It seems Jesper Wallstedt is human after all.

Minnesota's rookie goaltender took his first regulation loss of the season Saturday, a 4-2 loss at Vancouver.

It was the second consecutive defeat for the Wild following a 12-game point streak.

Minnesota will look to bounce back when it wraps up a four-game trip Monday in Seattle against the struggling Kraken.

"They scored good hockey goals, and they switched the momentum, and we just couldn't get the puck in," said Wallstedt (8-1-2), whose winning streak was snapped at seven. "I just got to fight through the screen a little better. I thought I got stuck behind the screen a couple times today where I just couldn't catch the release, and that makes it hard. I felt like I just didn't give us a good enough chance to win."

Wallstedt also has a

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