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Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars

American Airlines Center, Dallas Playoffs Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 4–2 on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 on the road.

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

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 10 15 3 28
Dallas Stars 5 6 11 22

Three stars

  1. K. Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. M. Boldy, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. J. Robertson, Dallas Stars (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:51 Minnesota Wild Mats Zuccarello (1) Kirill Kaprizov (6), Ryan Hartman (3) Even strength MIN 1, DAL 0
1st 08:58 Dallas Stars Miro Heiskanen (2) Jason Robertson (3), Matt Duchene (6) Power play MIN 1, DAL 1
2nd 19:28 Minnesota Wild Matt Boldy (4) Quinn Hughes (5), Kirill Kaprizov (7) Power play MIN 2, DAL 1
3rd 07:47 Minnesota Wild Michael McCarron (2) Yakov Trenin (1), Vladimir Tarasenko (1) Even strength MIN 3, DAL 1
3rd 16:39 Dallas Stars Jason Robertson (5) Miro Heiskanen (4), Mikko Rantanen (5) Even strength MIN 3, DAL 2
3rd 18:00 Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov (2) Matt Boldy (3), Jake Middleton (1) Even strength, Empty net MIN 4, DAL 2

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

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Dallas Stars
Shots on goal 28 22
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 8
Hits 24 20
Blocked shots 26 9
Giveaways 17 14
Takeaways 3 4
Faceoffs won 28/54 (51.9%) 26/54 (48.1%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
10 B. Brink R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 09:44
12 M. Boldy L 1 1 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 66.7% 20:27
13 Y. Trenin C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 7 1 0 12:04
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 50% 20:16
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10:16
36 M. Zuccarello R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 100% 16:59
38 R. Hartman R 0 1 1 +1 2 2 1 1 0 63.6% 15:09
47 M. McCarron C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 2 0 50% 14:41
71 N. Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 40% 15:20
90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 10:56
91 V. Tarasenko R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 12:04
97 K. Kaprizov L 1 2 3 +2 0 4 3 0 0 18:09
5 J. Middleton D 0 1 1 +2 2 0 1 6 0 18:05
7 B. Faber D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 2 0 26:10
24 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 16:04
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 2 0 07:22
43 Q. Hughes D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 26:53
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 5 0 21:29
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
30 J. Wallstedt 22 20 2 .909 59:47 Win

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters
Player
10 O. Bäck C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:46
12 R. Faksa C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 33.3% 11:16
14 J. Benn L 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 0 0 14:06
15 C. Blackwell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 50% 08:37
18 S. Steel C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 1 0 13:35
21 J. Robertson L 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 24:07
22 M. Bourque C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 33.3% 15:26
25 A. Hyry R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 03:34
49 J. Hryckowian C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 75% 14:28
53 W. Johnston C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 62.5% 23:47
95 M. Duchene C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 60% 20:52
96 M. Rantanen R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 2 0 23:32
4 M. Heiskanen D 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 28:22
6 L. Bichsel D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 13:46
23 E. Lindell D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 20:29
46 I. Lyubushkin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12:30
55 T. Harley D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 0 22:23
57 T. Myers D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 1 0 14:11
Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie
29 J. Oettinger 27 24 3 .889 55:28 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:16 Minnesota Wild Bobby Brink Slashing 2
1st 18:09 Dallas Stars Lian Bichsel Interference 2
2nd 03:47 Minnesota Wild Joel Eriksson Ek Tripping 2
2nd 09:53 Dallas Stars Tyler Myers Interference 2
2nd 18:42 Dallas Stars Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 08:43 Minnesota Wild Jake Middleton Tripping 2
3rd 14:48 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd 14:48 Dallas Stars Jamie Benn Cross checking 2
3rd 18:37 Minnesota Wild Jared Spurgeon Slashing 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
John Hynes
Dallas Stars head coach
Glen Gulutzan
Referees
Trevor Hanson, Thomas John Luxmore
Linesmen
Bevan Mills, David Brisebois
Minnesota Wild scratches
Jeff Petry, Cal Petersen, Robby Fabbri, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Ben Jones, Nico Sturm, Daemon Hunt, Matt Kiersted, Carson Lambos, Hunter Haight, Danila Yurov, David Spacek, Riley Mercer, Chase Wutzke
Dallas Stars scratches
Alexander Petrovic, Adam Erne, Michael Bunting, Roope Hintz, Kyle Capobianco, Nathan Bastian, Nils Lundkvist

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 28

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Anaheim Ducks 1 at Edmonton Oilers 4 Final Playoffs Game page

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