LAS VEGAS – Like an experienced Sin City gambler who sees a hot streak disappear when a slot machine inexplicably goes cold, the Minnesota Wild’s road winning streak came to an abrupt end after a promising start on Sunday versus Vegas. Minnesota, which had won four in a row away from home, took an early lead and survived the temporary loss of another defenseman only to see the Golden Knights storm back for a 4-1 win at T-Mobile Arena. Keegan Kolesar, Tomas Hertl and Pavel Dorofeyev scored for the Knights in the third period, as Vegas broke out of its recent scoring slump and beat the Wild for the second time this season. Dorofeyev had a pair of goals in the game. Ryan Hartman scored the lone goal for Minnesota in the first period. The visitors got a stellar performance from goalie Filip Gustavsson, who had 32 saves – including thwarting Tanner Pearson’s third period breakaway – and bounced back notably from the tough times he experienced in his two previous starts, but did not get a win. “It was great to see Gus came back. He played a really good game,” Wild coach John Hynes said. “He looked sharp. He looked like Filip Gustavsson tonight so that was good.” Although they were out shot in the opening period and had to kill the game’s first penalty, the Wild emerged with the lead after a heads up play on the defensive blue line by Zach Bogosian. The Wild defenseman poked a puck away from Vegas defender Brayden McNabb, which sprung Hartman for an odd-man rush with Freddie Gaudreau. With the option to pass, Hartman instead fired the puck. After fighting through an 18-game stretch where he was held without a goal or assist earlier this season, it was Hartman’s sixth point in the past seven games. Vegas pulled even early in the second when back-to-back penalties on the Wild gave the Knights nearly two full minutes of 5-on-3 power play. The home team controlled the puck for much of the time, with Gustavsson making several key saves, before Pavel Dorofeyev scored to make it 1-1 with one second remaining on the man advantage. The Knights out-shot Minnesota 16-6 in the second, underscoring Gustavsson’s work to keep the game tied. “We did a really good job for one minute, 59 seconds of that kill,” Hartman said. “We didn’t finish. We’d like to finish that kill off. But still a tied game from there. Obviously the score doesn’t dictate how the game looked live. I think it was a lot closer than the score.” Kolesar scored on the rebound of a Zach Whitecloud shot to give Vegas its first lead, and Hertl sent a high shot through a crowd and past Gustavsson. The game was barely four minutes old when the Wild – already playing without regular defensemen Brock Faber, Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon – lost another body on the blue line. Chasing a loose puck to the corner to the right of Gustavsson, David Jiricek appeared to stop just as Kolesar hit him from behind, sending Jiricek head first into the boards. Attended to by Wild medical staff, Jiricek headed down the tunnel to the locker room immediately. There was no penalty called on the play, although Kolesar faced hockey justice a short time later as he and Wild forward Marcus Foligno dropped gloves and both players served a five minute penalty for fighting. Jiricek returned to the Wild bench late in the first period. Hynes sought an explanation from the officials as to why there was no penalty on the play. He was left unsatisfied. “Not a good one,” he said, when asked for the officials explanation. “Nothing worth sharing, let me put it that way.” The Knights, who have struggled to score recently, were playing without leading scorer Jack Eichel, who was scratched for the first time this season due to an illness. They got 15 saves from goalie Adin Hill, and killed a pair of Minnesota power plays. The Wild managed just three shots on goal in the final 20 minutes. Bogosian, who was self-critical for taking two penalties in the third period, said the extended Knights power play changed the game. “We almost got the job done. It was a good effort by the guys. They have five players, we have three, so it’s obviously more tough that way. But we almost had it there,” he said. “We were right in it there and then it’s pretty obvious that I’ve got to be better than what I was on a few of those plays. I take responsibility for that.” The Wild have Monday and Tuesday off, returning to the ice on Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. home game vs. Edmonton.