The game between the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild will take place at American Airlines Center on Wednesday, April 19 at 9:30 PM ET.
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The Dallas Stars will welcome the Minnesota Wild to American Airlines Center for an NHL game on Wednesday. The Dallas Stars lost 2-3 in their last game over the Wild. Game 2 is Wednesday night in Dallas. The Stars had just been turned away on a power play after Frederick Gaudreau’s tripping penalty against captain Jamie Benn 9:11 into that second overtime. Roope Hintz, who scored on a power play in the second period, hit the post and there were several other chances before the penalty expired.
Filip Gustavsson stopped 52 shots for the Wild, including 12 in the third period and 17 in the first overtime. He started Game 1 ahead of three-time Stanley Cup winner Marc-André Fleury after the goalie tandem had split games throughout most of the season. Oettinger had 45 saves for the Stars in his first playoff game since a 64-save performance in Game 7 in the first round last May when top-seeded Calgary scored the series clincher in overtime.
Veteran Stars center Joe Pavelski left the game midway through the second period after a massive hit from Matt Dumba, who was only assessed a minor roughing penalty. Referees had initially called it a five-minute major, but changed it after a lengthy replay review. The Stars said the 38-year-old Pavelski was doing OK afterwards, but his status for the next game was uncertain. “I’m not confident for Game 2,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said. “He’s okay, he’s walking out of the rink on his own OK.”
The Minnesota Wild on the other hand won 2-3 against the Hurricanes in their last game. Ryan Hartman had just circled around the net when a deflected puck came toward him. He quickly scored to give the Minnesota Wild a victory in their playoff opener — a game that began Monday night and dragged into early Tuesday morning. Hartman gathered the puck and skated in front of the crease before lifting it over the extended left leg of Jake Oettinger at 1 a.m. local time, giving the Wild a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars in a more than four-hour marathon in which both 24-year-old goalies had spectacular performances.
“Their goalie was fantastic, our goalie was fantastic,” Minnesota coach Dean Evason said. “Some of the saves that both of them made were, it feels like nobody is going to score, right?” The game-winner came after Stars defenseman Thomas Harley had knocked the puck toward the corner, but Colin Miller was unable to clear it. The puck instead ricocheted off Sam Steel’s stick and toward Hartman. “Just a bounce that went their way,” Oettinger said. “We had a couple that didn’t go our way and that’s hockey. … Tight game and two good teams, and it’s going to be a heck of a series.”
Jamie Benn – Miro Heiskanen – Roope Hintz
Joe Pavelski – Jason Robertson – Evgenii Dadonov
Ty Dellandrea – Max Domi – Radek Faksa
Luke Glendening – Jani Hakanpää
Thomas Harley – Wyatt Johnston
Esa Lindell – Mason Marchment
Colin Miller – Jake Oettinger
Tyler Seguin
Ryan Suter
Sam Steel – Ryan Hartman – Kirill Kaprizov
Gustav Nyquist – Jared Spurgeon – Mats Zuccarello
Matt Boldy – Jonas Brodin – Connor Dewar
Brandon Duhaime – Matt Dumba
Brock Faber – Marcus Foligno
Frédérick Gaudreau – Filip Gustavsson
Marcus Johansson – Jon Merrill
Jacob Middleton
Ryan Reaves
Dallas Stars: Joe Pavelski
Minnesota Wild: Joel Eriksson, Oskar Sundqvist, John Klingberg, Mason Shaw
The game between the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild will take place at American Airlines Center on Wednesday, April 19 at 9:30 PM ET.
The match between the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild will be telecast live on Fox Sports Southwest, Bally Sports Southwest, ESPN2, Fox Sports North, Bally Sports North.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Fox Sports Southwest, Bally Sports Southwest, ESPN2, Fox Sports North, Bally Sports North. | April 19 (9:30 PM ET) |
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