Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars

Regular season · Thursday, April 9, 2026 · American Airlines Center

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4–5

Final

SOG 31–20

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Game summary

The Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The Wild outshot the Stars 31-20.

Kirill Kaprizov scored twice. Wyatt Johnston, Quinn Hughes, Colin Blackwell, Cameron Hughes, Ryan Hartman, Mikko Rantanen and Jason Robertson also scored.

Jake Oettinger made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Filip Gustavsson stopped 15 of 20.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	2	2	0	4	31
DAL	1	2	2	5	20

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Wyatt Johnston (44)Justin Hryckowian (15), Mikko Rantanen (54)Eriksson Ek 1:16 into shift0–104:26 DAL
Quinn Hughes (7)Mats Zuccarello (37)Benn 1:00 into shift1–113:02 MIN
Kirill Kaprizov (44)Matt Boldy (42), Mats Zuccarello (38)2–119:44 MIN · PPG

2nd period

Kirill Kaprizov (45)Matt Boldy (43), Mats Zuccarello (39)3–106:39 MIN · PPG
Colin Blackwell (4)Esa Lindell (24)Hughes 1:40 into shift3–208:03 DAL
Cameron Hughes (1)Colin Blackwell (11), Oskar Bäck (7)Middleton 1:09 into shift3–316:16 DAL
Ryan Hartman (23)Jared Spurgeon (16), Quinn Hughes (69)Lindell 2:15 into shift4–319:49 MIN · PPG

3rd period

Mikko Rantanen (22)Thomas Harley (29), Wyatt Johnston (40)4–404:28 DAL
Jason Robertson (42)Esa Lindell (25)4–510:35 DAL

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:15

4–3 · 2nd 19:49 · Hartman. Lindell was 2:15 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceDAL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 DAL

1st 4:26 · Johnston

Long shift: Eriksson Ek 1:16

Long shiftEriksson Ek 1:16

1–1 MIN

1st 13:02 · Hughes

Long shift: Benn 1:00

Long shiftBenn 1:00

2–1 MIN

1st 19:44 · PP · Kaprizov

Lindell 0:51

NormalLindell 0:51

3–1 MIN

2nd 6:39 · PP · Kaprizov

Myers 0:16

Fresh legsMyers 0:16

3–2 DAL

2nd 8:03 · Blackwell

Stuck out there: Hughes 1:40

Stuck out thereHughes 1:40

3–3 DAL

2nd 16:16 · Hughes

Long shift: Middleton 1:09

Long shiftMiddleton 1:09

4–3 MIN

2nd 19:49 · PP · Hartman

Stuck out there: Lindell 2:15

Stuck out thereLindell 2:15

4–4 DAL

3rd 4:28 · Rantanen

Kaprizov 0:12

Fresh legsKaprizov 0:12

4–5 DAL

3rd 10:35 · Robertson

Petry 0:48

NormalPetry 0:48

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MINDAL

31Shots on goal20

51%Faceoff %49%

3/5Power play0/1

12Penalty minutes20

25Hits18

11Blocked shots13

9Giveaways12

5Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 19:30Wyatt Johnston · tripping2 min
2nd 03:14Nick Foligno · roughing2 min
2nd 03:14Lian Bichsel · roughing2 min
2nd 06:23Esa Lindell · roughing2 min
2nd 08:03Nick Foligno · roughing2 min
2nd 08:03Nick Foligno · roughing2 min
2nd 08:03Tyler Myers · roughing2 min
2nd 08:57Wyatt Johnston · interference2 min
2nd 18:05Tyler Myers · holding2 min
3rd 12:08Ryan Hartman · roughing2 min
3rd 12:08Adam Erne · roughing2 min
3rd 17:30Mikko Rantanen · slashing2 min
3rd 19:45Quinn Hughes · roughing2 min
3rd 19:45Mikko Rantanen · roughing2 min
3rd 19:45Thomas Harley · roughing2 min
3rd 19:45Matt Boldy · roughing2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:12
12Matt BoldyL	0	2	2	-1	4	2	0	2	–	20:47
97Kirill KaprizovL	2	0	2	0	4	3	0	0	–	23:00
43Quinn HughesD	1	1	2	-2	2	0	1	2	–	31:51
38Ryan HartmanR	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	60	14:37
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	17:22
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	–	12:53
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	0	0	-1	6	1	1	0	65	18:10
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	-3	2	5	0	0	–	10:39
22Danila YurovR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	40	14:14
47Michael McCarronC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	83	09:55
71Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	6	–	10:08
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	13:50
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	14:55
2Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	12:04
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	11:55
7Brock FaberD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	24:38
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	16:35

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Filip GustavssonG	L	20	15	5	.750	58:15

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters

15Colin BlackwellC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	0	75	09:56
53Wyatt JohnstonC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	4	50	16:53
96Mikko RantanenR	1	1	2	+2	1	3	1	4	–	17:42
23Esa LindellD	0	2	2	+4	3	0	2	2	–	25:03
10Oskar BäckC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	50	13:24
21Jason RobertsonL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	100	16:14
34Cameron HughesC	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	0	–	08:57
49Justin HryckowianC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	67	17:24
55Thomas HarleyD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	2	–	25:17
14Jamie BennL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	12:55
22Mavrik BourqueC	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	0	50	17:00
25Arttu HyryR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	43	15:10
73Adam ErneL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	10:35
95Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	36	14:20
4Miro HeiskanenD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	05:45
6Lian BichselD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	20:25
46Ilya LyubushkinD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	20:08
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	4	–	22:38

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Jake OettingerG	W	31	27	4	.871	60:00