Minnesota Wild @ Dallas Stars

West 1st Round - Game 5 • MIN leads series 3-2

46-24-12, 23-14-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Wild MIN	1	1	2	4
Stars DAL	1	0	1	2

Dallas StarsStarsDAL

50-20-12, 26-11-4 Home

Minnesota Wild


forwards
Matt BoldyM. Boldy#12
Bobby BrinkB. Brink#10
Joel Eriksson EkJ. Eriksson Ek#14
Nick FolignoN. Foligno#71
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#17
Ryan HartmanR. Hartman#38
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Kirill KaprizovK. Kaprizov#97
Michael McCarronM. McCarron#47
Vladimir TarasenkoV. Tarasenko#91
Yakov TreninY. Trenin#13
Mats ZuccarelloM. Zuccarello#36
defensemen
Zach BogosianZ. Bogosian#24
Jonas BrodinJ. Brodin#25
Brock FaberB. Faber#7
Quinn HughesQ. Hughes#43
Jake MiddletonJ. Middleton#5
Jared SpurgeonJ. Spurgeon#46

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	20:27	3:56	3:44	12:47	2	1	66.7
0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	1	12	9:44	0:45	0:00	8:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	25	20:16	3:56	3:13	13:07	10	10	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	21	15:20	0:00	3:19	12:01	2	3	40.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	10:16	0:05	0:00	10:11	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	19	15:09	0:50	0:01	14:18	7	4	63.6
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	17	10:56	0:59	0:00	9:57	0	0	0.0
1	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	22	18:09	3:47	0:04	14:18	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	14:41	0:00	1:43	12:58	6	6	50.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	12:04	0:43	0:00	11:21	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	7	0	1	14	12:04	0:00	0:04	12:00	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	21	16:59	3:47	0:00	13:12	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	19	16:04	0:00	2:58	13:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	7:22	0:00	0:00	7:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	31	26:10	0:59	3:41	21:30	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	30	26:53	3:56	0:44	22:13	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	1	6	1	2	1	0	1	23	18:05	0:00	2:19	15:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	0	1	28	21:29	0:07	2:30	18:52	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jesper WallstedtJ. Wallstedt#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	2	20	.909	17	3	0	0	0	59:47	0

Dallas Stars


forwards
Oskar BackO. Back#10
Jamie BennJ. Benn#14
Colin BlackwellC. Blackwell#15
Mavrik BourqueM. Bourque#22
Matt DucheneM. Duchene#95
Radek FaksaR. Faksa#12
Justin HryckowianJ. Hryckowian#49
Arttu HyryA. Hyry#25
Wyatt JohnstonW. Johnston#53
Mikko RantanenM. Rantanen#96
Jason RobertsonJ. Robertson#21
Sam SteelS. Steel#18
defensemen
Lian BichselL. Bichsel#6
Thomas HarleyT. Harley#55
Miro HeiskanenM. Heiskanen#4
Esa LindellE. Lindell#23
Ilya LyubushkinI. Lyubushkin#46
Tyler MyersT. Myers#57

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:46	0:00	3:35	9:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	19	14:06	1:27	0:00	12:39	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	8:37	0:00	1:07	7:30	2	2	50.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	22	15:26	0:09	0:00	15:17	4	8	33.3
0	1	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	24	20:52	5:57	0:00	14:55	3	2	60.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	17	11:16	0:00	3:48	7:28	3	6	33.3
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	21	14:28	0:05	0:00	14:23	3	1	75.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3:34	0:00	0:00	3:34	1	1	50.0
0	0	-1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	23:47	5:55	0:00	17:52	10	6	62.5
0	1	-1	2	3	2	0	0	3	0	1	24	23:32	6:00	0:00	17:32	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	24	24:07	6:01	0:00	18:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	21	13:35	0:00	1:05	12:30	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	2	1	1	18	13:46	0:00	0:27	13:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	27	22:23	0:53	1:00	20:30	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	27	28:22	5:17	3:37	19:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	26	20:29	0:04	4:18	16:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	12:30	0:00	0:07	12:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	22	14:11	0:00	0:00	14:11	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jake OettingerJ. Oettinger#29

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	3	24	.889	13	11	0	0	0	55:28	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Wild	1	1	2	4
	Stars	1	0	1	2

1st Period			MIN	DAL
3:51		Mats Zuccarello (1) Assists: Kirill Kaprizov (6), Ryan Hartman (3)	1	0
8:58		Miro Heiskanen (2) (Power Play) Assists: Jason Robertson (3), Matt Duchene (6)	1	1

2nd Period			MIN	DAL
19:28		Matt Boldy (4) (Power Play) Assists: Quinn Hughes (5), Kirill Kaprizov (7)	2	1

3rd Period		MIN	DAL
7:47	Michael McCarron (2) Assists: Yakov Trenin (1), Vladimir Tarasenko (1)	3	1
16:39	Jason Robertson (5) Assists: Miro Heiskanen (4), Mikko Rantanen (5)	3	2
18:00	Kirill Kaprizov (2) (Empty Net) Assists: Matt Boldy (3), Jake Middleton (1)	4	2

Kirill Kaprizov nets an empty-netter to secure game 5 for the Wild

0:44

Jason Robertson's impressive goal pulls Stars within 1 late

0:36

Wild take a 3-1 lead on Michael McCarron's goal

0:47

Wild
6
Stars
1

Game 1

19/4

Wild
2
Stars
4

Game 2

21/4

Stars
4
Wild
3

Game 3

23/4

Stars
2
Wild
3

Game 4

26/4

Wild
4
Stars
2

Game 5

29/4

Stars
Wild

Game 6

30/4

Wild
Stars

Game 7

2/5

American Airlines Center

8:00 AM, 29 April 2026

Dallas, TX

Attendance: 18,532

Referees:
Frederick L'Ecuyer
TJ Luxmore
Trevor Hanson

Linesmen:
David Brisebois
Bevan Mills
Ben O'Quinn

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	55	16	11	121
Dallas	50	20	12	112
Minnesota	46	24	12	104
Utah	43	33	6	92
St. Louis	37	33	12	86
Nashville	38	34	10	86
Winnipeg	35	35	12	82
Chicago	29	39	14	72

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