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Antoine Roussel scored from behind the net without the puck touching a stick and Jamie Benn had an unassisted goal and the Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Saturday night for a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference playoff series.
The Minnesota Wild started their quest for the Stanley Cup in Dallas on Thursday night. It did not go the way Wild fans were hoping it would.
Jason Spezza was skating up the right side in his first playoff game with the Dallas Stars when he faked a slap shot. After skating a few more feet, he flicked his wrist and sent the puck into the upper right corner of the net.
The Stars are, of course, the team that played its first 26 years in Minnesota before leaving in 1993.
For the fourth year in a row, the Minnesota Wild are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, where they will once again face the champion from the Central Division.
This isn't the way you're supposed to go into the Stanley Cup Playoffs, without Zach Parise, Thomas Vanek and nursing a five-game losing skid.
The Minnesota Wild have signed former first-round draft pick Alex Tuch to a three-year, entry-level contract starting next season.
They're big underdogs, but here are four reasons why the Wild can pull off the upset against the Stars and advance.
Minnesota Wild leading-scorer Zach Parise will miss at least the first two games of the playoffs and likely more because of an upper-body injury.
More than two decades after moving the North Stars to Dallas and rebranding them as the Stars, Norm Green is still one of the most hated men in Minnesota.
Jarret Stoll has been down these roads before and found a way to come out on top.
The Minnesota Wild announced Tuesday it will host a pep rally ahead of Game 1 in Dallas and hold a viewing party for Game 2 against the Stars in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Minnesota Wild is the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference Playoffs for the Stanley Cup, and they'll face the No. 1-seeded Dallas Stars in the opening round.
The only thing Darcy Kuemper can do as he prepares for the playoffs is prepare for the playoffs. You have to stay ready.
Patrick Sieloff scored the go-ahead goal in his first NHL game and Niklas Backstrom made 35 saves against his former team, leading the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
