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Game 6 preview: Wild need to cool Dallas Stars forward Roope Hintz

Hintz has scored or assisted on six of the past seven Dallas goals.

By Sarah McLellan

April 28, 2023 at 12:05AM
Roope Hintz (24) celebrated a Dallas goal near Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson during Game 4 on Sunday at Xcel Energy Center. (Carlos Gonzalez, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Game 6: Dallas at Wild • 8:30 p.m., Xcel Energy Center • TBS, BSN, 100.3 FM

Game preview: The Wild were blanked 4-0 in Game 5 at Dallas, the first shutout of the Stanley Cup playoffs. They're 3-5 all time when going down 3-2 in a best-of-seven series. The Stars are 17-3 when leading 3-2. C Roope Hintz has factored in six of the Stars' past seven goals.

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Sarah McLellan

Minnesota Wild and NHL

Sarah McLellan covers the Wild and NHL. Before joining the Minnesota Star Tribune in November 2017, she spent five years covering the Coyotes for The Arizona Republic.

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