Preview: Wild at Stars

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.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Monday, March 24th at 7:00 p.m. CT
• Where: American Airlines Center (Dallas, Texas)
• Watch: FanDuel Sports North
• Listen: KFAN 100.3 FM
• Gamecenter: Wild at Stars

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)

This Season on Wild vs. Stars

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.

Last Time Out

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.

Wild Leaders Against Stars

• Zucarello leads Minnesota with 23 points (5-18=23) in 27 career games against Dallas
• Spurgeon owns 21 points (6-15=21) in 45 contests
• C Gustav Nyquist has 17 points (5-12=17) in 25 games
• C Ryan Hartman has 15 points (8-7=15) in 32 matches

Stars Leaders Against Wild

• C Tyler Seguin leads Dallas with 51 points (20-31=51) in 45 career games against Minnesota
• LW Jamie Benn has 49 points (20-29=49) in 57 games
• RW Mikko Rantanen owns 39 points (16-23=39) in 37 games
• C Matt Duchene has 38 points (12-26=38) in 57 career games

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On the Mend

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)

Connections

• Minnesota General Manager Bill Guerin recorded 159 points (72-87=159) and 337 PIM in 216 games with Dallas
• Wild Hockey Operations Advisor Mike Modano posted 1,359 points (557-802=1,359) in 20 seasons with the North Stars/Stars organization. Modano won the 1999 Stanley Cup with Dallas and previously served as Executive Advisor and Alternate Governor of the Stars for two seasons (2013-15)
• Zuccarello tallied three points (1-2=3) in two regular season games and added 11 points (4-7=11) in 13 playoff games with Dallas (2018-19)
• LW Devin Shore was selected by Dallas in the second round (61st overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft and collected 82 points (29-53=82) in 209 games in parts of four seasons with the Stars (2015-19)
• D Matt Dumba was selected seventh overall by the Wild in the 2012 NHL Draft and collected 236 points (79-157=236), 399 PIM and a plus-29 rating in 598 games in 10 seasons (2013-23) with Minnesota
• Oettinger is from Lakeville
• C Sam Steel tallied 28 points (10-18=28), 18 PIM and a plus-11 rating in 65 games in one season with Minnesota (2022-23)

Fast Facts

• Minnesota was defeated by Dallas in six games in the 2016 and 2023 First Round.

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