Overview
- The Stars, which won 5-4 Thursday on Jason Robertson’s late goal, moved four points clear of the Wild with three regular-season games remaining.
- Minnesota led after each period until late in the third and scored three times on the power play, with Kirill Kaprizov netting two to reach 45 goals and tie the team’s single-season mark with 19 on the power play.
- Quinn Hughes set the franchise single-season points record for a defenseman at 52 since joining the Wild in mid-December, and he later added an assist.
- The game was chippy with frequent scrums and many penalties, and player status is in question after AP said Miro Heiskanen did not return while Yahoo reported Joel Eriksson Ek returned in a full shield after a puck hit his face.
- The loss snapped Minnesota’s 61-0-4 run in regulation when leading after two periods since March 2024, a rare late collapse a week before their first-round series.