Eric Staal's short-handed goal in the third period broke a tie and gave Minnesota a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens to tie the Wild's team record of nine consecutive wins on Thursday night.
Jordan Schroeder and Jared Spurgeon also scored for the Wild (20-8-4), who last won nine in a row March 8-24, 2007.
They have a chance to break the record Friday night against the Rangers in New York. Jason Zucker added an empty-net goal with 23 seconds left in the game.
Max Pacioretty and Artturi Lehkonen scored for Montreal, (21-8-4), which ended a two-game winning run.
The game featured a duel between two of the NHL's leading goalies, with Devan Dubnyk having the edge over Carey Price as the Canadiens outshot the Wild 34-27.
After a scoreless first period, the Canadiens struck shorthanded.
After Brian Flynn and Tomas Plekanec were stopped on back-to-back chances, Phillip Danault sent Pacioretty in alone to beat Dubnyk with a low shot from the right side 2:01 into the second.
Price was at the heart of Minnesota's tying goal at 7:07 as his clearing attempt was picked off by Schroeder and the recent call-up from AHL Iowa circled the net and shot high.
Price got most of it, but inadvertently nudged it into the net with a skate.