Wild win OT to tie Stars series
- The Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, April 25, with Matt Boldy tipping in Jared Spurgeon’s shot late in the extra period to even the series 2-2. - Marcus Foligno tied Game 4 at 14:40 of the third after Dallas power-play goals from Jason Robertson and Miro Heiskanen, while rookie goaltender Jesper Wallstedt faced 45 shots in Minnesota’s win. - The best-of-seven now shifts back to Dallas for Game 5 on Tuesday, April 28, with home-ice advantage back in play. (espn.com)
Minnesota pulled the series back to even on Saturday, beating Dallas 3-2 in overtime in Game 4 on Matt Boldy’s tip-in at 19:31. (espn.com) Dallas led twice in regulation, first on Jason Robertson’s power-play goal at 5:35 of the first period and again on Miro Heiskanen’s power-play goal at 19:25 of the second. Brock Faber answered the first one for Minnesota at 13:52 of the opening period. (espn.com) The Wild stayed alive when Marcus Foligno scored at 14:40 of the third period to make it 2-2. Boldy finished it in overtime off assists from Jared Spurgeon and Kirill Kaprizov. (espn.com) The result erased Dallas’s 2-1 series lead from Game 3, when Wyatt Johnston scored at 12:10 of the second overtime for a 4-3 Stars win in St. Paul. That made Saturday’s game the swing game of the series. (espn.com) (cbsnews.com) Special teams had tilted the matchup toward Dallas entering Game 4. The Stars scored both of their regulation goals on the power play on Saturday after going 3-for-8 with the extra skater in Game 3. (espn.com) (nhl.com) Minnesota still found enough at five-on-five to extend the series, with Faber, Foligno and Boldy supplying all three goals. Kaprizov added two assists, and Spurgeon set up the winner. (espn.com) Jesper Wallstedt handled 45 Dallas shots in Game 4, while Jake Oettinger faced 43 from Minnesota. The shot totals matched the strain of a series that has already produced one double-overtime game and one overtime finish in four contests. (espn.com) (cbsnews.com) Game 5 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, in Dallas, with the first-round matchup now reduced to a best-of-three. (nhl.com)
