Matt Dumba ready to be the bad guy when Wild and Stars meet in Game 2

DALLAS — If Game 1 is any indication, a soundtrack of boos could play every time Matt Dumba handles the puck in the rest of the Wild's first-round series in Dallas.

"Love it," Dumba said.

That was the reaction Dumba received inside American Airlines Center after his shoulder-to-shoulder hit on the Stars' Joe Pavelski in the second period of the Wild's marathon, double-overtime 3-2 win on Tuesday (nee Monday).

"Make a hit like that and you've got to stay locked in, got to keep the head on a swivel," Dumba said. "Guys are coming. That just played into exactly what I wanted to do, just move pucks quick and let our forwards go to work."

Pavelski didn't play after the check, the Stars veteran hitting his head on the ice as he went down.

Stars coach Pete DeBoer said after the game Pavelski was "OK," but DeBoer wasn't confident Pavelski would suit up for Game 2 on Wednesday.

Dumba was whistled for a major penalty at first, but video review dismissed it. He did, however, stay in the penalty box because Dumba and Dallas' Max Domi, who went after Dumba, were assessed roughing penalties. Domi was also given a 10-minute misconduct.

Not only did Dumba get vocal feedback from the crowd, he also took hits from the Stars.

Neither rattled him, the defenseman turning in a rock-solid performance that included logging 38 minutes, 31 seconds of action (a franchise playoff record) to help the Wild limit Dallas to a pair of power-play goals.

"He's simplified everything in his game," coach Dean Evason said. "He hasn't made anything complicated. He's just making simple passes. He's competing. His stick is real good. He's boxing out. He's playing a physical hard game but staying disciplined.

"He knows he has to play that way to have success."

Intermissions on Monday night/early Tuesday inside the Wild locker room looked like snack time.

This was only the Wild's second double-OT game ever, the 92-minute, 20-second duration eclipsing the 88:06 finish in Game 1 of the conference finals vs. Anaheim in 2003 as the team's longest game on record.

"Our trainers are on it, as I'm sure their guys are," Evason said. "Just trying to get them the nutrition and hydration in those situations to keep them going to play at the high level that both teams did for that long."

John Klingberg skated Tuesday after missing Game 1 with a lower-body issue.

Joel Eriksson Ek, who hasn't played since getting hit with a shot and suffering a lower-body injury on April 6 at Pittsburgh, didn't get on the ice after skating Saturday, Sunday and Monday.