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Sarah McLellan

Wild stumble again at home in 6-4 loss to Penguins

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.

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