Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars

Playoffs · Saturday, April 18, 2026 · American Airlines Center

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6–1

Final

SOG 29–28

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 6-1 on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The Wild outshot the Stars 29-28.

Joel Eriksson Ek scored twice and Matt Boldy scored twice. Kirill Kaprizov, Ryan Hartman and Jason Robertson also scored.

Jesper Wallstedt made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jake Oettinger stopped 23 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	3	2	6	29
DAL	0	1	0	1	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Joel Eriksson Ek (1)Matt Boldy (1), Mats Zuccarello (1)Lindell 1:03 into shift1–005:35 MIN · PPG

2nd period

Kirill Kaprizov (1)Ryan Hartman (1), Mats Zuccarello (2)2–000:56 MIN
Ryan Hartman (1)Brock Faber (1), Quinn Hughes (1)3–003:28 MIN
Matt Boldy (1)Kirill Kaprizov (1), Joel Eriksson Ek (1)4–006:30 MIN
Jason Robertson (1)Wyatt Johnston (1), Miro Heiskanen (1)Middleton 1:04 into shift4–115:10 DAL · PPG

3rd period

Joel Eriksson Ek (2)Kirill Kaprizov (2), Mats Zuccarello (3)Myers 1:31 into shift5–108:13 MIN · PPG
Matt Boldy (2)Unassisted6–116:52 MIN · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:31

5–1 · 3rd 8:13 · Eriksson Ek. Myers was 1:31 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceDAL on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 MIN

1st 5:35 · PP · Eriksson Ek

Long shift: Lindell 1:03

Long shiftLindell 1:03

2–0 MIN

2nd 0:56 · Kaprizov

Steel 0:56

NormalSteel 0:56

3–0 MIN

2nd 3:28 · Hartman

Blackwell 0:42

NormalBlackwell 0:42

4–0 MIN

2nd 6:30 · Boldy

Myers 0:54

NormalMyers 0:54

4–1 DAL

2nd 15:10 · PP · Robertson

Long shift: Middleton 1:04

Long shiftMiddleton 1:04

5–1 MIN

3rd 8:13 · PP · Eriksson Ek

Stuck out there: Myers 1:31

Stuck out thereMyers 1:31

6–1 MIN

3rd 16:52 · EN · Boldy

Heiskanen 2:55

Empty netHeiskanen 2:55

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

29Shots on goal28

49%Faceoff %51%

2/4Power play1/4

10Penalty minutes10

49Hits39

17Blocked shots7

8Giveaways14

3Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 04:32Tyler Myers · elbowing2 min
1st 08:23Marcus Johansson · slashing2 min
1st 18:11Mikko Rantanen · high sticking2 min
2nd 04:14Mikko Rantanen · tripping2 min
2nd 14:06Danila Yurov · cross checking2 min
3rd 03:38Jonas Brodin · holding2 min
3rd 07:31Esa Lindell · tripping2 min
3rd 10:43Matt Boldy · slashing2 min
3rd 10:43Mavrik Bourque · slashing2 min
3rd 14:43Nick Foligno · holding2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

12Matt BoldyL	2	1	3	+2	8	2	1	2	100	17:50
14Joel Eriksson EkC	2	1	3	+1	5	2	0	0	57	19:05
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	3	3	+2	1	2	1	0	–	16:41
97Kirill KaprizovL	1	2	3	+3	2	2	0	0	–	17:58
38Ryan HartmanR	1	1	2	+2	1	2	3	0	58	16:05
7Brock FaberD	0	1	1	+4	3	0	1	0	–	24:35
43Quinn HughesD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	1	0	–	24:30
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	0	1	13	2	0	–	13:36
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	+1	0	7	0	0	–	13:03
22Danila YurovR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	10:22
47Michael McCarronC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	46	12:45
71Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	2	50	10:51
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	–	12:14
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	14:36
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	15:29
24Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	13:01
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	19:35
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	–	18:40

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG	W	28	27	1	.964	60:00
32Filip GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters

21Jason RobertsonL	1	0	1	-1	6	0	0	0	–	19:56
53Wyatt JohnstonC	0	1	1	-3	4	3	0	0	33	21:44
4Miro HeiskanenD	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	–	23:55
10Oskar BäckC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	10:20
12Radek FaksaC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	33	11:17
14Jamie BennL	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	11:55
15Colin BlackwellC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	50	11:03
18Sam SteelC	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	50	15:41
22Mavrik BourqueC	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	50	15:59
49Justin HryckowianC	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	78	13:00
73Adam ErneL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	08:07
95Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	40	20:07
96Mikko RantanenR	0	0	0	-3	3	2	0	4	100	21:22
5Nils LundkvistD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	17:55
6Lian BichselD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	15:21
23Esa LindellD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	–	21:18
55Thomas HarleyD	0	0	0	-3	1	1	1	0	–	19:40
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	2	–	15:01

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Jake OettingerG	L	28	23	5	.821	58:34