Dallas Stars vs Minnesota Wild

Playoffs · Thursday, April 30, 2026 · Grand Casino Arena

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2–5

Final

SOG 23–21

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Thursday, April 30, 2026 at Grand Casino Arena. The Stars outshot the Wild 23-21.

Quinn Hughes scored twice and Matt Boldy scored twice. Wyatt Johnston, Mavrik Bourque and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored.

Jesper Wallstedt made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jake Oettinger stopped 16 of 19.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
DAL	0	2	0	2	23
MIN	1	1	3	5	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Quinn Hughes (1)Marcus Foligno (1), Nico Sturm (2)0–106:23 MIN

2nd period

Wyatt Johnston (4)Mikko Rantanen (6), Matt Duchene (7)Faber 1:09 into shift1–107:01 DAL · PPG
Mavrik Bourque (1)Michael Bunting (1), Ilya Lyubushkin (1)2–116:08 DAL
Vladimir Tarasenko (1)Quinn Hughes (6)2–217:02 MIN

3rd period

Quinn Hughes (2)Brock Faber (3), Mats Zuccarello (4)Heiskanen 1:03 into shift2–310:38 MIN
Matt Boldy (5)Unassisted2–418:29 MIN · EN
Matt Boldy (6)Unassisted2–519:45 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+

1:09

1–1 · 2nd 7:01 · Johnston. Faber was 1:09 into his shift when it went in.

GoalDAL on iceMIN on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 MIN

1st 6:23 · Hughes

Bäck 0:30

Fresh legsBäck 0:30

1–1 DAL

2nd 7:01 · PP · Johnston

Long shift: Faber 1:09

Long shiftFaber 1:09

2–1 DAL

2nd 16:08 · Bourque

Zuccarello 0:27

Fresh legsZuccarello 0:27

2–2 MIN

2nd 17:02 · Tarasenko

Duchene 0:54

NormalDuchene 0:54

2–3 MIN

3rd 10:38 · Hughes

Long shift: Heiskanen 1:03

Long shiftHeiskanen 1:03

2–4 MIN

3rd 18:29 · EN · Boldy

Benn 1:45

Empty netBenn 1:45

2–5 MIN

3rd 19:45 · EN · Boldy

Lindell 1:16

Empty netLindell 1:16

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

DALMIN

23Shots on goal21

42%Faceoff %58%

1/2Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes4

34Hits32

14Blocked shots14

9Giveaways10

3Takeaways4

Penalties

2nd 02:46Matt Duchene · cross checking2 min
2nd 05:55Yakov Trenin · interference2 min
2nd 12:54Radek Faksa · holding2 min
3rd 05:18Mikko Rantanen · roughing2 min
3rd 06:38Ryan Hartman · slashing2 min

Season series

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters

22Mavrik BourqueC	1	0	1	0	5	5	0	0	57	15:09
53Wyatt JohnstonC	1	0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	38	23:26
58Michael BuntingL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	09:11
95Matt DucheneC	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0	2	43	19:03
96Mikko RantanenR	0	1	1	-3	0	3	3	2	43	21:46
46Ilya LyubushkinD	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	–	14:32
10Oskar BäckC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	11:52
12Radek FaksaC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	57	07:08
14Jamie BennL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	–	11:46
15Colin BlackwellC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	07:12
18Sam SteelC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	13:35
21Jason RobertsonL	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	–	24:45
49Justin HryckowianC	0	0	0	0	4	6	2	0	33	15:35
4Miro HeiskanenD	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	–	28:01
6Lian BichselD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	13:55
23Esa LindellD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	22:14
28Alexander PetrovicD	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	–	11:55
55Thomas HarleyD	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0	–	25:25

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Jake OettingerG	L	19	16	3	.842	57:30

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

43Quinn HughesD	2	1	3	+2	3	0	2	0	–	28:55
12Matt BoldyL	2	0	2	+2	5	1	2	0	100	24:08
17Marcus FolignoL	0	1	1	+1	0	6	1	0	–	11:15
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:05
78Nico SturmC	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	20	08:59
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	11:01
7Brock FaberD	0	1	1	+3	0	1	1	0	–	29:53
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	2	–	10:18
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	0	0	+2	3	2	1	0	63	20:00
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	62	18:32
47Michael McCarronC	0	0	0	+1	3	2	1	0	71	11:41
71Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	+1	1	5	2	0	–	10:22
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	15:17
97Kirill KaprizovL	0	0	0	+2	1	4	1	0	–	22:11
2Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:13
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	1	0	–	19:26
24Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	11:37
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	18:54

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG	W	23	21	2	.913	59:07
32Filip GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00