Three takeaways
Sbisa’s back. Defenseman Luca Sbisa returned to the Knights lineup after missing the past seven games with a lower-body injury. Sbisa was paired with Nate Schmidt on defense, while Brad Hunt was scratched along with Jon Merrill. Moving forwards. As expected, Knights coach Gerard Gallant stuck with the line combinations he debuted in the third period of Tuesday’s loss to Dallas. Former Wild players Erik Haula and Alex Tuch skated with James Neal, and Brendan Leipsic moved to the line with Cody Eakin and Oscar Lindberg.
The Killers. Minnesota entered play with the No. 4 power play in the NHL at 24.3 percent. But the Knights played a disciplined game and were able to kill off both of the Wild’s man-advantages.
David Schoen from Stefan Matteau and ripped a shot past Dubnyk (29 saves) early in the third.
Marchessault then put the Knights ahead at the 4:39 mark with his ninth goal, beating Dubnyk high to the glove side.
The bad luck for the Knights began early as Brendan Leipsic hit the post less than two minutes in. James Neal and Matteau hit the post in the second period for the Knights, who finish their two-game road trip Friday at Winnipeg.
“Luckily, we don’t have too much time to think about it,” defenseman Luca Sbisa said. “I think we played a really smartroadgame.wejust didn’t get the results.”
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