Monday night's Game 1 victory at Dallas was the 21st overtime game in Wild playoff history — eight of those have come in the opening game of a series — and the second to go to a second overtime. The longest games in franchise history and who ended them:
Longest games in Wild history and all-time Wild playoff overtime goal-scorers
The Wild played in a second overtime for only the second time in franchise history; the first time came 20 years ago to open the Western Conference finals.
April 18, 2023 at 7:19AM
April 18, 2023, Game 1, first round: Wild 3, at Dallas 2, 92:20 (Ryan Hartman)
May 10, 2003, Game 1, conference finals: Anaheim 1, at Wild 0, 88:06 (Petr Sykora)
April 12, 2017, Game 1, first round: St. Louis 2, at Wild 1, 77:48 (Joel Edmundson)
April 30, 2013, Game 1, first round: at Chicago 2, Wild 1, 76:35 (Bryan Bickell)
May 2, 2003, Game 4, second round: Vancouver 3, at Wild 2, 75:52 (Brent Sopel)
April 14, 2008, Game 3, first round: Wild 3, at Colorado 2, 71:58 (Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
April 9, 2008, Game 1, first round: Colorado 3, at Wild 2, 71:11 (Joe Sakic)
The Wild are 10-11 all-time in overtime playoff games. Each of the 10 Wild victories was won by a different goal-scorer:
April 21, 2003, Game 6, first round: at Wild 3, Colorado 2 (Richard Park, 4:22)
April 22, 2003, Game 7, first round: Wild 3, at Colorado 2 (Andrew Brunette, 3:25)
April 11, 2008, Game 2, first round: at Wild 3, Colorado 2 (Keith Carney, 1:14)
April 14, 2008, Game 3, first round: Wild 3, at Colorado 2 (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, 11:58)
May 5, 2013, Game 3, first round: at Wild 3, Chicago 2 (Jason Zucker, 2:15)
April 21, 2014, Game 3, first round: at Wild 1, Colorado 0 (Mikael Granlund, 5:08)
April 30, 2014, Game 7, fist round: Wild 5, at Colorado 4 (Nino Niederreiter, 5:02)
April 22, 2016, Game 5, first round: Wild 5, at Dallas 4 (Mikko Koivu, 4:55)
May 16, 2021, Game 1, first round: Wild 1, at Vegas 0 (Joel Eriksson Ek, 3:20)
April 18, 2023, Game 1, first round: Wild 3, at Dallas 2, (Ryan Hartman, (12:20 of 2OT)
High-profile victims in Minnesota include Mike Conley of the Timberwolves and Twins co-owner Jim Pohlad.
