Antti Laaksonen's centering pass bounced off a skate in the crease, and straight to Walz, who caught Cloutier out of position playing the pass.
"Sometimes it doesn't work out and you just have to look at the series and learn from it," Crawford said. "As bitter as the pill is you hope that somewhere down the line you get some good out of it."
Cloutier finished with 12 saves.
Minnesota received the only two power plays in the game that was played just one day after the Wild beat the Canucks at home in Game 6.
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