ST. PAUL, Minn. — Goals have been trickling in lately for the Wild, so just imagine what scoring twice in 12 seconds did for the team.
But the spark from this back-to-back burst didn't last, and Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby was the one to extinguish it.
His two-goal, three-point performance overshadowed the Wild's progress, setting the tone for a 6-4 win by Pittsburgh on Thursday in front of 18,224 at Xcel Energy Center that counted as a third straight loss for the Wild at the outset of a seven-game homestand.