Minnesota Wild @ Dallas Stars

West 1st Round - Game 2 • Series tied 1-1

46-24-12, 23-14-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Wild MIN	1	0	1	2
Stars DAL	1	1	2	4

Dallas StarsStarsDAL

50-20-12, 26-11-4 Home

Minnesota Wild


forwards
Matt BoldyM. Boldy#12
Bobby BrinkB. Brink#10
Joel Eriksson EkJ. Eriksson Ek#14
Nick FolignoN. Foligno#71
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#17
Ryan HartmanR. Hartman#38
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Kirill KaprizovK. Kaprizov#97
Michael McCarronM. McCarron#47
Vladimir TarasenkoV. Tarasenko#91
Yakov TreninY. Trenin#13
Danila YurovD. Yurov#22
defensemen
Zach BogosianZ. Bogosian#24
Jonas BrodinJ. Brodin#25
Brock FaberB. Faber#7
Quinn HughesQ. Hughes#43
Jake MiddletonJ. Middleton#5
Jared SpurgeonJ. Spurgeon#46

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	24	24:22	5:42	2:28	16:12	0	3	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	19	12:27	1:39	0:00	10:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	4	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	25	21:35	4:11	3:33	13:51	9	8	52.9
0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	14	8:37	0:00	0:51	7:46	3	2	60.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	9	0	0	16	10:19	0:00	1:34	8:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	21	19:07	5:43	0:00	13:24	9	6	60.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	22	16:21	1:45	0:00	14:36	0	1	0.0
0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	25	24:43	6:12	0:17	18:14	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	19	12:52	0:00	3:32	9:20	8	6	57.1
0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	19	15:01	2:45	0:00	12:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	3:02	0:00	0:00	3:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	16	10:42	1:15	0:00	9:27	4	2	66.7
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	14	11:04	0:00	0:42	10:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	24	17:06	0:01	1:46	15:19	0	0	0.0
2	0	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	26:42	1:32	4:13	20:57	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	28:35	5:59	0:32	22:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	19	13:01	0:00	3:57	9:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	24	16:49	0:36	0:48	15:25	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jesper WallstedtJ. Wallstedt#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
31	3	28	.903	24	2	2	0	0	59:04	0

Dallas Stars


forwards
Oskar BackO. Back#10
Jamie BennJ. Benn#14
Colin BlackwellC. Blackwell#15
Mavrik BourqueM. Bourque#22
Matt DucheneM. Duchene#95
Radek FaksaR. Faksa#12
Justin HryckowianJ. Hryckowian#49
Arttu HyryA. Hyry#25
Wyatt JohnstonW. Johnston#53
Mikko RantanenM. Rantanen#96
Jason RobertsonJ. Robertson#21
Sam SteelS. Steel#18
defensemen
Lian BichselL. Bichsel#6
Thomas HarleyT. Harley#55
Miro HeiskanenM. Heiskanen#4
Esa LindellE. Lindell#23
Nils LundkvistN. Lundkvist#5
Tyler MyersT. Myers#57

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	11:36	0:00	3:54	7:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	17	12:47	0:32	0:00	12:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	15	9:51	0:00	2:40	7:11	2	1	66.7
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	19	12:26	0:18	0:00	12:08	3	4	42.9
1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	21	16:17	4:55	0:00	11:22	4	5	44.4
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	12:23	0:14	3:40	8:29	2	3	40.0
0	1	-1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	21	14:20	0:50	0:58	12:32	9	3	75.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	18	13:15	0:00	0:40	12:35	4	8	33.3
2	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	22	19:21	5:27	0:04	13:50	3	8	27.3
0	1	-1	1	2	0	2	4	1	0	4	23	19:12	5:27	0:00	13:45	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	16:36	4:55	0:00	11:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	16:32	0:14	2:59	13:19	1	2	33.3
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	14:17	0:14	0:00	14:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	5	1	2	2	1	1	25	19:52	0:00	1:25	18:27	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	5	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	27	26:06	5:27	3:36	17:03	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	23:16	0:50	6:04	16:22	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	15:25	0:32	0:24	14:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	20	16:28	0:00	3:28	13:00	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jake OettingerJ. Oettinger#29

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	2	28	.933	21	5	2	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Wild	1	0	1	2
	Stars	1	1	2	4

1st Period			MIN	DAL
8:58		Wyatt Johnston (1) Assists: Nils Lundkvist (1), Oskar Back (1)	0	1
11:33		Brock Faber (1) Assists: Quinn Hughes (2), Kirill Kaprizov (3)	1	1

2nd Period			MIN	DAL
4:02		Matt Duchene (1) (Power Play) Assists: Mikko Rantanen (1), Miro Heiskanen (2)	1	2

3rd Period		MIN	DAL
7:09	Jason Robertson (2) Assists: Nils Lundkvist (2), Matt Duchene (1)	1	3
9:47	Brock Faber (2) Assists: Joel Eriksson Ek (2), Quinn Hughes (3)	2	3
19:10	Wyatt Johnston (2) (Empty Net) Assists: Justin Hryckowian (1), Esa Lindell (1)	2	4

Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars: Game Highlights

1:19

Brock Faber makes it a one-goal game for Wild

0:53

Jason Robertson tips in the goal for Dallas

0:21

Wild
6
Stars
1

Game 1

18/4

Wild
2
Stars
4

Game 2

21/4

Stars
Wild

Game 3

23/4

Stars
Wild

Game 4

25/4

Wild
Stars

Game 5

28/4

Stars
Wild

Game 6

30/4

Wild
Stars

Game 7

2/5

American Airlines Center

2:50 AM, 21 April 2026

Dallas, TX

Attendance: 18,532

Referees:
Wes McCauley
Peter MacDougall
Brandon Blandina

Linesmen:
Trent Knorr
Tyson Baker
Ben O'Quinn

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	55	16	11	121
Dallas	50	20	12	112
Minnesota	46	24	12	104
Utah	43	33	6	92
St. Louis	37	33	12	86
Nashville	38	34	10	86
Winnipeg	35	35	12	82
Chicago	29	39	14	72

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