ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Wild spoiled Marc-Andre

Fleury's return to the NHL with a four-goal third period.

Antti Laaksonen, Filip Kuba, Alexandre Daigle and Andrew

Brunette scored in a 5:20 span, including three straight goals that

went through Fleury's legs, in the Wild's 4-2 victory Friday night.

Fleury, the No. 1 overall draft pick last year, made his first

start since playing for Canada in the world junior championships.

"I tried to play the same all game and it just didn't work out

for us in the third," Fleury said.

The 19-year-old goalie held the Wild scoreless until the 8:33

mark of the third period, when Brunette poked in a rebound to bring

Minnesota to 2-1.

"You always need something -- a big hit, a fight, a little

luck," Daigle said. "That was almost a lucky one, and that's what

we needed."

Daigle beat Fleury on a breakaway with eight minutes left, and

Kuba repeated the feat just 30 seconds later to give the Wild the

lead. Laaksonen then broke in alone and trickled the puck through

Fleury's pads with 6:07 to complete the fastest four-goal spree in

Wild history.

"We didn't want to lose at home, especially like this,"

Laaksonen said. "It's hard to play when you have so much pressure

on you. It's good to get that first goal. That helped us a lot."

The Penguins scored late in each of the first two periods to

take a 2-0 lead into the third.

Tom Kostopoulos opened the scoring with a wrist shot over goalie

Dwayne Roloson's glove in the first period, and Ryan Malone scored

on a power play in the second.

"It's one of those nights where we played probably as well as

we could for 50 minutes," Penguins coach Eddie Olczyk said. "Our

guys gave everything they had, and they started to pick us apart

and took advantage of their opportunities."Game notes
Minnesota is the only NHL team that has not won or lost an

overtime game. The Wild lead the NHL with 13 ties. ... Minnesota D

Zbynek Michalek, recalled from Houston of the AHL on Thursday, saw

his first NHL action Friday night. ... Pittsburgh G Jean-Sebastien

Aubin, 2-3-0 with a 2.28 goals-against average during Fleury's

absence, was scratched.