The Pittsburgh Penguins still might have been dragging a bit Friday night from their two-game trip to Stockholm last weekend for the NHL's Global Series.

The result: a 5-0 home loss to the Minnesota Wild.

There will be no rest for the weary, as the Penguins are scheduled to face the visiting Seattle Kraken on Saturday night in the second half of a back-to-back set.

"Obviously, it wasn't our best effort right from the start," Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson said. "We ended up on the wrong foot early in the first (period) and we couldn't find a way to get ourselves out of it.

"I think everybody in here understands that (Friday) wasn't good enough to have a chance to win a hockey game, and we know that the only positive is that we don't have much time to dwell on it."

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