Early morning heartbreak for Wild, who drop Game 3 in second OT Dallas jumped out to an early 2-0 lead but could not take the full-throated sellout crowd out of the game, despite rallying to tie in the third.

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The NHL has announced that Game 5 in Dallas between the #mnwild and Stars will be at 7p on Tuesday. Hoping Game 3 is done by then.

Without Mats Zuccarello, the #mnwild power play is 1-for-10 in the past two games, although they have 1:10 at the start of the second OT to improve those numbers.

End of the first OT. #mnwild and Stars still knotted 3-3. Shots 30-29 Minnesota, which out-shot Dallas 8-2 in the first OT. Wild start the next period with 70 seconds of PP.

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Game 3 is headed to overtime. #mnwild and Stars tied 3-3 at the end of 60. Shots 27-22 Dallas.

Media timeout at GCA. #mnwild and Stars knotted 3-3 with 5:28 left in regulation. Shots 27-21 Dallas.

Media timeout at GCA. #mnwild and Stars tied 3-3 with 9:32 left in regulation. Shots 23-19 Dallas.

Media timeout in St. Paul. #mnwild lead the Stars 3-2 with 13:47 left in regulation. Dallas leads 19-18 in shots. Minnesota headed to the PP.

End of 2 in HerTown. #mnwild back from two goals down, now leading 3-2. Shots 18-15 Dallas.

Media timeout in St. Paul. #mnwild lead the Stars 3-2 with 49.9 seconds left in the middle frame. Shots 18-14 Dallas.

Media timeout inside a very, very noisy Grand Casino Arena. #mnwild and Stars tied 2-2 with 10:56 left in 2nd. Shots 11-10 Minnesota, which is headed to the PP.

Looks like Matt Boldy is OK.

End of the 1st in St. Paul. #mnwild trail the Stars 2-1. Shots 9-8 Dallas. Marcus Johansson with his first of the playoffs, on the power play, got the home crowd back involved.

Media timeout in St. Paul. #mnwild trail the Stars 2-0 with 4:33 left in 1st. Shots 7-4 Dallas.

Media timeout in St. Paul. #mnwild trail the Stars 1-0 with 13:46 left in 1st. Shots 4-2 Dallas, which is 1-1 on the PP.

Warmups underway for #mnwild with Mats Zuccarello and Yakov Trenin both absent. This will be the first game -- regular season and playoffs -- that Trenin has missed in 2025-26. Both have upper body injuries.

Open ice at a premium as Wild, Stars play the game of shadows Heading into Wednesday night’s third game of the series, Wild coach John Hynes expected more of the same from the Stars, and efforts by his own team to find more room to move.

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Finding emotional balance key for Wild as series comes to Minnesota There was also a clear strategy, in part from both teams, in Game 2 to get under the other’s skin.

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Wild power play fizzles as Stars even series with 4-2 win Brock Faber scored twice, but Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger outdueled Wild rookie Jesper Wallstedt.

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Media timeout in Dallas. #mnwild trailing the Stars 3-2 with 9:23 left in regulation. Shots 29-26 for the North Texans.

Dallas scores to make it 3-1 with 12:51 left in regulation. #mnwild are getting out-shot 9-0 in the 3rd.

End of 2 in Dallas. #mnwild trail the Stars 2-1. Shots 23-16 Minnesota, which has 1:58 of Marcus Foligno penalty to kill to start the 3rd.

Media timeout in Dallas. Just past the halfway point of this game at 10:12p CT. #mnwild trail the Stars 2-1 with 9:17 left in 2nd. Shots 18-13 Minnesota.

Media timeout in Dallas. #mnwild trail the Stars 2-1 with 13:43 left in 2nd. Shots 17-12 Minnesota.

End of the 1st in Dallas. #mnwild and the Stars tied 1-1. Shots 13-9 Minnesota.

Here are your revamped #mnwild lines for Game 2 with Zuccarello scratched.

Pure class from the #mnwild media relations staff, who have dedicated page one of their playoff guide to our friend and colleague Jessi, and her children.

Playoff chess match on ice developing between Wild and Stars “We did make an adjustment today,” Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said following the team’s Monday morning skate at American Airlines Center. “I’m not gonna tell you what it is.”

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By adding Marty Sertich and Winny Brodt Brown to the #gophers women's hockey coaching staff, Boom May has got a Mr. Hockey (plus Hobey) and a Ms. Hockey working for him.