Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars

Playoffs · Tuesday, April 28, 2026 · American Airlines Center

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4–2

Final

SOG 28–22

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The Wild outshot the Stars 28-22.

Goals came from Mats Zuccarello, Miro Heiskanen, Matt Boldy, Michael McCarron, Jason Robertson and Kirill Kaprizov.

Jesper Wallstedt made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Jake Oettinger stopped 24 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	1	2	4	28
DAL	1	0	1	2	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mats Zuccarello (1)Kirill Kaprizov (6), Ryan Hartman (3)1–003:51 MIN
Miro Heiskanen (2)Jason Robertson (3), Matt Duchene (6)Faber 1:02 into shift1–108:58 DAL · PPG

2nd period

Matt Boldy (4)Quinn Hughes (5), Kirill Kaprizov (7)2–119:28 MIN · PPG

3rd period

Michael McCarron (2)Yakov Trenin (1), Vladimir Tarasenko (1)3–107:47 MIN
Jason Robertson (5)Miro Heiskanen (4), Mikko Rantanen (5)3–216:39 DAL
Kirill Kaprizov (2)Matt Boldy (3), Jake Middleton (1)4–218:00 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+

1:02

1–1 · 1st 8:58 · Heiskanen. Faber was 1:02 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceDAL on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 MIN

1st 3:51 · Zuccarello

Myers 0:54

NormalMyers 0:54

1–1 DAL

1st 8:58 · PP · Heiskanen

Long shift: Faber 1:02

Long shiftFaber 1:02

2–1 MIN

2nd 19:28 · PP · Boldy

Faksa 0:59

NormalFaksa 0:59

3–1 MIN

3rd 7:47 · McCarron

Lindell 0:18

Fresh legsLindell 0:18

3–2 DAL

3rd 16:39 · Robertson

Bogosian 0:29

Fresh legsBogosian 0:29

4–2 MIN

3rd 18:00 · EN · Kaprizov

Benn 1:12

Empty netBenn 1:12

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

28Shots on goal22

52%Faceoff %48%

1/3Power play1/4

10Penalty minutes8

24Hits20

26Blocked shots9

17Giveaways14

3Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 08:16Bobby Brink · slashing2 min
1st 18:09Lian Bichsel · interference2 min
2nd 03:47Joel Eriksson Ek · tripping2 min
2nd 09:53Tyler Myers · interference2 min
2nd 18:42Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 08:43Jake Middleton · tripping2 min
3rd 14:48Ryan Hartman · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 14:48Jamie Benn · cross checking2 min
3rd 18:37Jared Spurgeon · slashing2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

97Kirill KaprizovL	1	2	3	+2	4	3	0	0	–	18:09
12Matt BoldyL	1	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	67	20:27
13Yakov TreninC	0	1	1	+1	1	7	1	0	–	12:04
36Mats ZuccarelloR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	100	16:59
38Ryan HartmanR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	2	64	15:09
47Michael McCarronC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	2	0	50	14:41
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:04
5Jake MiddletonD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	6	2	–	18:05
43Quinn HughesD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	26:53
10Bobby BrinkR	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	–	09:44
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	50	20:16
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	10:16
71Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	40	15:20
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	10:56
7Brock FaberD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	26:10
24Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	16:04
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	07:22
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	5	2	–	21:29

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG	W	22	20	2	.909	59:47
32Filip GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters

21Jason RobertsonL	1	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	–	24:07
4Miro HeiskanenD	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	–	28:22
95Matt DucheneC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	60	20:52
96Mikko RantanenR	0	1	1	-1	2	3	2	0	–	23:32
10Oskar BäckC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:46
12Radek FaksaC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	33	11:16
14Jamie BennL	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	2	–	14:06
15Colin BlackwellC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50	08:37
18Sam SteelC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	13:35
22Mavrik BourqueC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	33	15:26
25Arttu HyryR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	03:34
49Justin HryckowianC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	75	14:28
53Wyatt JohnstonC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	63	23:47
6Lian BichselD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	13:46
23Esa LindellD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	20:29
46Ilya LyubushkinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	12:30
55Thomas HarleyD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	–	22:23
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	2	–	14:11

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Jake OettingerG	L	27	24	3	.889	55:28