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ST. PAUL Mika Zibanejad Jersey , Minn. (AP) — The Washington Capitals woke up in Minnesota for the start of a four-game road trip with a pleasant surprise: Tom Wilson was back.So was the vigor for the Stanley Cup champions, who’ve started their title-defense season rather slowly.Wilson returned early from his player-safety suspension and scored a first-period goal, helping the Capitals cool off the Wild with a 5-2 victory on Tuesday night.“He’s a key player for our team. Brings so much energy both on the ice and off the ice, so a huge lift for the team to get him back,” said Andre Burakovsky, who had a goal and an assist.Dmitry Orlov had his first two goals of the season and an assist, T.J. Oshie also scored and backup goalie Pheonix Copley made 26 saves for the Capitals, who welcomed Wilson back to the right wing on the first line with captain Alex Ovechkin and center Evgeny Kuznetsov. An arbitrator’s reduction of Wilson’s 20-game ban for an illegal blindside hit to the head in a preseason game made him immediately eligible again.“It was a good game by the fellas, and it felt good to put together a good 60 minutes,” Wilson said. “Hopefully we can get this thing going a little.”Mikko Koivu and Matt Dumba had goals for the Wild, who played at home for the first time in 17 days after a 5-2 finish on their franchise-record seven-game road swing. They fell to 5-1-2 at Xcel Energy Center Womens Pavel Buchnevich Jersey , becoming the last team in the NHL to lose at home in regulation this season.“You get spoiled. They weren’t as good as they were for the last 12 games,” said coach Bruce Boudreau, whose club was 10-2 over the previous four weeks.The Wild have given up the first goal in 13 of their 18 games, though they entered the night tied for the best record in the league in those situations at 8-3-1. Orlov’s snap shot scraped the crossbar and found the back of the upper right corner just 6:33 into the game.Then Orlov, who was recently split up with usual blue-line partner Matt Niskanen in an attempt by first-year coach Todd Reirden to seek a spark amid the sluggish start, set up Wilson in his season debut. Orlov maneuvered around Dumba and fed Wilson for a one-timer with 27.4 seconds left before the first intermission .Ryan Suter was chasing Wilson, who was caught between the defenseman and Devan Dubnyk in a collision that knocked the Wild goalie to the ice and left him down and dazed for a moment. Wilson picked up a goaltender interference penalty while scoring the goal. He was second in the NHL in penalty minutes last season.“The puck went in the net before he touched the goalie, so there wasn’t much you could do about it,” Boudreau said. “That’s the way he plays.”Eric Staal thought he had a goal for the Wild early in the second period, but that was waved off because he kicked the puck, one of several near-misses for the Wild. Instead Vladislav Namestnikov Jersey , Burakovsky scored soon after for a 3-0 lead. Suter and Dumba, the first blue-line pair, were on the ice for each of the first three goals.“It didn’t look like we were connecting very well, and some of the mental mistakes we made are going to cost you against a good offensive team,” Staal said.The Wild went a whopping 14:03 without a shot on goal, until Staal’s wrist shot was stopped by Copley. Koivu’s backhander trickled through Copley’s pads to put the Wild on the board about a minute later, and Marcus Foligno tried to keep the momentum going by dropping the gloves and fighting Wilson. The Wild had 22 of their 28 shots in the second half of the game, but they just couldn’t convert enough of those chances.Wilson just finished serving his fourth suspension in a little more than a year, this for a blindside hit to the head of an opponent during a preseason game . His presence gave Washington’s lagging penalty kill a boost.“I didn’t expect him to have as strong a game as he did,” Rierden said.Dumba’s goal was the only tally for Minnesota in six power-play opportunities. The Capitals, who entered the night ranked third-worst in the league on the penalty kill Bobby Ryan Jersey , allowed six power-play goals over their previous four games.NOTES: This was the eighth straight win by the Capitals over the Wild, whose last win in the series was at Washington on March 5, 2015. All but one of the victories by the Capitals during the streak have come in regulation. … This was the third two-goal game of Orlov’s 382-game career. … Staal has 30 goals and 44 assists in 77 career games against the Capitals, his most points against any other team. … With his 341st career goal, Parise passed Dave Christian to become the leading scorer among Minnesota-born players in NHL history. … Dubnyk stopped 28 shots.UP NEXTCapitals: Play at Winnipeg on Wednesday.Wild: Host Pacific Division-leading Vancouver on Thursday. DALLAS (AP) — Ben Bishop bought enough time for Dallas to rally for its fourth consecutive victory.Bishop made a season-high 41 saves and Miro Heiskanen and Brett Ritchie scored in the third period, sending the Stars to a 3-2 win over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night.“Ben Bishop’s the reason why we won that game,” coach Jim Montgomery said. “We were bad in the first, and thank God, Ben Bishop wasn’t.”The game was tied at 1 before Heiskanen scored from the top of the right faceoff circle 4:38 into the third. Ritchie then got his second of the season at 6:26, making it 3-1 Dallas.“The last period was good for us, and it was a fun way to win this game http://www.officialsenators.com/authentic-adidas-chris-wideman-jersey ,” Heiskanen said.Evander Kane and Logan Couture scored for San Jose. Erik Karlsson had two assists, and Martin Jones stopped 27 shots.The Sharks were coming off consecutive wins against Montreal and Carolina.“We wanted to build on that,” coach Peter DeBoer said. “I loved our first period. Bishop, I thought, kept it from being two or three at the end of the first.”Kane said his team was too relaxed.“One-goal leads, two-goal leads, teams are coming back on us because we’re not finishing,” he said. “We need to ramp up the intensity.”The Sharks dominated the first period, outshooting Dallas 13-5. San Jose nearly scored 1:14 into the game when Timo Meier’s shot from the slot hit the right post.At 9:22, Kane took a pass from Karlsson on the inside edge of the left circle and slid the puck inside the left post for his eighth goal of the season.On a 2-on-0 break at the end of a Dallas power play early in the second period, Bishop trapped the puck under his pads. It trickled into the net Craig Anderson Jersey , but the play had been whistled dead.The Stars tied the game at 14:05. Roman Polak sent the puck out of the Dallas end and Mattias Janmark picked it up at the San Jose blue line for a breakaway. He beat Jones for his second goal of the season.“We have the 2-on-0 and the disallowed goal at one end,” DeBoer said, “and they get a breakaway at the other end and we leave the period 1-1 instead of going up 2-nothing.”Dallas had a 2-on-1 break that put the puck in the net with 2:14 left in the second, but the officials ruled Jamie Benn had kicked it in.Couture tipped in a shot by Karlsson 31 seconds after Ritchie’s goal. But San Jose was shut out the rest of the way.NOTES: Dallas C Martin Hanzal played for the first time since undergoing offseason spine surgery. “It was probably the hardest game of my life,” the 14-year veteran said. “I felt like the first period I was a little bit nervous. I thought I got better in the second, and the third I was out of gas.” … Sharks C Joe Thornton played in his 1,514th game, tying Steve Yzerman for 18th on the NHL career list. … Kane’s goal was his first in nine games.UP NEXTSharks: Complete a quick two-game trip at Arizona on Saturday.Stars: Begin a four-game trip Sunday at Vegas. They visit San Jose on Thursday.