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Minnesota Wild 6, Dallas Stars 1 — Recap
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Game Summary
Final: Minnesota Wild 6, Dallas Stars 1. Shots on goal: MIN 29, DAL 28. Goals by period (from the event feed, matching the official final): P1 MIN 1-0 DAL; P2 MIN 3-1 DAL; P3 MIN 2-0 DAL.
Scoring plays: P1 05:35 Joel Eriksson Ek (assists: Matt Boldy, Mats Zuccarello) to make it MIN 1-0 DAL; P2 00:56 Kirill Kaprizov (assists: Ryan Hartman, Mats Zuccarello) to make it MIN 2-0 DAL; P2 03:28 Ryan Hartman (assists: Brock Faber, Quinn Hughes) to make it MIN 3-0 DAL; P2 06:30 Matt Boldy (assists: Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek) to make it MIN 4-0 DAL; P2 15:10 Jason Robertson (assists: Wyatt Johnston, Miro Heiskanen) to make it MIN 4-1 DAL; P3 08:13 Joel Eriksson Ek (assists: Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello) to make it MIN 5-1 DAL; P3 16:52 Matt Boldy to make it MIN 6-1 DAL. Top skaters: Matt Boldy (MIN) 2 G, 1 A; Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) 1 G, 2 A; Mats Zuccarello (MIN) 0 G, 3 A; Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) 2 G, 0 A. Goaltending (box score): Jake Oettinger (DAL) 23 saves on 28, decision L; Jesper Wallstedt (MIN) 27 saves on 28, decision W.
Standouts
Every skater's and goalie's line is in the box score below.
📊 Game Flow
- P1 5:35 Joel Eriksson Ek (Matt Boldy, Mats Zuccarello) MIN · Power play · snap shot · MIN 1, DAL 0
- P2 0:56 Kirill Kaprizov (Ryan Hartman, Mats Zuccarello) MIN · snap shot · MIN 2, DAL 0
- P2 3:28 Ryan Hartman (Brock Faber, Quinn Hughes) MIN · deflected shot · MIN 3, DAL 0
- P2 6:30 Matt Boldy (Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek) MIN · snap shot · MIN 4, DAL 0
- P2 15:10 Jason Robertson (Wyatt Johnston, Miro Heiskanen) DAL · Power play · backhand shot · MIN 4, DAL 1
- P3 8:13 Joel Eriksson Ek (Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello) MIN · Power play · snap shot · MIN 5, DAL 1
- P3 16:52 Matt Boldy MIN · Empty net · wrist shot · MIN 6, DAL 1
Biggest Period
The Minnesota Wild scored 3 goals in P2 — the biggest single period of the game.
📋 Team Stats
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 11 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
| DAL | 8 | 8 | 12 | 28 |
🎯 Shot Map
- 6Goals16% of attempts
- 23Saved62% of attempts
- 8Missed the net22% of attempts
- 1Goals3% of attempts
- 27Saved75% of attempts
- 8Missed the net22% of attempts
● goal (large) · ● saved · ✕ missed the net; blocked shots are not located. Each team attacks to the right.
🏒 Box Score
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Boldy | L | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17:50 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | L | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17:58 |
| Mats Zuccarello | R | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16:41 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19:05 |
| Ryan Hartman | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16:05 |
| Brock Faber | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24:35 |
| Quinn Hughes | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:30 |
| Jonas Brodin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:35 |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 18:40 |
| Jake Middleton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:29 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:36 |
| Yakov Trenin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 13:36 |
| Marcus Foligno | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13:03 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13:01 |
| Michael McCarron | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12:45 |
| Marcus Johansson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12:14 |
| Nick Foligno | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10:51 |
| Danila Yurov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10:22 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Wallstedt | W | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 1 | 60:00 |
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Robertson | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19:56 |
| Miro Heiskanen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23:55 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 21:44 |
| Mikko Rantanen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21:22 |
| Esa Lindell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:18 |
| Matt Duchene | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:07 |
| Thomas Harley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:40 |
| Nils Lundkvist | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17:55 |
| Mavrik Bourque | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15:59 |
| Sam Steel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15:41 |
| Lian Bichsel | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15:21 |
| Tyler Myers | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15:01 |
| Justin Hryckowian | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13:00 |
| Jamie Benn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11:55 |
| Radek Faksa | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11:17 |
| Colin Blackwell | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11:03 |
| Oskar Bäck | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:20 |
| Adam Erne | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 08:07 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Oettinger | L | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 5 | 58:34 |
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