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What you need to know about Sunday's game between the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center:

Game 55: Dallas Stars (31-20-3, 65 points) vs. Minnesota Wild (32-18-3, 67 points)

When: Sunday, March 6 at 3 p.m. CT
Where:Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, MN
TV:
TNT
(no blackout restrictions)
Radio:
The Ticket 96.7-FM, 1310-AM
(Josh Bogorad, Daryl "Razor" Reaugh, Owen Newkirk, Bruce LeVine)
Live stats:
NHL GameCenter
Official watch party:
Texas Live!
(1650 E Randol Mill Rd, Arlington, TX 76011)

This is the third song for your mixtape

• The Stars face the Minnesota Wild for the third of four games in the season series. The Stars have posted a record of 1-1-0 in the first two games.
• The teams last met on Dec. 20, a 7-4 Stars victory. Seven different skaters scored a goal and 12 recorded points. Miro Heiskanen (one goal, one assist), Jamie Benn (one goal, one assist), Denis Gurianov (two assists) and Jason Robertson (two assists) tallied multi-point games. Goaltender Jake Oettinger stopped 19 of 23 shots.
• Benn has tallied three points (two goals, one assist) in his last two games against Minnesota and has six points (three goals, three assists) in his previous seven at Xcel Energy Center. He's earned 40 points (16 goals, 24 assists) in 46 games against the Wild.
• Forward Tyler Seguin has earned three points (one goal, two assists) in three consecutive games against Minnesota. He's earned multiple points in 14 of his 35 games against them, his highest total against any individual opponent. The Brampton, Ontario native leads Dallas with 25 assists and 41 points vs. Minnesota.
• Rookie forward Jacob Peterson has goals in each of his two games against Minnesota this season.
• Heiskanen has earned five points (one goal, four assists) in his last five games against the Wild. In 10 games, he's tallied eight points (one goal, seven assists).
John Klingberg has tallied 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) in 28 career games against the Wild. His six goals rank as his second-highest total against any individual opponent.
Braden Holtby has earned a win in seven of his last eight appearances (7-1-0) against the Wild. In 12 career games, he's posted a 9-3-0 record, 2.33 goals-against average and .923 save percentage.
• Oettinger - a native of nearby Lakeville, Minnesota - has appeared in two games against the Wild, posting a 1-0-0 record, 3.64 GAA and .826 SV%.

I'm a natural phenomenon

• Robertson scored three times on Friday against Winnipeg, becoming the youngest player (22 years, 225 days) on the Stars to record a hat trick since Seguin (22 years, 34 days) on March 6, 2014 vs. Vancouver.
• Robertson has tallied five goals in three of his last four games and leads Dallas with 26 on the season.
• The Arcadia, California native has scored 13 of his 26 goals on the road, ranking tied for 16th in the NHL.
• Robertson ranks second on the team with 51 points and is tied for second with 25 assists.
• He leads the team and ranks second in the NHL with eight game-winning goals.
• The 22-year-old forward also leads the team with 14 multi-point games on the season and a +20 rating.

No matter what they say, I am still the king

• With an assist against Winnipeg, forward Joe Pavelski earned the 900th point in his NHL career (415 goals, 485 assists).
• Pavelski is one of 13 active players with 900 or more points and is the 15th American-born player to hit the milestone.
• Selected by San Jose in the seventh round of the 2003 NHL Draft, Pavelski is the fourth player from his draft class to reach 900 points. He's one of 16 players from his draft class still active in the NHL.
• The 37-year-old has tallied 57 points (21 goals, 36 assists) in 54 games this season, scoring at a rate of 1.06 points per game.
• He leads the Stars in points (57), assists (36), and power-play goals (9), ranks tied for first in power-play points (16) and ranks third in goals (21).
This story was not subject to the approval of the National Hockey League or Dallas Stars Hockey Club.
Kyle Shohara is the Digital Manager for DallasStars.com and writes about the Stars/NHL. Follow him on Twitter @kyleshohara.