Minnesota Wild @ Dallas Stars

West 1st Round - Game 1 • MIN leads series 1-0

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

Final

	1	2	3	T
Wild MIN	1	3	2	6
Stars DAL	0	1	0	1

Dallas StarsStarsDAL

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

Minnesota Wild


forwards
Matt BoldyM. Boldy#12
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
Mats ZuccarelloM. Zuccarello#36
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%
2	1	2	8	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	26	17:50	4:42	2:18	10:50	1	0	100.0
2	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	25	19:05	4:42	2:19	12:04	12	9	57.1
0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	16	10:51	0:00	1:12	9:39	3	3	50.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	19	13:03	0:00	3:23	9:40	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	1	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	19	16:05	0:54	0:00	15:11	7	5	58.3
0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	20	12:14	1:14	0:00	11:00	0	0	0.0
1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	21	17:58	4:40	0:00	13:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	12:45	0:00	4:00	8:45	6	7	46.2
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	18	14:36	1:03	0:00	13:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	13	1	0	17	13:36	0:00	0:48	12:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	15	10:22	0:00	0:08	10:14	0	5	0.0
0	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	18	16:41	4:19	0:00	12:22	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	19	13:01	0:00	0:28	12:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	26	19:35	0:11	1:55	17:29	0	0	0.0
0	1	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	28	24:35	0:38	5:08	18:49	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	24:30	5:08	0:09	19:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:29	0:00	4:40	10:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	25	18:40	1:14	1:48	15:38	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jesper WallstedtJ. Wallstedt#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
28	1	27	.964	18	9	0	0	0	60:00	0

Dallas Stars


forwards
Oskar BackO. Back#10
Jamie BennJ. Benn#14
Colin BlackwellC. Blackwell#15
Mavrik BourqueM. Bourque#22
Matt DucheneM. Duchene#95
Adam ErneA. Erne#73
Radek FaksaR. Faksa#12
Justin HryckowianJ. Hryckowian#49
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	10:20	0:00	2:32	7:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	16	11:55	1:28	0:00	10:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	18	11:03	0:00	2:38	8:25	3	3	50.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	5	0	2	19	15:59	0:30	0:00	15:29	3	3	50.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	20:07	6:41	0:00	13:26	4	6	40.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	8:07	0:00	0:00	8:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	19	11:17	0:00	2:31	8:46	3	6	33.3
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	18	13:00	0:23	1:30	11:07	7	2	77.8
0	1	-3	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	21	21:44	6:38	0:23	14:43	2	4	33.3
0	0	-3	3	1	1	2	4	2	1	1	21	21:22	6:34	0:00	14:48	3	0	100.0
1	0	-1	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	16	19:56	6:41	0:00	13:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	21	15:41	0:00	1:57	13:44	5	5	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	19	15:21	0:00	0:00	15:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	24	19:40	0:23	1:42	17:35	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	21	23:55	6:41	4:02	13:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	3	21	21:18	0:23	4:14	16:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	21	17:55	0:03	0:11	17:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	18	15:01	0:00	1:20	13:41	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jake OettingerJ. Oettinger#29

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
28	5	23	.821	18	5	0	0	0	58:34	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.

ESPN		1	2	3	T
	Wild	1	3	2	6
	Stars	0	1	0	1

1st Period			MIN	DAL
5:35		Joel Eriksson Ek (1) (Power Play) Assists: Matt Boldy (1), Mats Zuccarello (1)	1	0

2nd Period		MIN	DAL
0:56	Kirill Kaprizov (1) Assists: Ryan Hartman (1), Mats Zuccarello (2)	2	0
3:28	Ryan Hartman (1) Assists: Brock Faber (1), Quinn Hughes (1)	3	0
6:30	Matt Boldy (1) Assists: Kirill Kaprizov (1)	4	0
15:10	Jason Robertson (1) (Power Play) Assists: Wyatt Johnston (1), Miro Heiskanen (1)	4	1

3rd Period			MIN	DAL
8:13		Joel Eriksson Ek (2) (Power Play) Assists: Kirill Kaprizov (2), Mats Zuccarello (3)	5	1
16:52		Matt Boldy (2) (Empty Net) Unassisted	6	1

Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars: Game Highlights

1:19

Joel Eriksson Ek's 2nd goal puts Wild back up 4

0:45

Jason Robertson scores to put Stars on the board

0:40

Wild
6
Stars
1

Game 1

4/18

Wild
Stars

Game 2

4/20

ESPN

Stars
Wild

Game 3

4/22

TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Stars
Wild

Game 4

4/25

TBS/truTV/HBO Max

Wild
Stars

Game 5

4/28

Stars
Wild

Game 6

4/30

Wild
Stars

Game 7

5/2

American Airlines Center

5:30 PM, April 18, 2026Coverage: ESPN

Dallas, TX

Attendance: 18,532

Referees:
Jean Hebert
Gord Dwyer
Furman South

Linesmen:
Jonny Murray
Ben O'Quinn
CJ Murray

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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