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Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars

American Airlines Center, Dallas Playoffs Final

Final score

The Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 4–2 on Monday, April 20, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Minnesota Wild 2 46-24-12
at Dallas Stars 4 50-20-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 1 0 1 2
Dallas Stars 1 1 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 12 10 8 30
Dallas Stars 9 7 16 32

Three stars

  1. J. Oettinger, Dallas Stars (goaltender)
  2. M. Duchene, Dallas Stars (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. B. Faber, Minnesota Wild (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 08:58 Dallas Stars Wyatt Johnston (1) Nils Lundkvist (1), Oskar Bäck (1) Even strength MIN 0, DAL 1
1st 11:33 Minnesota Wild Brock Faber (1) Quinn Hughes (2), Kirill Kaprizov (3) Even strength MIN 1, DAL 1
2nd 04:02 Dallas Stars Matt Duchene (1) Mikko Rantanen (1), Miro Heiskanen (2) Power play MIN 1, DAL 2
3rd 07:09 Dallas Stars Jason Robertson (2) Nils Lundkvist (2), Matt Duchene (1) Even strength MIN 1, DAL 3
3rd 09:47 Minnesota Wild Brock Faber (2) Joel Eriksson Ek (2), Quinn Hughes (3) Even strength MIN 2, DAL 3
3rd 19:10 Dallas Stars Wyatt Johnston (2) Justin Hryckowian (1), Esa Lindell (1) Power play, Empty net MIN 2, DAL 4

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

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Dallas Stars
Shots on goal 30 32
Power play 0 of 4 2 of 5
Penalty minutes 16 14
Hits 35 27
Blocked shots 16 14
Giveaways 12 11
Takeaways 4 5
Faceoffs won 34/62 (54.8%) 28/62 (45.2%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
10 B. Brink R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 1 0 12:27
12 M. Boldy L 0 0 0 +1 0 5 1 0 0 24:22
13 Y. Trenin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 03:02
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 1 1 +2 2 4 5 1 0 52.9% 21:35
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 0 4 2 8 1 0 10:19
22 D. Yurov R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 66.7% 10:42
38 R. Hartman R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 1 0 60% 19:07
47 M. McCarron C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 0 57.1% 12:52
71 N. Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 1 0 60% 08:37
90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16:21
91 V. Tarasenko R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 1 0 15:01
97 K. Kaprizov L 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 1 0 100% 24:43
5 J. Middleton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13:01
7 B. Faber D 2 0 2 +2 0 6 0 0 0 26:42
24 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 11:04
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 4 0 17:06
43 Q. Hughes D 0 2 2 +2 0 1 0 0 0 28:35
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 2 0 16:49
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
30 J. Wallstedt 31 28 3 .903 59:04 Loss

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters
Player
10 O. Bäck C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 11:36
12 R. Faksa C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 40% 12:23
14 J. Benn L 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 12:47
15 C. Blackwell C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 5 0 0 66.7% 09:51
18 S. Steel C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 33.3% 16:32
21 J. Robertson L 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 16:36
22 M. Bourque C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 0 0 42.9% 12:26
25 A. Hyry R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 33.3% 13:15
49 J. Hryckowian C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 1 0 75% 14:20
53 W. Johnston C 2 0 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 27.3% 19:21
95 M. Duchene C 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 44.4% 16:17
96 M. Rantanen R 0 1 1 -1 4 1 1 0 0 19:12
4 M. Heiskanen D 0 1 1 -2 2 5 0 0 0 26:06
5 N. Lundkvist D 0 2 2 +2 0 0 0 1 0 15:25
6 L. Bichsel D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 14:17
23 E. Lindell D 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 1 0 23:16
55 T. Harley D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 2 5 0 19:52
57 T. Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 16:28
Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie
29 J. Oettinger 30 28 2 .933 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:17 Dallas Stars Mikko Rantanen High sticking 2
1st 11:07 Dallas Stars Jamie Benn Hooking 2
1st 11:07 Minnesota Wild Zach Bogosian Interference 2
2nd 02:16 Minnesota Wild Nick Foligno Elbowing 2
2nd 04:02 Dallas Stars Mikko Rantanen Slashing 2
2nd 04:02 Dallas Stars Matt Duchene Roughing 2
2nd 04:02 Minnesota Wild Joel Eriksson Ek Roughing 2
2nd 06:17 Minnesota Wild Jared Spurgeon Tripping 2
2nd 07:45 Dallas Stars Miro Heiskanen Tripping 2
2nd 19:57 Minnesota Wild Marcus Foligno Roughing 2
2nd 19:57 Dallas Stars Thomas Harley Interference 2
2nd 19:57 Minnesota Wild Marcus Foligno Roughing 2
3rd 16:16 Dallas Stars Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 18:39 Minnesota Wild Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 19:46 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman Slashing 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
John Hynes
Dallas Stars head coach
Glen Gulutzan
Referees
Wes McCauley, Brandon Blandina
Linesmen
Trent Knorr, Tyson Baker
Minnesota Wild scratches
Jeff Petry, Mats Zuccarello, Robby Fabbri, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Ben Jones, Nico Sturm, Daemon Hunt, Matt Kiersted, Carson Lambos, Hunter Haight, David Spacek, Riley Mercer, Chase Wutzke
Dallas Stars scratches
Alexander Petrovic, Adam Erne, Michael Bunting, Roope Hintz, Kyle Capobianco, Nathan Bastian, Ilya Lyubushkin

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 20

Matchup Status Details
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 0 Final Playoffs Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 3 Final/2OT Playoffs Game page
Anaheim Ducks 3 at Edmonton Oilers 4 Final Playoffs Game page

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