Golden Knights lose to Wild night after setting record

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Eric Staal had two goals and an assist, and the Minnesota Wild defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 at Xcel Energy Center on Friday.
Charlie Coyle, Tyler Ennis and Jared Spurgeon scored, and defenseman Jonas Brodin had three assists for the Wild (28-18-5), who are 6-1-1 in their past eight games.

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Minnesota has a 10-game home point streak (8-0-2), matching the longest in its history (6-0-4 Feb. 19-March 10, 2009; 9-0-1 Jan. 2-March 10, 2014).
"We like playing in this building, we're comfortable," Coyle said. "We know when we get the momentum right from the start and the crowd gets into it, we feed off of that too. It gets us going right away. [We have to] make sure we carry that into tomorrow [against the Dallas Stars]. We're capable of it. We just have to prove it."

The Golden Knights (34-13-4) lost after setting the NHL record for wins by an expansion team with a 3-2 overtime win against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.
Erik Haula had a goal and an assist, and defenseman Nate Schmidt scored for Vegas, which lost in regulation for the fourth time in 26 games (19-4-3).
"We didn't play well at all tonight," coach Gerard Gallant said. "We looked like a tired team for the first time this year. There's no excuse. You play back-to-back, everybody plays them, but I didn't like our team tonight. We had no compete and we didn't win 1-on-1 battles and that slow start, and that was most of the game."
Staal redirected a cross-ice pass from defenseman Mike Reilly into the open net behind goaltender Malcolm Subban (31 saves) on the power play to give the Wild a 1-0 lead at 10:05 of the first period.
Coyle scored to make it 2-0 at 15:03. Joel Eriksson Ek won a face-off to Coyle, who one-touched it to Brodin at the left point. Coyle took a pass from Brodin along the left half-wall, skated to the face-off dot, and beat Subban with a wrist shot to the short side.
Coyle has scored a goal in two consecutive games following an eight-game drought.
Ennis scored with a wrist shot to the far side from the left dot 1:11 into the second period to give the Wild a 3-0 lead.

Haula, who played for the Wild from 2013-17, deflected Colin Miller's shot from the point on the power play to cut the Minnesota lead to 3-1 at 6:19. It was his 20th goal.
Spurgeon scored on the power play with a slap shot from the blue line that deflected off Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb to make it 4-1 at 16:08. Gallant challenged for goalie interference, but the goal was upheld after video review.
Schmidt beat Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk (22 saves) on the power play to get the Golden Knights to within 4-2 at 12:38 of the third period.
"This game is forgotten about as soon as I leave this (media) scrum," Schmidt said. "That's the best way to look forward, because you play a good team (at the Washington Capitals on Sunday), and the travel's not going to get any easier. So, make sure you keep yourself rested and do the right things after the game."
Vegas is 2-1-0 to begin a six-game road trip.
Staal was credited with the goal that made it 5-2 with 1:29 remaining after he was hooked from behind by Vegas forward David Perron with an empty net.
"We stayed with our game," said Staal, who leads the Wild in goals (22) and points (46). "[The Golden Knights] had a little push there, but they're the top of the [Western Conference] for a reason. They've got some good players and [are] playing a strong game all season. So, it was nice for us to get it done and get the win."

Goal of the game

Coyle's goal at 15:03 of the first period.

Save of the game

Dubnyk's left-pad save on Perron at 5:40 of the third period.

Highlight of the game

Staal's goal at 10:05 of the first period.

They said it

"I mean, I didn't like many of our players tonight, but again, they are back-to-back, you get ready for the next one and move on. But we weren't good enough, we didn't compete hard enough. … It's a team effort tonight. We win as a team, we lose as a team, and I thought we definitely lost as a team tonight." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant
"A statement game would be if we were able to go into [Las Vegas] and win. When a team is tired, no matter how good they are, I mean, [the Golden Knights' 3-2 overtime win against the Winnipeg Jets] was a really good game and they pushed the pace right into overtime last night. We thought if we played as well as we can, we might be able to get a few tonight." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau

Need to know

Perron and Wild defenseman Matt Dumba each had two assists. … McNabb was minus-1 with two hits and one blocked shot in 18:57 in his return after missing three games with an undisclosed injury. … Wild forward Nino Niederreiter returned after missing eight games with an ankle injury. He was plus-2 with two shots on goal and a blocked shot in 15:16. … Minnesota has scored at least one power-play goal in seven straight games and has allowed two goals or fewer in six of its past eight.

What's next

Wild: At the Dallas Stars on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; FS-SW+, FS-N, NHL.TV)
Golden Knights: At the Washington Capitals on Sunday (12:30 p.m. ET; NBCSWA, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV)