Wild beat Stars 5-2 for first playoff series win in 11 years
Quinn Hughes led Minnesota to its first playoff series victory in 11 years, scoring twice in the Wild's 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 on Thursday night.
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Quinn Hughes led Minnesota to its first playoff series victory in 11 years, scoring twice in the Wild's 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 on Thursday night.
Matt Boldy scored the tiebreaking power-play goal in the final minute of the second period and the Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 4-2 for a 3-2 lead in the first-round Western Conference series.
Matt Boldy scored on a deflection with 28.9 seconds left in the first overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Saturday in Game 4 to tie the first-round NHL playoff series.
Wyatt Johnston scored on a power-play deflection at 12:10 of the second overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild early Thursday for a 2-1 lead in the first-round series.
Minnesota scored three times early in the second period and got 27 saves from rookie Jesper Wallstedt to hand Dallas another home loss in a series opener.
The win, paired with Minnesota's loss, locked the Stars into the Central Division's No. 2 seed.
Just wait until the Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars are playing in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
Martin Nečas broke a third‑period tie and Nathan MacKinnon added an empty‑netter as Colorado moved eight points ahead of Dallas in the division race, with Scott Wedgewood earning his third shutout.
Reilly Smith scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:38 left in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas 3-2, denying the Stars' bid to clinch a playoff berth.
Wyatt Johnston had three assists before making the game-ending shot in a shootout as the Dallas Stars beat Edmonton 4-3 on Tuesday night.
The Dallas Stars have hired Glen Gulutzan as their head coach 12 years after he was fired from his first stint with them.
The Oilers now get another rematch, against defending Stanley Cup champion Florida after a seven-game series last June
The Dallas Stars are back home and on the verge of their season ending in the Western Conference final for the third year in a row.
Game 5 is Thursday night, when the best-of-seven series returns to Dallas.
Game 4 will be in Edmonton on Tuesday.
Connor Brown scored after getting hit in the mouth by a skate, Stuart Skinner made 25 saves for his third shutout of the postseason and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 3-0 in Game 2 on Friday night to even the Western Conference final.
Miro Heiskanen, Mikael Granlund and Matt Duchene scored power-play goals in a 5:26 span early in the third period.
The Stars move on to face Edmonton in the West final for the second year in a row, and will host Game 1.
The Presidents' Trophy-winning Jets avoided elimination to send the series back to Dallas for Game 6 on Saturday night.
Game 5 is Thursday in Winnipeg, where the Stars can clinch a third straight West final berth.
Mikko Rantanen's NHL playoffs-record streak of consecutive goals involved in has ended at 13 for the Dallas Stars.
The Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. Game 2 is Friday.
The Dallas Stars advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs, beating the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in Game 7.
Wyatt Johnston scored nine seconds in for the quickest goal ever to start a playoff game for the Dallas Stars.
Seguin had his second career OT playoff goal. His first was in 2012 with Boston.
