Jesper Wallstedt is human.

That was the hard lesson Minnesota Wild fans learned late Saturday night, as the red-hot rookie goalie cooled off just a bit, and suffered his first regulation loss of the season.

Victimized for a trio of goals in the second period, Wallstedt and the Wild fell 4-2 in their lone visit to Vancouver this season, dropping their second consecutive game.

Matt Boldy and Mats Zuccarello scored for the Wild, who dominated early but failed to build on their first period lead. Wallstedt, now 8-1-2 as a starter, had 16 saves in the loss.

Aatu Raty had a pair of goals, and another disallowed, for Vancouver, which had been winless in its previous four games.

Just seconds into the game, Wallstedt found himself under pressure, thwarting a Vancouver scoring chance, but upend

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