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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild fell into a sloppy pattern of play with the puck after taking an early lead on the floundering Florida Panthers, who snapped to life to forge a tie. But the Wild proved they could learn a lesson -- and win a game. Charlie Coyle put Minnesota ahead with 8:22 remaining after Florida scored twice in the third period, and the Wild hung on to beat the Panthers 3-2 on Friday night for their sixth win in seven games. "We kind of fell into that trap a little bit after the second period, where we wanted it to be easy," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "We were hoping it was going to be easy the rest of the way. When you want it to be easy and youre not ready to do the hard things, then it ends up being very difficult." After a scoreless second period, the Wild paid for their mid-game sluggishness by giving up goals to Tomas Kopecky and Jonathan Huberdeau about 5 1/2 minutes apart. Minnesotas top line was buzzing all night, though, and came through when it counted. Mikko Koivu, who had two assists, controlled the puck along the end boards and leaned forward for an off-balance pass to Coyle, who was muscling for position in the crease with Mike Mottau. Coyle poked the puck in for his second goal in four games. "He put it right on my stick, so it found a way home," Coyle said. Since Coyle returned from injury, the Wilds lines have finally been settled. The results have been obvious. "Its nice to have, for sure, when you have guys that are going out there and they know what to expect out of their linemates," Yeo said. "At the same time we just have to make sure that we dont fall asleep here." Josh Harding stopped 22 shots to improve to 9-0 at home. The NHL leader in goals-against average has given up two goals or fewer in all but one of his 16 appearances. The Wild improved to 9-1-2 at home this season for 20 points, the most by any NHL team. At 12-4-4, they set a franchise record for most points (28) through 20 games. Zach Parise scored early in the first period during a power play off a pretty tic-tac-toe-style passing sequence from Koivu and Jason Pominville, and Pominville pushed the lead to 2-0 with his team-leading 12th goal. The Panthers have been outscored 47-19 over the first two periods this season. "We just need to learn how to play 60 minutes because thats what kills us," Huberdeau said. "Were always down. We never score the first goal." Jonas Brodins own-zone turnover set up Kopecky for the first goal, his first this season. Then after Nick Bjugstad lost the puck on a rush when Ryan Suter forced him to lose control, Huberdeau swooped in behind him to snipe a shot high over Hardings glove to break a 12-game drought. "Even on the bench there was never any panic. We stuck with it," Pominville said. Tim Thomas made 17 saves for the Panthers, who played for the first time without Kris Versteeg. He was traded to Chicago on Thursday for a pair of prospects, including 6-foot-6 right wing Jimmy Hayes, who was scratched for this game. After firing coach Kevin Dineen last week and replacing him with Peter Horachek, Florida general manager Dale Tallon has promised more changes if the Panthers dont get in a groove. They started a five-game, 6,448-mile trip by falling to 1-8-1 on the road. Their last win away from home was the season opener at Dallas. "The good thing is that we showed character in coming back again, you know? A great effort," Thomas said. "But we have to find some way to quit getting down and getting behind right off the bat." The Panthers went 0 for 3 on the power play and fell to 6 for 69 this season. "It seems like theres the same picture coming back over and over again," Horachek said. "This is definitely a project for us to get over that mental part of the game." NOTES: Rookie Johan Gustafsson was recalled from the AHL to back up Harding, with Niklas Backstrom out because of an upper-body injury sustained Wednesday when Torontos Nazem Kadri levelled him in the crease. Kadri was given a three-game suspension by the NHL. ... The Wild are 10-2-3 against the Panthers, including 5-0-2 at home. ... Bjugstad, a star at Blaine High School and the University of Minnesota, played in Minnesota as a pro for the first time. He had about 70 friends and family members in attendance. Nike Air Max 720 Australia . Chelsea ripped apart Hull inside 25 minutes at Stamford Bridge, with the early goals from Oscar and Frank Lampard securing a 2-0 victory. While Lampard had earlier missed a penalty, Roberto Soldado had no such trouble from the spot for Tottenham, scoring on his debut to clinch a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace. Air Max 720 Sale Australia . 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Air Max 720 Buy Australia .J. -- Having Ondrej Pavelec earn his 100th NHL win and seeing Mark Scheifele and Evander Kane break goal droughts were nice highlights for the Winnipeg Jets.PHILADELPHIA - The Brooklyn Nets needed a big fourth quarter from Alan Anderson to send the lowly Philadelphia 76ers to another loss.Anderson scored 10 of his 12 points in the final period, and Brooklyn beat Philadelphia 99-91 on Wednesday night to extend the 76ers season-opening skid to 15 games — matching a franchise record.Philadelphia rallied from a 20-point deficit in the first half to take the lead early in the fourth quarter, but Anderson and Mirza Teletovic stepped up down the stretch for the Nets. Teletovic had six of his nine points in the fourth.You can say, This team is winless, Nets coach Lionel Hollins said. But they are still NBA players and they still compete. Unfortunately, they dont have any wins yet and were glad they didnt get one against us.Joe Johnson had 21 points and Brook Lopez scored 19 for Brooklyn (6-8), which won for just the second time in eight games. Deron Williams added 17 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds.Lopez was a member of the 2009-10 Nets team that set the NBA mark for consecutive losses to start the season with 18, and he knew the 76ers would keep battling.They are all NBA teams, he said. I know what its like to go out there every night trying to get a win, so youve got to keep playing.K.J. McDaniels and Tony Wroten scored 18 apiece for Philadelphia, which matched the 1972-73 76ers that started with 15 losses on their way to setting an NBA record for fewest wins in an 82-game schedule at 9-73.I see good things, coach Brett Brown said. Its unfortunate for those guys. I bleed for those guys that they cant get a win to validate the work they have put in.The Sixers could break the Nets record with a loss to Oklahoma City on Dec. 5.Philadelphia will try again for its first win when it hosts Dallas on Saturday. Then the Sixers get San Antonio at home on Monday and travel to Minnesota for a Dec. 3 game before returning home to play the Thunder.Philadelphia became the eighth team in NBA history to begin the season with at least 15 sstraight losses.dddddddddddd Only four teams ever have started with more than 15 straight defeats.I thought we came out here and did a good job, Philadelphias Nerlens Noel said. We were down sometimes, but we showed our resilience just coming back and playing hard to get back in the game.The Sixers opened the fourth quarter with a 7-0 run to grab their first lead at 74-72 with 10:25 remaining. The run was capped by Noels alley-oop dunk off a pass from Michael Carter-Williams.But Brooklyn re-took the lead on Teletovics layup that made it 76-74 with 9:40 left. Williams made a jumper with 2:48 to play to increase the Nets advantage to 90-83.The 76ers got as close as two and had the ball with chance to tie or go ahead with a minute left, but Wroten threw the ball away. Kevin Garnett hit a 19-footer on Brooklyns ensuing possession to make it 93-89 with 32.8 seconds left.Brooklyn scored the first nine points of the second half to go up 58-41 on Bojan Bogdanovics layup. But Philadelphia outscored the Nets 26-14 in the final 8:58 of the third quarter to pull within five heading into the final period.TIP-INSNets: Markel Brown (hip) and Andrei Kirilenko (personal) didnt make the trip. . Williams recorded his first double-double of the season. . Brooklyn made twice as many free throws (14) in the fourth quarter than the first three periods combined.76ers: Philadelphias losing margin was single digits for just the fifth time. . The Sixers outrebounded Brooklyn 42-40, marking just the third time theyve beaten a team on the glass this season.TURNOVER TROUBLEBrooklyn won despite setting a season high with 24 turnovers.BRIGHT FUTURE?Williams understands the 76ers strategy of building for the future and thinks Philadelphia eventually will be good.Its an athletic team with a lot of talent, just really, really young, he said. Theyre going to be good. Its no secret that theyre trying to stockpile assets.UP NEXTNets: Host Chicago on Sunday.76ers: Host Dallas on Saturday. 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