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Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars

Playoffs · Monday, April 20, 2026 · American Airlines Center

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2–4

Final

SOG 30–32

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Game summary

The Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Monday, April 20, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The Stars outshot the Wild 32-30.

Wyatt Johnston scored twice and Brock Faber scored twice. Matt Duchene and Jason Robertson also scored.

Jake Oettinger made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jesper Wallstedt stopped 28 of 31.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Minnesota WildMIN101230
Dallas StarsDAL112432

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJake OettingerDAL · .933 SV%
  2. ★2nd starMatt DucheneDAL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starBrock FaberMIN · 2G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:46

1–2 · 2nd 4:02 · Duchene. Middleton was 1:46 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceDAL on ice

0–1 DAL

1st 8:58 · Johnston

Bogosian 0:52

1–1 MIN

1st 11:33 · Faber

Duchene 0:26

1–2 DAL

2nd 4:02 · PP · Duchene

Stuck out there: Middleton 1:46

1–3 DAL

3rd 7:09 · Robertson

Spurgeon 0:49

2–3 MIN

3rd 9:47 · Faber

Lindell 0:38

2–4 DAL

3rd 19:10 · EN · Johnston

Faber 1:15

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
30Shots on goal32
55%Faceoff %45%
0/4Power play2/5
16Penalty minutes14
35Hits27
16Blocked shots14
12Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 04:17Mikko Rantanen · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 11:07Jamie Benn · hooking2 min
  • 1st 11:07Zach Bogosian · interference2 min
  • 2nd 02:16Nick Foligno · elbowing2 min
  • 2nd 04:02Mikko Rantanen · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 04:02Matt Duchene · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 04:02Joel Eriksson Ek · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 06:17Jared Spurgeon · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 07:45Miro Heiskanen · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 19:57Marcus Foligno · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 19:57Thomas Harley · interference2 min
  • 2nd 19:57Marcus Foligno · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 16:16Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 3rd 18:39Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 3rd 19:46Ryan Hartman · slashing2 min

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