Dallas Stars vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Monday, December 21, 2015 · Xcel Energy Center
SNP · TVAS · FS-N · FS-SW
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 6-3 on Monday, December 21, 2015 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Stars 35-34.
Vernon Fiddler scored twice. Jared Spurgeon, Charlie Coyle, Jordie Benn, Tyler Seguin, Antoine Roussel, Nino Niederreiter and Cody Eakin also scored.
Antti Niemi made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jared Spurgeon (5)Unassisted0–104:57 MIN
Charlie Coyle (7)Justin Fontaine (6), Nino Niederreiter (7)0–208:16 MIN
2nd period
Jordie Benn (1)Jason Spezza (12)1–214:59 DAL
Vernon Fiddler (4)Patrick Eaves (1), Alex Goligoski (11)2–218:30 DAL · PPG
Tyler Seguin (19)Patrick Sharp (14), Jamie Benn (23)3–219:29 DAL
3rd period
Antoine Roussel (6)Johnny Oduya (8)4–203:41 DAL
Nino Niederreiter (7)Charlie Coyle (9), Mathew Dumba (5)4–310:26 MIN
Cody Eakin (8)Unassisted5–318:07 DAL · EN- Vernon Fiddler (5)Tyler Seguin (27)6–319:46 DAL · EN
Team stats
DALMIN
34Shots on goal35
49%Faceoff %51%
1/2Power play0/0
2Penalty minutes6
19Hits19
11Blocked shots15
5Giveaways7
4Takeaways3
Penalties
- 2nd 11:52
Patrick Sharp · roughing2 min - 2nd 11:52
Mikael Granlund · roughing2 min - 2nd 12:24Mikko Koivu · interference2 min
- 2nd 16:32Jared Spurgeon · tripping2 min
Season series
Dallas Stars
| 38Vernon FiddlerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:37 |
| 91Tyler SeguinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 20:39 |
| 10Patrick SharpL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:55 |
| 14Jamie BennL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:48 |
| 18Patrick EavesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 13:48 |
| 21Antoine RousselL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 90Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 24Jordie BennD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:45 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:13 |
| 47Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 13Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:28 |
| 22Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 43Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:14 |
| 83Ales HemskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:27 |
| 2Jyrki JokipakkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:40 |
| 3John KlingbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:59 |
| 4Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti NiemiG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 51:44 |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 08:16 |
Minnesota Wild
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 14:21 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 14:19 |
| 14Justin FontaineR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 23:21 |
| 7Chris PorterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:52 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 18:54 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 18Ryan CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:42 |
| 19Jarret StollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 16:15 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:24 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:54 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 28:45 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 58:20 |