Game

Wild at Stars

Wild 4, Stars 2 · first star Kirill Kaprizov (1 G, 2 A).

2025-26 Stanley Cup Playoffs · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Minnesota Wild 4 at Dallas Stars 2

Wild MIN

4 FINAL 2

Stars DAL

Playoffs Tuesday, April 28, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET · American Airlines Center, Dallas · TV ESPN2 · SN360 · TVAS2

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Wild	1	1	2	4	28
Stars	1	0	1	2	22

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Wild attack left, Stars attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: MIN 28, DAL 22.

MIN in red DAL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Wild 28 shots on goal (4 goals, 10 missed, 11 blocked) attacking left; Stars 22 shots on goal (2 goals, 21 missed, 28 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MIN SOG	MIN G	MIN ATT	DAL SOG	DAL G	DAL ATT
1st	10	1	19	5	1	18
2nd	15	1	21	6	0	22
3rd	3	2	9	11	1	31
Total	28	4	49	22	2	71

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MIN SOG	MIN G	DAL SOG	DAL G
Even strength	16	3	18	1
Power play	12	1	4	1
Short-handed	0	0	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Stars took 59.2% of the shot attempts, and 61.9% of the 84 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Stars and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Wild hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Wild at Stars
Period	DAL CF%	DAL FF%
1st	48.6	42.9
2nd	51.2	42.4
3rd	77.5	74.1
Game	59.2	53.1

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

03:51 Mats Zuccarello (1) Kirill Kaprizov (6), Ryan Hartman (3) · snap 1–0
08:58 Miro Heiskanen (2) PP Jason Robertson (3), Matt Duchene (6) · slap 1–1

2nd period

19:28 Matt Boldy (4) PP Quinn Hughes (5), Kirill Kaprizov (7) · snap 2–1

3rd period

07:47 Michael McCarron (2) Yakov Trenin (1), Vladimir Tarasenko (1) · snap 3–1
16:39 Jason Robertson (5) Miro Heiskanen (4), Mikko Rantanen (5) · snap 3–2
18:00 Kirill Kaprizov (2) EN Matt Boldy (3), Jake Middleton (1) · backhand 4–2

Three stars

Kirill Kaprizov MIN · L #97 · 1 G, 2 A
Matt Boldy MIN · L #12 · 1 G, 1 A
Jason Robertson DAL · L #21 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	08:16	MIN	Bobby Brink	slashing	2	Thomas Harley
1st	18:09	DAL	Lian Bichsel	interference	2	Joel Eriksson Ek
2nd	03:47	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek	tripping	2	Miro Heiskanen
2nd	09:53	DAL	Tyler Myers	interference	2	Matt Boldy
2nd	18:42	DAL	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—
3rd	08:43	MIN	Jake Middleton	tripping	2	Oskar Bäck
3rd	14:48	MIN	Ryan Hartman	unsportsmanlike conduct	2	Jamie Benn
3rd	14:48	DAL	Jamie Benn	cross checking	2	Ryan Hartman
3rd	18:37	MIN	Jared Spurgeon	slashing	2	Matt Duchene

Boxscore

Minnesota Wild

Wild skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Kirill Kaprizov #97	L	1	2	3	+2	4	3	0	0	0.0	18:09
Matt Boldy #12	L	1	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	66.7	20:27
Michael McCarron #47	C	1	0	1	+1	1	0	2	0	50.0	14:41
Mats Zuccarello #36	R	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	100.0	16:59
Yakov Trenin #13	C	0	1	1	+1	1	7	1	0	0.0	12:04
Ryan Hartman #38	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	2	63.6	15:09
Vladimir Tarasenko #91	R	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	12:04
Jake Middleton #5	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	6	2	0.0	18:05
Quinn Hughes #43	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	26:53
Joel Eriksson Ek #14	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	50.0	20:16
Marcus Foligno #17	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	10:16
Marcus Johansson #90	L	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	10:56
Nick Foligno #71	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	40.0	15:20
Bobby Brink #10	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0.0	09:44
Brock Faber #7	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	26:10
Jared Spurgeon #46	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	5	2	0.0	21:29
Jonas Brodin #25	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	07:22
Zach Bogosian #24	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0.0	16:04

Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jesper Wallstedt #30	W	22	20	2	.909	17/18	3/4	59:47

Dallas Stars

Stars skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jason Robertson #21	L	1	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	24:07
Miro Heiskanen #4	D	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	28:22
Matt Duchene #95	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	60.0	20:52
Mikko Rantanen #96	R	0	1	1	-1	2	3	2	0	0.0	23:32
Colin Blackwell #15	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	08:37
Justin Hryckowian #49	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	75.0	14:28
Mavrik Bourque #22	C	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	33.3	15:26
Oskar Bäck #10	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12:46
Radek Faksa #12	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	33.3	11:16
Sam Steel #18	C	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0.0	13:35
Wyatt Johnston #53	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	62.5	23:47
Jamie Benn #14	L	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	2	0.0	14:06
Arttu Hyry #25	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	03:34
Esa Lindell #23	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0.0	20:29
Ilya Lyubushkin #46	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	12:30
Lian Bichsel #6	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0.0	13:46
Thomas Harley #55	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0.0	22:23
Tyler Myers #57	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	2	0.0	14:11

Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jake Oettinger #29	L	27	24	3	.889	13/15	11/12	55:28

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.