For the first time in seven weeks, Omaha was back on its home ice at Baxter Arena.

The No. 17 Mavericks, however, couldn't gain an advantage in a 5-1 loss to No. 6 Minnesota Duluth.

Omaha fell behind 2-0 in the first 13 minutes and had a second-period goal overturned as its winless streak against the Bulldogs, winners of two of the last three national championships, grew to 12 games.

Blake Biondi had a goal and two assists for Duluth, which hasn't lost to the Mavericks since 2018. Omaha snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Bulldogs when the teams skated to a 2-2 tie on Dec. 16, 2020.

This was the first meeting between the National Collegiate Hockey Conference rivals since. Omaha slipped to 4-7 in league play as it came up short in its fifth straight league game against a top-10 team.

"It wasn't our night tonight," Maverick coach Mike Gabinet said. "Everything they shot found a way into the net, and everything we shot found a way to stay out. At times, [there was] some good play by us there, but not the result we were looking for."

Dominic James opened the scoring for Minnesota Duluth with a goal 4:20 into the game, and Quinn Olson added a power-play tally to make it 2-0 after 20 minutes. Omaha seemingly got a goal back when Brock Bremer fired in a shot on a breakaway while the Mavericks were shorthanded in the second.

The Bulldogs challenged the goal, which was taken off the board after a video review. Bremer, officials said, had played the puck before the player he replaced had left the ice. A nearly identical situation occurred later in the period when UMD's Luke Loheit scored while shorthanded. It wasn't overturned.

The Mavericks (14-9) got their lone goal when Jack Randl redirected a Brandon Scanlin shot from the point during a power play midway through the third period. Biondi answered for the Bulldogs seven minutes later, then Carter Loney capped the scoring with a goal for Duluth with under a minute left in the game.

The teams wrap up their lone series of the season Saturday as Omaha looks to end a three-game skid.

"The biggest thing you have to do in times like this is cancel the noise out, don't make excuses and take personal responsibility to get better," Gabinet said. "You have to do that, individually. You have to do that, collectively. And you've got to show up and play well."