DALLAS, Texas — The Minnesota Wild hit the road to take on the Dallas Stars after completing a seven game homestand Saturday afternoon.
Minnesota looks to break the current season series tie as they carry a three game win streak into this matchup against a Central Division rival. As the Wild heads back out on the road they are currently second in the NHL with 47 road points (22-10-3) and a .671 road point percentage while ranking third with 22 road wins.
Wild Record: 40-25-5, 85 points, 4th in Central Division
Stars Record: 44-21-4, 92 points, 2nd in Central Division
2024-25 Series Record: 1-1-0
All-Time Wild Record: 38-41-13 (14-25-8 at Dallas)
The Stars won the series-opening game, 2-1, in St. Paul (11/16) before the Wild won the second game, 3-2, in overtime in Dallas (12/27).
D Jared Spurgeon (0-2=2) and LW Matt Boldy (0-2=2) lead Minnesota with two points each in the season series. G Filip Gustavsson is 1-1-0 with a 2.03 GAA and a .942 SV% in starting both games.
D Ilya Lyubushkin leads the Stars with three assists (0-3=3) in the season series. LW Mason Marchment (2-0=2), RW Evgenii Dadonov (1-1=2) and C Wyatt Johnston (1-1=2) each own two
points. G Jake Oettinger is 1-0-1 with a 1.99 GAA and a .902 SV% in two starts.
Minnesota defeated Buffalo 4-1 in regulation Saturday afternoon. C Marco Rossi scored first for the Wild less than a minute into the second period with assists coming from C Yakov Trenin and RW Vinnie Hinostroza. Minnesota added another tally about four minutes later when RW Justin Brazeau scored his first goal as a member of the Wild, assisted by C Brendan Guance and Boldy. RW Mats Zuccarello extended the lead for Minnesota to 3-0, assists coming from Boldy and D Zach Bogosian. Buffalo got on the board six minutes into the third period to bring the score to 3-1. C Freddy Gaudreau scored an empty net goal with under a minute left in the game on the assists from Spurgeon and D Jonas Brodin to end the game with a 4-1 victory for the Wild.
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Recalled D Cameron Crotty and F Liam Öhgren under emergency conditions from Iowa
Reassigned F Liam Öhgren to Iowa
Reassigned D David Jiricek to Iowa
Signed D Stevie Leskovar to a three-year, entry-level contract beginning in the 2025-26 season
Recalled F Liam Öhgren underemergency conditions from Iowa
To view recent transactions, visit wild.com/transactions.
Joel Eriksson Ek: lower-body injury (13 games missed)
Marcus Foligno: upper-body injury (three games missed)
Kirill Kaprizov: lower-body injury (20 games missed)
For more information on today’s matchup, check out the game notes below.
