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Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars

American Airlines Center, Dallas Playoffs Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 6–1 on Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Minnesota Wild 6 46-24-12
at Dallas Stars 1 50-20-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 1 3 2 6
Dallas Stars 0 1 0 1

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 11 13 5 29
Dallas Stars 8 8 12 28

Three stars

  1. J. Wallstedt, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)
  2. K. Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. M. Zuccarello, Minnesota Wild (3 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:35 Minnesota Wild Joel Eriksson Ek (1) Matt Boldy (1), Mats Zuccarello (1) Power play MIN 1, DAL 0
2nd 00:56 Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov (1) Ryan Hartman (1), Mats Zuccarello (2) Even strength MIN 2, DAL 0
2nd 03:28 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman (1) Brock Faber (1), Quinn Hughes (1) Even strength MIN 3, DAL 0
2nd 06:30 Minnesota Wild Matt Boldy (1) Kirill Kaprizov (1), Joel Eriksson Ek (1) Even strength MIN 4, DAL 0
2nd 15:10 Dallas Stars Jason Robertson (1) Wyatt Johnston (1), Miro Heiskanen (1) Power play MIN 4, DAL 1
3rd 08:13 Minnesota Wild Joel Eriksson Ek (2) Kirill Kaprizov (2), Mats Zuccarello (3) Power play MIN 5, DAL 1
3rd 16:52 Minnesota Wild Matt Boldy (2) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net MIN 6, DAL 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Dallas Stars
Shots on goal 29 28
Power play 2 of 4 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 10
Hits 49 39
Blocked shots 17 7
Giveaways 8 14
Takeaways 3 7
Faceoffs won 29/59 (49.2%) 30/59 (50.8%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
12 M. Boldy L 2 1 3 +2 2 8 2 1 0 100% 17:50
13 Y. Trenin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 2 0 13:36
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 2 1 3 +1 0 5 2 0 2 57.1% 19:05
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 7 0 0 13:03
22 D. Yurov R 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 10:22
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 3 3 +2 0 1 2 1 0 16:41
38 R. Hartman R 1 1 2 +2 0 1 2 3 0 58.3% 16:05
47 M. McCarron C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 46.2% 12:45
71 N. Foligno L 0 0 0 +1 2 0 3 0 0 50% 10:51
90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 12:14
91 V. Tarasenko R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 14:36
97 K. Kaprizov L 1 2 3 +3 0 2 2 0 0 17:58
5 J. Middleton D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 15:29
7 B. Faber D 0 1 1 +4 0 3 0 1 0 24:35
24 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:01
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 19:35
43 Q. Hughes D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 0 1 0 24:30
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 18:40
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
30 J. Wallstedt 28 27 1 .964 60:00 Win

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters
Player
10 O. Bäck C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:20
12 R. Faksa C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 33.3% 11:17
14 J. Benn L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 11:55
15 C. Blackwell C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 50% 11:03
18 S. Steel C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 0 0 50% 15:41
21 J. Robertson L 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 0 1 19:56
22 M. Bourque C 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 50% 15:59
49 J. Hryckowian C 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 77.8% 13:00
53 W. Johnston C 0 1 1 -3 0 4 3 0 0 33.3% 21:44
73 A. Erne L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 08:07
95 M. Duchene C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 40% 20:07
96 M. Rantanen R 0 0 0 -3 4 3 2 0 0 100% 21:22
4 M. Heiskanen D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 0 0 23:55
5 N. Lundkvist D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 2 0 17:55
6 L. Bichsel D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15:21
23 E. Lindell D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 21:18
55 T. Harley D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 1 0 19:40
57 T. Myers D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 1 0 15:01
Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie
29 J. Oettinger 28 23 5 .821 58:34 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:32 Dallas Stars Tyler Myers Elbowing 2
1st 08:23 Minnesota Wild Marcus Johansson Slashing 2
1st 18:11 Dallas Stars Mikko Rantanen High sticking 2
2nd 04:14 Dallas Stars Mikko Rantanen Tripping 2
2nd 14:06 Minnesota Wild Danila Yurov Cross checking 2
3rd 03:38 Minnesota Wild Jonas Brodin Holding 2
3rd 07:31 Dallas Stars Esa Lindell Tripping 2
3rd 10:43 Minnesota Wild Matt Boldy Slashing 2
3rd 10:43 Dallas Stars Mavrik Bourque Slashing 2
3rd 14:43 Minnesota Wild Nick Foligno Holding 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
John Hynes
Dallas Stars head coach
Glen Gulutzan
Referees
Furman South, Jean Hebert
Linesmen
CJ Murray, Jonny Murray
Minnesota Wild scratches
Jeff Petry, Robby Fabbri, Nico Sturm, Bobby Brink, Daemon Hunt, Matt Kiersted
Dallas Stars scratches
Alexander Petrovic, Michael Bunting, Roope Hintz, Kyle Capobianco, Nathan Bastian, Ilya Lyubushkin, Arttu Hyry

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Minnesota Wild 2 at Dallas Stars 5 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 2 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 1 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final/OT Game page
Minnesota Wild 4 at Dallas Stars 5 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 6 at Dallas Stars 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Dallas Stars 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Dallas Stars 4 at Minnesota Wild 3 Final/2OT Playoffs Game page
Dallas Stars 2 at Minnesota Wild 3 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Minnesota Wild 4 at Dallas Stars 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Dallas Stars 2 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Playoffs Game page
Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars Postponed Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 18

Matchup Status Details
Ottawa Senators 0 at Carolina Hurricanes 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Playoffs Game page

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