Wild turn the other cheek on way to beating Ducks

Ryan Carter had already skated past the Wild's bench, bumping gloves with each teammate in celebration when he twirled at the red line and skated to take a seat on the far end of the bench.

The Wild's goal song was still playing and the fans were on their feet cheering after Carter had lifted the team to a three-goal lead with a shorthanded tally late in the second period.

As Carter went to take his seat on the bench, he looked up and was jarred by a rare site.

Coach Mike Yeo, the intense-but-composed mentor of the Wild, had walked the length of the bench to greet Carter with a fist bump of his own, a rare move from the bench boss.

But in a game where Carter embodied the Wild's…