After Chicago's Corey Crawford made an acrobatic right pad save on Mikael Granlund on a breakaway, Granlund missed on a rebound attempt. Suter then cruised to the net and buried a loose puck that was dangling near the goal line.
Chicago forward Patrick Kane scored a power-play goal at 5:21 of the second period to extend his point streak to 20 games. Kane has 12 goals and 20 assists during the longest such run for a U.S.-born player.
The dynamic winger can match Hall of Famer Bobby Hull's franchise record from the 1971-72 season with a goal or an assist Thursday night at Ottawa.
Jason Pominville also scored for Minnesota, which ended a three-game losing streak and won for just the second time in its last seven games.
Minnesota's Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves in his 14th start in 15 games. Crawford finished with 34 stops.
Dubnyk returned to the net after Darcy Kuemper made 40 saves in a 4-3 overtime loss to Dallas on Saturday when the Stars rallied from a 3-0 deficit.
Kane broke the record for a U.S. player when he got to 19 games with a goal in Chicago's 3-2 overtime loss at Los Angeles on Saturday. He has at least one point in 23 of the Blackhawks' 25 games this season.
The Wild dominated the first period, outshooting Chicago 14-8 and taking a 1-0 lead on Pominville's wraparound goal 4:09 in.
After Crawford stopped Jared Spurgeon's shot from the slot, Granlund fired the rebound to the left of a wide-open net. But Pominville picked up the puck behind the goal line and curled it in around the post before Crawford could react.
Dubnyk robbed Chicago captain Jonathan Toews twice on prime chances in the first. He made a point-blank pad save on rookie Marko Dano's rebound attempt just 15 seconds into the second.
But Kane's 15th goal of the season tied it at 1-1 five minutes late
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