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Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars

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Faber scores 35 seconds into OT as Wild rally from two goals down to beat Stars 3-2

Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars: Game Highlights

Jonas Brodin and Marcus Foligno scored 57 seconds apart in the third to tie the score for the Wild, whose 29 road points (13-3-3) are tops in the league. Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves.

Evgenii Dadonov and Wyatt Johnston each had a goal and an assist giving Dallas a 2-0 lead through two periods. Jake Oettinger, a Minnesota native, stopped 15 shots for the Stars, who are 0-2-1 in their last three home games.

Faber took a pass from Matt Boldy near center ice on the first overtime shift, skated in and behind the net as Oettinger appeared to lose sight of the puck behind him and didn't leave the left post.

Minnesota played without star forward Kirill Kaprizov, among the league leaders with 23 goals and 50 points, who sat out with a lower body injury.

The Stars played down a man after forward Mason Marchment left late in the first period after being struck in the face by a puck.

Minnesota was also missing forward Joel Eriksson Ek (missed his 11th straight game, lower body) and defenseman Jacob Middleton (seventh straight, upper body).

Takeaways Wild: A team that took a 2 1/2-hour flight on Friday morning became energized in the third period.

Stars: Dallas went 0 for 3 on the power play, falling to a league-low 9.8% (6 for 61) at home.

Key moment Foligno’s shot through traffic banged off the post to tie the score at 11:32 of the third period.

Key stat The Wild were outshot 22-9 through two periods, then outshot the Stars 8-7 in the third period and had the only shot in overtime.

Up Next Wild host Ottawa on Sunday, and Stars visit Chicago.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 9:52 Evgenii Dadonov Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: Wyatt Johnston (15), Jamie Benn (15)
Goal 2nd Period 15:08 Wyatt Johnston Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Evgenii Dadonov (5), Ilya Lyubushkin (8)
Goal 3rd Period 10:36 Jonas Brodin Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Mats Zuccarello (13)
Goal 3rd Period 11:33 Marcus Foligno Goal (6) Deflected, assists: Jared Spurgeon (9), Declan Chisholm (7)
Goal 4th Period 0:35 Brock Faber Goal (5) Wrap-around, assists: Matt Boldy (18), Marco Rossi (17)

Statistics

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19 Blocked Shots 15
28 Hits 18
5 Takeaways 4
18 Shots 29
0 Power Play Goals 0
1 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
28 Faceoffs Won 26
51.9 Faceoff Win Percent 48.1
11 Giveaways 14
3 Total Penalties 1
6 Penalty Minutes 2

Game Information

American Airlines Center

Location: Dallas, TX
Attendance: 18,532 | Capacity:

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 28 12 58 2
Minnesota 26 11 56 4
Dallas 25 13 51 1
Colorado 25 15 51 1
St. Louis 19 19 42 4
Utah 17 15 41 7
Nashville 13 21 33 7
Chicago 13 25 28 2
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