wrist shot at 14:12 for the 5-0 final.
Wild defenseman Daemon Hunt left in the middle of the first period after a collision with Capitals forward Ethen Frank inside the offensive blue line.
