6 Minnesota 3rd Central46-24-7-5

1 Dallas 2nd Central50-20-8-4

FINAL 6 FINAL 1 5:30PM ET · Apr 18, 2026

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Wild vs Stars Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
Team	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
MIN Minnesota	1	3	2	6	Jesper Wallstedt
DAL Dallas	0	1	0	1	Jake Oettinger

Player Stats


Team	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS
MIN Minnesota	+102	6o (1)	+1.5 (6.5)
DAL Dallas	-122	6u	-1.5

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
5:35		J. Eriksson Ek (PP) Assisted by: M. Boldy , M. Zuccarello
Scoring - Period 2
0:56		K. Kaprizov Assisted by: R. Hartman , M. Zuccarello
3:28		R. Hartman Assisted by: Q. Hughes , B. Faber
6:30		M. Boldy Assisted by: J. Eriksson Ek , K. Kaprizov
15:10		J. Robertson (PP) Assisted by: W. Johnston , M. Heiskanen
Scoring - Period 3
8:13		J. Eriksson Ek (PP) Assisted by: K. Kaprizov , M. Zuccarello
16:52		M. Boldy (EN) Unassisted

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
4:32		T. Myers (2:00) Elbowing
8:23		M. Johansson (2:00) Slashing
18:11		M. Rantanen (2:00) High Sticking
Penalties - Period 2
4:14		M. Rantanen (2:00) Tripping
14:06		D. Yurov (2:00) Cross Checking
Penalties - Period 3
3:38		J. Brodin (2:00) Holding
7:31		E. Lindell (2:00) Tripping
10:43		M. Bourque (2:00) Slashing
10:43		M. Boldy (2:00) Slashing
14:43		N. Foligno (2:00) Holding

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Minnesota	11	13	5	29
Dallas	8	8	12	28

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Minnesota	6	29	20.69	50.00	75.00	29	5	10
Dallas	1	28	3.57	25.00	50.00	30	5	10

Goaltending

Minnesota

Minnesota Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
J. Wallstedt	28	27	1	.964	0	60:00

Dallas

Dallas Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
J. Oettinger	28	23	5	.821	0	58:34

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
5	D	J. Middleton	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:29	10:49	0:00	4:40	0	-	-	-
7	D	B. Faber	0	1	1	4	0	3	28	24:35	18:49	0:38	5:08	0	-	-	-
12	LW	M. Boldy	2	1	3	2	2	8	26	17:50	10:50	4:42	2:18	0	1	-	100
13	C	Y. Trenin	0	0	0	E	0	1	17	13:36	12:48	0:00	0:48	0	-	-	-
14	C	J. Eriksson Ek	2	1	3	1	0	5	25	19:05	12:04	4:42	2:19	2	12	9	57
17	LW	M. Foligno	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	13:03	9:40	0:00	3:23	0	-	-	-
22	RW	D. Yurov	0	0	0	E	2	1	15	10:22	10:14	0:00	0:08	0	-	5	0
24	D	Z. Bogosian	0	0	0	E	0	0	19	13:01	12:33	0:00	0:28	0	-	-	-
25	D	J. Brodin	0	0	0	E	2	0	26	19:35	17:29	0:11	1:55	0	-	-	-
36	RW	M. Zuccarello	0	3	3	2	0	1	18	16:41	12:22	4:19	0:00	0	-	1	0
38	RW	R. Hartman	1	1	2	2	0	1	19	16:05	15:11	0:54	0:00	0	7	5	58
43	D	Q. Hughes	0	1	1	3	0	1	24	24:30	19:13	5:08	0:09	0	-	-	-
46	D	J. Spurgeon	0	0	0	E	0	2	25	18:40	15:38	1:14	1:48	0	-	-	-
47	RW	M. McCarron	0	0	0	E	0	1	18	12:45	8:45	0:00	4:00	0	6	7	46
71	LW	N. Foligno	0	0	0	1	2	0	16	10:51	9:39	0:00	1:12	0	3	3	50
90	LW	M. Johansson	0	0	0	E	2	2	20	12:14	11:00	1:14	0:00	0	-	-	-
91	RW	V. Tarasenko	0	0	0	E	0	1	18	14:36	13:33	1:03	0:00	0	-	-	-
97	LW	K. Kaprizov	1	2	3	3	0	2	21	17:58	13:18	4:40	0:00	0	-	-	-
30	G	J. Wallstedt	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	47:11	5:45	7:04	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
4	D	M. Heiskanen	0	1	1	-1	0	4	21	23:55	13:12	6:41	4:02	0	-	-	-
5	D	N. Lundkvist	0	0	0	-2	0	1	21	17:55	17:41	0:03	0:11	0	-	-	-
6	D	L. Bichsel	0	0	0	E	0	0	19	15:21	15:21	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
10	C	O. Back	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	10:20	7:48	0:00	2:32	0	-	-	-
12	C	R. Faksa	0	0	0	-1	0	0	19	11:17	8:46	0:00	2:31	0	3	6	33
14	LW	J. Benn	0	0	0	-1	0	1	16	11:55	10:27	1:28	0:00	0	-	-	-
15	C	C. Blackwell	0	0	0	-1	0	1	18	11:03	8:25	0:00	2:38	0	3	3	50
18	C	S. Steel	0	0	0	-2	0	0	21	15:41	13:44	0:00	1:57	0	5	5	50
21	LW	J. Robertson	1	0	1	-1	0	6	16	19:56	13:15	6:41	0:00	1	-	-	-
22	C	M. Bourque	0	0	0	E	2	1	19	15:59	15:29	0:30	0:00	0	3	3	50
23	D	E. Lindell	0	0	0	E	2	0	21	21:18	16:41	0:23	4:14	0	-	-	-
49	C	J. Hryckowian	0	0	0	E	0	0	18	13:00	11:07	0:23	1:30	0	7	2	78
53	C	W. Johnston	0	1	1	-3	0	4	21	21:44	14:43	6:38	0:23	0	2	4	33
55	D	T. Harley	0	0	0	-3	0	1	24	19:40	17:35	0:23	1:42	0	-	-	-
57	D	T. Myers	0	0	0	-1	2	1	18	15:01	13:41	0:00	1:20	0	-	-	-
73	LW	A. Erne	0	0	0	-1	0	2	12	8:07	8:07	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
95	C	M. Duchene	0	0	0	-1	0	3	17	20:07	13:26	6:41	0:00	0	4	6	40
96	RW	M. Rantanen	0	0	0	-3	4	3	21	21:22	14:48	6:34	0:00	0	3	-	100
29	G	J. Oettinger	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	58:34	46:50	5:59	5:45	0	-	-	-

Game Info

Location American Airlines Center

Referees Jean Hebert , Furman South

Linesmen Jonny Murray, CJ Murray

Attendance 18,532 attendance

MIN vs DALRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
MIN	46-24-12	42-40-0	45-34-3	23-14-4	23-10-8
DAL	50-20-12	32-50-0	41-40-1	24-9-8	26-11-4

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

4-6-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Apr 09, '26	DAL	5 - 4	DAL -122	o6.0	20	31	0-1	3-5
Mar 21, '26	MIN	2 - 1 (OT)	MIN +114	u5.5	28	30	0-2	1-5
Dec 11, '25	MIN	5 - 2	MIN +112	o5.5	32	18	0-3	1-1
Oct 14, '25	DAL	5 - 2	DAL -194	o5.5	25	41	2-2	2-4
Apr 06, '25	MIN	3 - 2 (OT)	MIN +116	u5.5	41	25	1-4	0-4
Mar 24, '25	DAL	3 - 0	DAL -220	u5.5	29	32	1-4	0-4
Dec 27, '24	DAL	3 - 2 (OT)	MIN +190	u5.5	29	18	0-3	0-1
Nov 16, '24	MIN	2 - 1	DAL -152	u5.5	23	40	0-2	0-1
Jan 10, '24	DAL	7 - 2	DAL -189	o6.5	34	23	0-2	1-2
Jan 08, '24	MIN	4 - 0	DAL -138	u6.5	23	20	0-6	1-2

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

6-4-0-0

Over / Under

6-4-0

$41

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Apr 14, '26	ANA	W 3 - 2	W +140	u6.5	20	37	0-1	1-3
Apr 13, '26	@ STL	L 3 - 6	L +150	o5.5	31	21	1-5	0-4
Apr 11, '26	@ NAS	L 1 - 2	L -110	u6.0	22	22	0-1	0-4
Apr 09, '26	@ DAL	L 4 - 5	L +102	o6.0	31	20	3-5	0-1
Apr 07, '26	SEA	W 5 - 2	W -265	o6.0	29	27	0-1	0-3
Apr 05, '26	@ DET	W 5 - 4	W -130	o6.0	20	24	1-2	0-1
Apr 04, '26	@ OTT	W 4 - 1	W +105	u6.0	23	34	0-1	0-2
Apr 02, '26	VAN	W 5 - 2	W -490	o6.5	39	33	0-2	1-2
Mar 28, '26	@ BOS	L 3 - 6	L -120	o6.0	34	30	1-3	0-2
Mar 26, '26	@ FLA	W 3 - 2	W -162	u6.0	50	20	0-1	0-1

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 20, '26	@ DAL	L 2-4	L +114	p6.0
Apr 22, '26	DAL	L 2-4	L +114	p6.0
Apr 25, '26	DAL	L 2-4	L +114	p6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

7-2-1-0

Over / Under

6-4-0

$136

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Apr 15, '26	@ BUF	W 4 - 3 (SO)	W -146	o6.0	28	24	1-3	0-3
Apr 13, '26	@ TOR	W 6 - 5	W -200	o6.5	32	27	1-3	1-2
Apr 11, '26	NYR	W 2 - 0	W -178	u6.0	19	22	1-4	0-5
Apr 09, '26	MIN	W 5 - 4	W -122	o6.0	20	31	0-1	3-5
Apr 07, '26	CAL	W 4 - 3 (OT)	W -255	o5.5	25	20	1-5	1-3
Apr 04, '26	COL	L 0 - 2	L -104	u6.0	17	21	0-2	0-1
Apr 02, '26	WIN	W 3 - 0	W -152	u5.5	21	22	1-1	0-3
Mar 31, '26	@ BOS	L 3 - 6	L -134	o6.0	16	22	1-3	1-2
Mar 29, '26	@ PHI	L 1 - 2 (OT)	L -178	u5.5	18	30	0-2	1-3
Mar 28, '26	@ PIT	W 6 - 3	W -134	o6.0	26	12	2-5	1-4

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 20, '26	MIN	W 4-2	W -137	p6.0
Apr 22, '26	@ MIN	W 4-2	W -137	p6.0
Apr 25, '26	@ MIN	W 4-2	W -137	p6.0

MIN vs DAL Preview

Minnesota at

Dallas

Last Meeting ( Apr 9, 2026 ) Minnesota 4, Dallas 5

The Dallas Stars are entering the Stanley Cup Playoffs on a different path this season.

When they host the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of their first-round series on Saturday, the Stars will be riding a five-game winning streak.

A year ago, Dallas entered the playoffs on a season-long seven-game skid, but then went on to reach the Western Conference finals.

"Last year, we were comfortable and confident going into the playoffs, but it is nice going in winning," Dallas forward Sam Steel said. "There are less questions."

The Stars are also as healthy as they've been in a while.

They are still without forwards Tyler Seguin and Roope Hintz, but defenseman Miro Heiskanen returned to practice on Friday after missing the past three games with a lower-body injury. Steel and defenseman Nils Lundkvist returned for the 4-3 shootout win against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday in the regular-season finale.

"After missing some time, there is a little bit of rust to break off and get your touches in and get back into thinking at that speed of the game," Steel said. "It's good to get back and get one before the playoffs."

The five-game winning streak also allowed the Stars to reach 50 wins for the third straight season and seventh time in franchise history. Jason Robertson led the team with 45 goals and 96 points.

"It's hard to get 50 in this league," Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said. "Good on our guys. Just the fact they were thinking about it shows you about our group. It's quite an accomplishment by them."

Minnesota, which has known it would be facing Dallas in the first round for more than a week, concluded its regular season with a 3-2 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.

The Wild alternated starts by goalies Filip Gustavsson and Jesper Wallstedt during most of the season and will likely continue that pattern in the postseason.

"We have two excellent goaltenders," Wild coach John Hynes said. "We've had two excellent goaltenders all year long."

Wallstedt, a rookie, finished with the second-best save percentage in the NHL during the regular season (.916) while Gustavsson was tied for 18th (.904).

"What we do know is Wally's a strong goalie. He's played really well. He's come a long way in his development. He's a top-end NHL goalie," Hynes said. "Both players (are). Gus has got great experience. Great goalie. He's been a backbone for us. He's been the leader of the goaltending corps between the two of those guys. So, you can't go wrong with the decision."

Gustavsson has watched in awe as Wallstedt has developed into a top-flight goalie this season, as well as while they were Olympic teammates with Sweden.

"Night in and night out, he's always given the team a chance to win," Gustavsson said of Wallstedt. "It's very nice to have a duo like that, if you don't have to feel the pressure to play all the games. You know if he's in the pipes, the team has a very good chance to win anyway. It's a great duo to have."

Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes missed practice on Thursday and Friday because of an illness, but he's expected to fly to Dallas later on Friday and be available for Game 1, Hynes said.

--Field Level Media

MIN vs DALInjury report

Minnesota's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
J. Eriksson Ek	C	Day To Day - Lower-body( May 07, '26)	May 07, '26
The Wild said that Eriksson Ek is a game-time decision for Saturday's (May 9) game 3 versus the Avalanche.
J. Brodin	D	Out - Lower Body( May 07, '26)	May 07, '26
The Wild said that Brodin is OUT for Saturday's (May 9) game 3 versus the Avalanche.
Z. Bogosian	D	Day To Day - Lower Body( May 05, '26)	May 05, '26
Bogosian did not play on Tuesday's (May. 5) game 2 versus the Avalanche.

Minnesota Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	10	Bobby Brink
LW	12	Matt Boldy
C	13	Yakov Trenin
C	14	Joel Eriksson Ek
RW	16	Nicolas Aube-Kubel
LW	17	Marcus Foligno
C	21	Robby Fabbri
RW	22	Danila Yurov
RW	36	Mats Zuccarello
C	37	Hunter Haight
RW	38	Ryan Hartman
C	39	Ben Jones
RW	47	Michael McCarron
LW	71	Nick Foligno
C	78	Nico Sturm
LW	90	Marcus Johansson
RW	91	Vladimir Tarasenko
LW	97	Kirill Kaprizov

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	2	Jeff Petry
D	5	Jake Middleton
D	7	Brock Faber
D	24	Zach Bogosian
D	25	Jonas Brodin
D	26	Matt Kiersted
G	30	Jesper Wallstedt
G	32	Filip Gustavsson
G	40	Cal Petersen
D	43	Quinn Hughes
D	46	Jared Spurgeon
D	48	Daemon Hunt
G	50	Riley Mercer
D	71	Carson Lambos
D	82	David Spacek
G	95	Chase Wutzke

Dallas's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
R. Hintz	C	Out - Hamstring( May 03, '26)	May 03, '26
The Stars said on Monday (May. 4) that Hintz believes he was close to returning to the lineup after dealing with a setback in his recovery, according to Lia Assimakopoulos of The Dallas Morning News.
T. Seguin	C	Out For Season - ACL( Feb 26, '26)	Feb 26, '26
The Stars said on Friday (Feb. 27) that Seguin will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 campaign and the entirety of the playoffs, per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

Dallas Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	10	Oskar Back
RW	11	Nathan Bastian
C	12	Radek Faksa
LW	14	Jamie Benn
C	15	Colin Blackwell
C	18	Sam Steel
LW	21	Jason Robertson
C	22	Mavrik Bourque
C	24	Roope Hintz
RW	25	Arttu Hyry
C	49	Justin Hryckowian
C	53	Wyatt Johnston
LW	58	Michael Bunting
LW	73	Adam Erne
C	95	Matt Duchene
RW	96	Mikko Rantanen

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Casey DeSmith
D	4	Miro Heiskanen
D	5	Nils Lundkvist
D	6	Lian Bichsel
D	20	Kyle Capobianco
D	23	Esa Lindell
D	28	Alexander Petrovic
G	29	Jake Oettinger
D	46	Ilya Lyubushkin
D	55	Thomas Harley
D	57	Tyler Myers

GoaltendersLast 5

Minnesota
Dallas

W/L

2-3-0-0

GAA

3.20

Save %

.859

Minnesota Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Wallstedt	Apr 14, 2026	MIN 3 - ANA 2	W	2	37	.946	-	W +140	u6.5
F.Gustavsson	Apr 13, 2026	STL 6 - MIN 3	L	5	21	.762	-	L +150	o5.5
J.Wallstedt	Apr 11, 2026	NAS 2 - MIN 1	L	2	22	.909	-	L -110	u6.0
F.Gustavsson	Apr 9, 2026	DAL 5 - MIN 4	L	5	20	.750	-	L +102	o6.0
J.Wallstedt	Apr 7, 2026	MIN 5 - SEA 2	W	2	27	.926	-	W -265	o6.0

W/L

5-0-0-0

GAA

3.00

Save %

.882

Dallas Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Oettinger	Apr 15, 2026	BUF 3 - DAL 4 (SO)	W	3	24	.875	-	W -146	o6.0
C.DeSmith	Apr 13, 2026	TOR 5 - DAL 6	W	5	27	.815	-	W -200	o6.5
J.Oettinger	Apr 11, 2026	DAL 2 - NYR 0	W	0	22	1.00	-	W -178	u6.0
J.Oettinger	Apr 9, 2026	DAL 5 - MIN 4	W	4	31	.871	-	W -122	o6.0
J.Oettinger	Apr 7, 2026	DAL 4 - CAL 3 (OT)	W	3	20	.850	-	W -255	o5.5

MIN vs DALStats

Offense vs Defense

MINMinnesota Offense
DALDallas Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.32	Total	2.76
0.91	1st Period	0.74
1.10	2nd Period	0.83
1.12	3rd Period	1.04
0.13	OT	0.10

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
29.21	Total	26.16
8.13	1st Period	6.41
8.94	2nd Period	7.61
8.79	3rd Period	6.91
0.50	OT	0.54

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.11	Total	0.89
0.11	1st Period	0.88
0.12	2nd Period	0.89
0.13	3rd Period	0.85
0.27	OT	0.82

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
65 - 258	G/Att vs. GA/Att	49 - 249
25.19	PP % vs. PK %	80.32

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Minnesota Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Filip Gustavsson	1377	1244	0.903	28-15-6
Cal Petersen	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
Jesper Wallstedt	1020	933	0.915	18-9-6

Wild vs Stars Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

Game Info

MIN vs DALRecords

MIN vs DALRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

MIN vs DAL Preview

MIN vs DALInjury report

Minnesota's Injuries

Minnesota Starters Last Game

Dallas's Injuries

Dallas Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

MIN vs DALStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

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Betting Terminology

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