Brian Rolston and Mark Parrish scored second-period goals to give unbeaten Minnesota a testy 2-0 win over the defending champion Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.
Josh Harding posted his third career shutout with a career-high 37 saves, while the Wild spoiled Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere's first game of the season.
Minnesota's 5-0 start leaves the Wild as the NHL's only team without a loss, and puts them one victory away from matching last season's squad for the franchise's best winning streak from the start of a season. Three of the wins have been shutouts.
Giguere, who recorded a franchise-record 36 victories last season and 13 more in the playoffs, faced 24 shots. He sat out the first six games after undergoing surgery on Aug. 6 for a hernia.
Giguere's anticipated duel with Minnesota goalie Niklas Backstrom did not take place, however. Backstrom got the night off after allowing just four goals in Minnesota's first four games and posting shutouts against Chicago and Edmonton.
Red Wings 4, Kings 1
In Los Angeles, Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and two assists as Detroit sent Los Angeles to their fifth-straight loss.
The Red Wings scored two goals each in the second and third periods against Jonathan Bernier, the Kings' 19-year-old rookie.
Detroit backup Chris Osgood made 27 saves in his 600th NHL start, and second of the season.
Leading by a goal in the third, the Red Wings scored goals less than 2 minutes apart to take a 4-1 lead. Tomas Holmstrom scored from the left side at 5:39 on a pass from Zetterberg.
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