Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars, West 1st Round Game 1

NHL

Wild

46-24-12, 104 PTS

6-1

Final

Stars

50-20-12, 112 PTS

American Airlines Center

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

MIN shoots leftDAL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MIN	11	13	5	29
DAL	8	8	12	28

In net

Jesper Wallstedt27/28 SV, .964

Jake Oettinger23/28 SV, .821

Team	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	3	2	6
DAL	0	1	0	1

Who won: Wild 6-1

The Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 6-1 in West 1st Round Game 1 on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The series is tied 2-2. The Wild outscored the Stars 3-1 in the 2nd period. Matt Boldy led the Wild in goals (2). Jason Robertson led the Stars in goals (1).

MIN

DAL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Oskar BackC	1	0	0	0	10:20	0:00	2:32	7:48	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jamie BennLW	0	3	1	-1	11:55	1:28	0:00	10:27	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Colin BlackwellC	0	3	1	-1	11:03	0:00	2:38	8:25	18	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	50.0	0	0	0
Mavrik BourqueC	0	5	0	0	15:59	0:30	0:00	15:29	19	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	50.0	2	1	2
Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	-1	20:07	6:41	0:00	13:26	17	0	0	0	3	1	4	6	40.0	1	0	0
Adam ErneLW	0	2	0	-1	8:07	0:00	0:00	8:07	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Radek FaksaC	0	3	0	-1	11:17	0:00	2:31	8:46	19	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	33.3	1	0	0
Justin HryckowianC	0	6	0	0	13:00	0:23	1:30	11:07	18	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	77.8	2	0	0
Wyatt JohnstonC	0	3	0	-3	21:44	6:38	0:23	14:43	21	0	0	1	4	0	2	4	33.3	1	0	0
Mikko RantanenRW	1	2	1	-3	21:22	6:34	0:00	14:48	21	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	100.0	1	2	4
Jason RobertsonLW	0	0	1	-1	19:56	6:41	0:00	13:15	16	1	1	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Sam SteelC	0	3	1	-2	15:41	0:00	1:57	13:44	21	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	50.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Lian BichselD	0	3	0	0	15:21	0:00	0:00	15:21	19	0	0	1	0	0	0
Thomas HarleyD	1	1	0	-3	19:40	0:23	1:42	17:35	24	0	1	0	1	0	0
Miro HeiskanenD	0	0	1	-1	23:55	6:41	4:02	13:12	21	1	4	1	1	0	0
Esa LindellD	2	1	0	0	21:18	0:23	4:14	16:41	21	0	0	0	3	1	2
Nils LundkvistD	2	1	0	-2	17:55	0:03	0:11	17:41	21	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tyler MyersD	1	3	1	-1	15:01	0:00	1:20	13:41	18	0	1	0	0	1	2

Goalies	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jake OettingerG	5	28	0	0	23	.821	18	5	0	58:34	0	0