SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- In a pitched battle with a tired opponent Sunday, the Minnesota Wild got an offensive boost from a historically reliable source of goals.

Zach Parise scored twice for Minnesota in the third period as the Wild overpowered the Detroit Red Wings with a 6-3 win.

The Wild (37-12-6) also got goals from Mikael Granlund, Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle and Christian Folin to improve to 4-0-1 in their past five games. Goalie Devan Dubnyk had 31 saves for Minnesota, which took a two-goal lead four times in the game only to see Detroit continue to answer until running out of gas late.

"It was ugly. It was a really sloppy game for both teams I think," Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said, admitting his opponent's fatigue. "They were tired, they played yesterday afternoon and I didn't think we helped them, we were a little sloppy ourselves."

The Red Wings (22-24-10) had played in Columbus less than 24 hours earlier and trailed by two after the first period, but got goals from Anthony Mantha, Henrik Zetterberg and Andreas Athanasiou to stay in the game. Goalie Jared Coreau had 24 saves for Detroit, which has lost four in a row. Their coach offered no excuses for his goalie or his team's lack of rest after the game.

"This league doesn't allow you to have any excuses. That's the reality of the league is you don't practice much," Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "(Coreau) has been in kind of a backup role and you go through stretches where you don't play. I thought mentally he was focused. I just think a couple of them got away from him there."

The Wild led 3-2 after two and got Parise's first of the game for a two-goal lead. Athanasiou answered 35 seconds later to pull Detroit back within one, but late goals by Folin and Parise put the game out of reach.

"It wasn't easy, it was a tough game, they do a good job in the d-zone, they're in your face a lot and they make it pretty tough," said Parise, who has struggled for long stretches this season. "But we got the power-play goals and that was the difference."

The Wild received the game's initial power-play opportunity and the first goal in the latter half of the opening period.

Captain Mikko Koivu fed a pass to Granlund, who was camped out near the crease to the right of Coreau. Granlund's tip of the pass clanked the left post, but the puck landed in the crease, and Granlund was able to backhand it in.

Minnesota defenseman Gustav Olofsson, playing in his sixth career game, got the second assist on the goal for his first NHL point.

Later in the first, Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon twice shoved Red Wings left winger Gustav Nyquist from behind, trying to get position in a battle for the puck. Nyquist got up and swung his stick, hitting Spurgeon just below the left eye. Spurgeon crumpled to the ice and was helped off, while Nyquist went to the penalty box and received a four-minute major penalty.

"Completely accidental. Obviously, I didn't mean to do that," Nyquist said, after Spurgeon returned to the game and had an assist. "My stick gets caught, I'm trying to get body position on him. I'm happy he was out there again, obviously. I had no intention of doing that."

Minnesota doubled its lead with Nyquist in the box, as Koivu zipped a cross-ice pass to Niederreiter, who needed only to tap the puck in low with Coreau still hugging the near post. It was Niederreiter's fourth goal in as many games.

Detroit made a push in the second period with 13 shots on goal, and got on the board when some defensive confusion left Mantha all alone with a clear route to the Wild net. Mantha made a quick stick move and tucked the puck between Dubnyk's knees.

Coyle made it 3-1 for Minnesota on a breakaway, but Detroit answered 35 seconds later. Zetterberg batted a puck out of the air after a Dubnyk save, and it fluttered over the goalie's right shoulder to pull the Red Wings back within a goal. The Wild seemed unsatisfied after the game despite a three-goal win -- a sign that this team which controls the Western Conference clearly has its sights set on making noise in the playoffs.

"I don't think we played to our capability," Coyle said. "A few goals that we've got to look at and correct and fix at practice tomorrow. But it didn't feel like a 6-3 game. We pulled it out. That's all that matters."

NOTES: Detroit was without RW Thomas Vanek on Sunday. The former University of Minnesota star, who spent the previous two seasons with the Wild, suffered a lower-body injury in the third period of the Red Wings' 2-1 loss in Columbus on Saturday. ... Sunday's game was the third contest in a franchise-record eight-game home homestand for the Wild. They do not have a road game until Feb. 28 when they visit Winnipeg. ... Wild RW Mikael Granlund is having his best offensive season, setting a new career high with his 34th assist in Minnesota's last game. ... Fans stood for a moment of silence honoring late Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch before Sunday's game. Ilitch, founder of the Little Caesar's pizza chain, bought the team in 1982 and also owned baseball's Detroit Tigers. He passed away Friday at age 87. ... Minnesota D Matt Dumba was scratched due to a lower-body injury on Sunday, missing his first game of the season. Dumba did not practice on Saturday after being injured in the Wild's 2-1 shootout win over Tampa Bay on Friday.