Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas StarsApr 9, 2026

FinalThursday, Apr 9, 2026· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	2	0	4		MIN	8	14	9	31
DAL	1	2	2	5		DAL	4	10	6	20

: MIN 60DAL 41
: MIN 3.07DAL 2.29
PP goals: MIN 3DAL 0
Hits: MIN 25DAL 18
Blocks: MIN 11DAL 13
PIM: MIN 12DAL 20
: MIN 51%DAL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Dallas Stars edge Minnesota Wild 5–4

Dallas Stars beat Minnesota Wild 5–4 at home. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 0G 3A. DAL won it by committee.

Points
Mats Zuccarello had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:12.Zuccarello
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:00.Kaprizov
Points
Colin Blackwell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 9:56.Blackwell
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:42.Rantanen
Points
Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 31:51.Hughes
Points
Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:53.Johnston
Points
Esa Lindell had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:03.Lindell
Points
Matt Boldy had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:47.Boldy

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · DAL 41 · MIN 60

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL pressure
MIN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 43% of the game, DAL 19%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

DAL

MIN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

DAL skaters (rows) against MIN skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the DAL side.

Matchup matrix

DAL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MIN	DAL
	54	44
	2.13	2.54
	2.05	2.46
	6	8
	2	5
	18	16
	+0.031	−0.031
	43%	19%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
11:0040% CF
L2Tarasenko – Trenin – Yurov
10:0262% CF
L3Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
7:5464% CF
L4Foligno – Foligno – McCarron
6:5258% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
19:2752% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
12:1247% CF
D3Petry – Middleton
9:4252% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
3:4975% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Hartman – Hughes
0:05100% CF
PK1FEriksson Ek – Boldy
0:46
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
0:46

Current MIN line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Duchene – Robertson – Bourque
10:1139% CF
L2Rantanen – Johnston – Hryckowian
9:5750% CF
L3Benn – Erne – Hyry
8:1854% CF
L4Blackwell – Hughes – Bäck
5:5480% CF
D1Myers – Harley
9:4540% CF
D2Lyubushkin – Bichsel
9:1747% CF
D3Lindell – Heiskanen
4:050% CF

PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Harley – Johnston
0:54
PK1FBäck – Hyry
1:58
PK2FBlackwell – Hryckowian
1:51
PK1DLindell – Lyubushkin
1:16
PK2DMyers – Harley
0:16

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	2	0	2	0	4	0.74	3	0	0	23:00	—	—	54	57
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	3	3	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	48	64
Ryan Hartman R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	1	1	2	14:37	—	—	50	67
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	2	0	14:55	—	—	59	85
Danila Yurov R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:14	—	—	50	23
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.61	5	1	0	12:53	—	—	61	90
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	2	2	-1	4	0.36	2	0	2	20:47	—	—	71	53
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.38	1	1	0	18:10	—	—	71	58
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	0	0	13:50	—	—	60	43
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.25	5	0	0	10:39	—	—	40	19
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	0	6	10:08	—	—	47	16
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	1	0	9:55	—	—	47	30
Quinn Hughes D	D1	1	1	2	-2	2	0.25	0	1	2	31:51	—	—	59	45
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	24:38	—	—	56	50
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:22	—	—	59	46
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:35	—	—	45	47
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	57	46
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	1	0	11:55	—	—	48	36

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	20	15	5	.750	2.29	58:15

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mavrik Bourque C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	4	0	0	17:00	—	—	29	17
Jason Robertson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	0	16:14	—	—	41	38
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	38	41
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.24	3	1	4	17:42	—	—	48	56
Justin Hryckowian C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	46	61
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.43	0	0	4	16:53	—	—	44	61
Arttu Hyry R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	1	0	15:10	—	—	41	22
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	1	0	12:55	—	—	42	32
Adam Erne L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	2	10:35	—	—	53	32
Oskar Bäck C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	60	85
Colin Blackwell C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.53	0	1	0	9:56	—	—	71	92
Cameron Hughes C	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.49	1	0	0	8:57	—	—	50	83
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	1	0	2	25:17	—	—	56	49
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	2	2	4	22:38	—	—	42	71
Lian Bichsel D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	2	20:25	—	—	43	30
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:08	—	—	45	32
Esa Lindell D	D3	0	2	2	+4	3	0.04	0	2	2	25:03	—	—	40	71
Miro Heiskanen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:45	—	—	25	0

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	31	27	4	.871	3.07	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Wyatt Johnston (DAL) 1st 4:26 · assists Justin Hryckowian, Mikko Rantanen · Rebound · 4.8 mph shot.

Wyatt Johnston · 1st 4:26 · DAL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.8 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: rebound

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Quinn Hughes · 1st 13:02 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.1 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 1st 19:44 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 33.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: one-timer

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Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 6:39 · MIN PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Colin Blackwell · 2nd 8:03 · DAL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.6 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Cameron Hughes · 2nd 16:16 · DAL

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s
Type: rebound

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Ryan Hartman · 2nd 19:49 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 15.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 4:28 · DAL

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 52.8 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: deflection

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Jason Robertson · 3rd 10:35 · DAL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 60.5 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas StarsApr 9, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Dallas Stars edge Minnesota Wild 5–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Dallas Stars

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Dallas Stars

Goal anatomy

Wyatt Johnston · 1st 4:26 · DAL

Quinn Hughes · 1st 13:02 · MIN

Kirill Kaprizov · 1st 19:44 · MIN PP

Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 6:39 · MIN PP

Colin Blackwell · 2nd 8:03 · DAL

Cameron Hughes · 2nd 16:16 · DAL

Ryan Hartman · 2nd 19:49 · MIN PP

Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 4:28 · DAL

Jason Robertson · 3rd 10:35 · DAL