VANCOUVER, British Columbia _ Although five consecutive victories made it look like the Minnesota Wild was thriving, issues were percolating.
The team had a knack for giving up the first goal, struggled to convert on the power play and committed a rash of penalties.
While the Wild was able to mask those red flags during its recent stint at home, where it won four of those five games, it wasn't as successful once it left St. Paul and those problems were exposed in a 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night at Rogers Arena that nixed the team's streak at the outset of a franchise-record seven straight contests on the road.
Like it had during seven of the previous eight games, the Wild fell behind first.
Just 7 minutes, 17 seconds after puck drop, Canucks center Bo Horvat scooped up a clearing attempt by defenseman Matt Dumba behind the net and shuffled it out front to center Markus Granlund _ who wired the puck by goalie Devan Dubnyk.
Only 35 seconds later, the Wild tied it on rookie Jordan Greenway's first career regular-season goal.
Greenway pounced on a loose puck in front, an encouraging return to the NHL after he was sent to the American Hockey League for a pair of games to stoke his confidence.
The response was also characteristic for the Wild, since the team was 5-1-1 in those games it surrendered the first goal. But special-teams play impeded its progress.
After Markus Granlund _ Wild winger Mikael Granlund's brother _ was dinged with a four-minute, high-sticking penalty early in the second period, the Wild had a glorious opportunity to snag a lead.
But the team's top unit struggled to find a rhythm and with only 40 seconds left on the advantage, center Eric Staal was whistled for interference.
On the ensuing power play, the Canucks capitalized _ a wrist shot from winger Jake Virtanen deep in the slot at 5:15. It was just the second power-play goal against the Wild in the past five games, but the team was on the penalty kill 22 times in that span. Vancouver went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Soon after, the Canucks tacked on another when rookie Elias Pettersson zipped a one-timer from the right faceoff circle by Dubnyk at 6:51.
Before the second ended, the Wild pulled within a goal on the power play. Defenseman Ryan Suter's point shot wove through traffic and behind goalie Jacob Markstrom at 14:37. The Wild finished 1-for-5, and the lone tally was just its second with the man advantage in the past six games.
With the primary assist on the play, Mikael Granlund extended his point streak to eight games. He has 10 points during the run, which is tied for the second-longest active streak in the NHL.
As for Suter, the goal was the 200th point on the power play of his career _ becoming the sixth active defenseman and 52nd all-time to achieve the milestone.
A late penalty in the period by Suter and another one early in the third by defenseman Greg Pateryn stalled the Wild's momentum.
So did Pettersson's second goal and seventh of his young NHL career.
The 19-year-old reinstated Vancouver's two-goal cushion when he converted on a breakaway at 6:29, polishing off a setup by Brock Boeser.
Defenseman Ben Hutton added an empty-net goal with 40 seconds to go.
