Minnesota Wild overtime ink as Dallas Stars power-play opens the page

Minnesota Wild moved to 40-19-12 and 2 points, while the Dallas Stars left at 43-15-11 and 1 point after a 2-1 finish at Grand Casino Arena.

First period

The Minnesota Wild and the Stars opened with Dallas recording the only goal of the period on a power play.

The Green and Gold finished the night 1-for-5 on the power play with 9 shots, while the Wild went 0-for-2 with 1 shot.

Second period

The Wild tied the game in the second period with an even-strength goal as Minnesota’s even-strength line produced 2 goals and 4 assists on 24 shots.

The Stars were held scoreless at even strength while posting 19 even-strength shots.

Third period

The Wild closed regulation with 36 hits and 23 blocked shots, while the Stars logged 25 hits and 15 blocked shots.

Filip Gustavsson finished with 28 saves on 29 shots against and earned the win, while Dallas’ goalie stopped 26 of 28 shots against and took the overtime loss.

Overtime

The Wild ended it in overtime with an even-strength winner, and Vladimir Tarasenko led the game’s star list at sequence 1 as the winning-goal scorer.

Minnesota Wild post-match stats showed the Wild at 39 percent in the faceoff circle on 54 draws, while the Stars posted 61 percent on the same total.

Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars highlights

The Wild took 5 penalties for 12 penalty minutes, and Dallas took 3 penalties for 6 penalty minutes in a game that featured 19229 in attendance.

Minnesota Wild coach post-game reaction centered on a finish that came after the Wild allowed 1 shorthanded goal against on 9 Dallas shorthanded shots faced, while generating 3 shorthanded shots of their own.

Minnesota Wild final whistle reaction followed a night in which the Wild recorded 2 takeaways and 16 giveaways, while the Stars finished with 3 takeaways and 10 giveaways.

Next up

The Minnesota Wild will be on the road against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa on 3/24/2026 at 7:30 PM EDT.

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