Postgame Hat Trick: Penguins 2, Wild 1

Wild.com's Dan Myers gives three takeaways from the Wild's 2-1 loss against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Thursday night:

1. Lightning struck twice against the Wild.
Leading 1-0 in the first period, a giveaway behind its own net put the puck on Jake Guentzel's stick. The Woodbury native fed Bryan Rust in front for a tap in goal into an open goal, tying the game.
After a scoreless second period, the Wild was clawing for momentum in the third when another turnover behind the net ended up, again, on the blade of Guentzel, who fed Rust in front for a quick one-timer below the hash marks.
For a Minnesota team struggling to finish right now, that was all she wrote. The Wild had several grade-A chances to capitalize over the course of the game, but Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith settled in nicely after a shaky start.

Dubnyk was good too, allowing two goals or fewer for the fourth time in his past five games. Unfortunately, he's got just a 2-3-0 record to show for it.
2. Per usual, Jordan Greenway got things going early.
After forcing a turnover just inside its defensive zone, the Wild went the other way 3-on-2, led by Charlie Coyle, who dished a pass off to Greenway near the blue line. Greenway took a couple of strides towards the net and unleashed a sizzler just inside the short-side post 7:13 into the contest.

For Greenway, it was his second goal in three games and the fifth time this season he's scored either the first or second goal of the game.
Stick taps to esteemed Wild PR maven Megan Kogut for digging up this gem of a stat:

Just like that, the Wild was off and running.
3. Eric Fehr got a nice welcome back to Pittsburgh.
The veteran forward, who won a Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2016, and played parts of two seasons here, was the recipient of a short video tribute during the first television timeout.

It was emblematic of the one the Pens gave Matt Cullen when he returned here last year as a member of the Wild.
A first-round pick of the Capitals in 2003, Fehr played a bulk of his career with the Penguins' chief rival. But his two years in Pittsburgh remain special, and Fehr remains a treasured member of the Penguins' championship family as well.