The Wild cut the deficit to 3-1 at 14:46. After a defensive-zone face-off win, Minnesota stretched the ice with four quick passes before Kirill Kaprizov beat Swayman short side with a snap shot from the left circle.
“Nice play from breakout,” Kaprizov said. “It was a nice pass to me and I just shot it.”
Elias Lindholm made it 4-1 at 3:48 of the third period, putting a rebound into an open net from the doorstep.
Zuccarello then cut it to 4-2 with a 5-on-3 power-play goal at 7:57, and Hartman brought Minnesota to within 4-3 at 13:44 by batting in his own rebound in front.
“I actually thought we played a pretty good game, but it feels like every mistake we made ended up in the back of our net, so it was one of those days,” Zuccarello said. “First period there was a little rust, and in the second and third we came back the right way, but unfortunately we couldn’t get the two points.”
Zacha scored his second goal at 16:50 on a redirection to make it 5-3, and Elias Lindholm scored into an empty net for his second of the game and the 6-3 final at 19:26.
“They’re always a hard team to play against,” Faber said. “Ever since I’ve been part of the Wild, (Boston) seems so big, fast and physical, especially when they’re fighting for their lives. That’s a hard team to play against. We definitely could’ve played better, but at the end of the day they outplayed us and they deserve that win.”
NOTES: Zacha has nine points (six goals, three assists) in his past six games. … Faber had an assist to become the fastest Wild defenseman to reach 50 points in a season (15 goals, 35 assists in 74 games). … Hughes has 45 assists with Minnesota and is tied with Ryan Suter (2017-18) for the highest single-season total by a defenseman team history. … Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon missed the game and is day to day with an undisclosed injury sustained in the third period of a 3-2 win at the Florida Panthers on Thursday.