I give him a lot of credit. Obviously emotional for him. He gets traded and he’s got a lot of travel, and came in and showed in,” John Hynes said postgame.

Marcus Foligno smacked Filip Gustavsson’s goalie pad with his stick repeatedly in praise, and Brock Faber stood at the Wild bench and offered fist-bumps to the penalty killers as they arrived for a break.

The shortage of goals for the Wild has led to another more troubling shortfall, and that’s wins. They unceremoniously kicked off a season-high seven-game homestand Sunday at Xcel Energy Center by stalling 3-1 to the lowly Pittsburgh Penguins for their fifth loss in seven games.

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First Jonas Brodin went to the box for hooking. Then on the ensuing faceoff, Marcus Foligno caught Utah winger Nick Schmaltz with a high stick to the face, causing a bloody mess on the ice and sending Foligno to the penalty box for four minutes.

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After Jon Merrill put a big bit on Charlie Coyle, Kastelic laid a one on Merrill and shortly after —with 10:22 left in the first — Foligno and Kastelic met in the left wing faceoff circle in the Wild end.